The document summarizes key events and people of the American Revolution, including the Stamp Act of 1765, the Boston Tea Party of 1773, the Intolerable Acts of 1774, the Boston Massacre of 1770, and several important revolutionary figures such as George Washington, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Adams. It provides background on the political tensions between the colonies and Britain that led to the American Revolution.

1. The Events and People Behind the American Revolution

2. Passed March 22, 1765Passed by British ParliamentTaxed colonists on all paper productsViewed as fundraising for EnglandRepealed in 1766The Stamp Act

3. Dec. 16, 1773 at Griffin’s WarfMen threw tea into Harbor9.7 thousand pounds = 18.5 million cups of teaTurned harbor brown for daysOnly 1 man sent to prisonIn protest of “taxation without representation”Boston Tea PartyKevin Dooley, Bronze Franklin Mint Boston Tea Party Bicentennial 1973, July 20, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

4. Passed in 1774Response to Boston Tea PartyConsisted of 5 laws:Massachusetts Bay Regulating ActGovernor appoints law officersHas rights to ban town meetingsThe Intolerable Acts

5. Impartial Administration of Justice ActTrials moved to England.Boston Port ActDumped tea must be paid for. Quartering ActRoyal troops can stay in housesThe Intolerable Acts Ct’d

6. Quebec ActCatholics in Quebec earned:Religious freedomRight to civil governmentThe Intolerable Acts Ct’d

7. March 5, 17705 colonists shot and killedColonists throwing snowballsSoldier was hit and became angrySoldiers say colonists surrounded them. Boston MassacreMarion Doss, Boston Massacre, June 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

8. Commander of British ForcesFrench/Indian War- Fort NecessityElected to first Continental CongressCommander in Chief during American RevolutionFirst President of USSupporter of ConstitutionGeorge WashingtonJoye~, George Washington, May 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

9. Gift for public speakingMember of the House of BurgessSpoke out against the Stamp ActMarch 1775- 1st Revolutionary Convention1775- British must pay for gunpowder“Give me Liberty or give me death”Patrick HenryMarion Doss, Patrick Henry Denounces Unjust Taxation, October 8, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

10. 1774- A Summary view of the rights of British AmericaMember of second Continental CongressHead of Committee- wrote Declaration of IndependenceSpokesman during revolutionPresident of US from 1801-1807Thomas Jeffersoncliff1066™, Thomas Jefferson (The Edgehill Portrait), Third President (1801-1809), August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

11. Against stamp act- knew it was unavoidableKept buying stamps from friend John Hughes. Almost ruined reputation and killed HughesBenjamin Franklincliff1066™, Benjamin Franklin, August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

12. Tried to bridge gap between colonies and England 1765 - 1775 wrote 126 articles explaining opposing views.Though unpopular, elected to 2nd Continental CongressBen Franklin Ct’d

13. Published Common Sense in 1776.Traveled with Army, failed as soldierProduced TheCrisis, inspiring the army. This pamphlet = more popular than Superbowl.Stopped working for revolution, went home to EnglandThomas PaineAnimatedAtlas, Thomas_Paine, July 6, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

14. Wrote essays about Boston political ideasEncouraged goods boycott to protest Townshend ActsPart of 1779 Massachusetts Constitutional ConventionGovernor of Massachusetts from 1789-1793Member of the Continental Congress from 1774-1781Samuel AdamsMarion Doss, Samuel Adams- bust x, November 8, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

15. 2nd President of U.S. 1st Vice PresidentKnown for skills as a lawyerWrote many essays for Boston newspapersWrote letters of protest to great BritainDid little to help write the Declaration of Independence.John Adamscliff1066™, John Adams, Second President (1797-1801), August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

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