Influences for Independence

  • Join or Die Cartoon

    Join or Die Cartoon
    This was a cartoon printed out in the newspaper by Benjamin Franklin. It is cut into pieces that symbolize the British colonies.
  • Soldiers arrived in Boston

    The British sent soldiers to Boston to keep watch and control the settlers.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    There were 4000 soldiers in Boston where 15,000 people lived. There was a crowd on the street throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers and suddenly they started firing. At the end 5 civilians were dead or dying.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Over a hundred colonists 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the taxing of tea.
  • Common Sense: Thomas Paine

    Common Sense: Thomas Paine
    It is a pamphlet that talks about independence from Britain and advocates independence.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    It is a paper stating that the colonies were independent from Britain signed by the colonists and written by Thomas Jefferson.