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Join or Die cartoon
"On this day in 1754, Benjamin Franklin published one of the most famous cartoons in history: the Join or Die woodcut. Franklin’s art carried significant importance at the time and is considered an early masterpiece of political messaging."
Link: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-behind-the-join-or-die-snake-cartoon -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street brawl between the soldiers and the colonists. The colonists were unarmed but the soldiers ending in many colonists' deaths.
Link:https://www.masshist.org/database/2ft=Boston%20Massacre&from=/features/massacre/visual&noalt=1&pid=34 -
The Boston Tea Party
"On December 16, 1773, over one hundred American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded three merchant ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea (valued at approximately $1.7 million in today’s currency) into the water."
Link: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party -
Common Sense
It is a short book written by Thomas Paine who lived in England that summarizes that you have rights and privileges but the king is not going to give it to you so you need to fight for them. -
Declaration of independence
The declaration of independence was a document that said that the 13 colonies wanted to have freedom and independence.
Link: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
