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Ben Franklin felt that it was necessary for the colonies to work together to defeat the French in the French and Indian war. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-behind-the-join-or-die-snake-cartoon -
Five Bostonians were shot and killed during a protest against the royal crown. https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770 -
Upset Bostonians threw tea into the Boston harbor to protest the taxes imposed on them by the British government. [https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party] -
Thomas Paine published "Common Sense" to urge the colonies to fight against the tyranny of the king. https://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/sense1.htm -
The delegates of the Continental Congress sign The Declaration of Independence officially declaring freedom from the British Crown. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1635985140425000&usg=AOvVaw3P1ZvgUJWJh0hLPzBdLqRE