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Benjamin Franklin's Join or Die Speech
Benjamin Franklin used his voice to help the British people stand up against the Franch. In his join or die speech, he says "[The French] have killed, seized, and imprisoned many of the British people." The British presence in North America was at stake and they needed to either join the fight or die. -
Boston Massacre
Many people were out in the streets on a chilly night in Boston protesting the French taxing everything they would buy or make. They started chunking frozen rocks, snowballs, and ice at the soldiers that were guarding a building. One soldier had accidentally fired their weapon causing major chaos and killing 5 people. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group called the Sons of Liberty had planned an attack on three French ships that carried tons of crates of Tea. Their plan was to dump all of the tea into the harbor to show that the tax was too high. So that night, dressed as Indians, they attacked the ships on the harbor and manage to dump tons and tons of tea into the harbor. -
Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech
Patrick Henry used this speech at the Virginia Convention to illustrate that not only himself but the rest of the colonies wanted freedom. He says that they shall not fight their battles alone, but God would raise up friends to fight the battles for them. "Give me liberty or give me death!" -
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote common sense to propose independence for America. The showed how a government would be run and run by the people. This was a major helping factor for the declaration of independence and America's birth/freedom. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence was a paper that showed that America was finally freed and was its own country. It showed the fundamental ideas of what it was like to be Americans and that all men were treated equally.
