Preparing for War

As the leader of the “Sons of Liberty” I helped organize the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Patrick Henry

I was an inventor, writer, printer, diplomat, scientist, humorist, and statesman who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Mercy Otis Warren

I spent a lot of money to protect the Colonies in the French and Indian War. Now the Colonist must pay higher taxes

• Haym Salomon
• John Hancock
• King George III
• Lord Cornwallis

I was the author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

My pamphlet, Common Sense, encouraged the colonies to break with England and become independent

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• King George III

I fought in the French and Indian War, which is why the Continental Congress chose me to Command the Continental Army

• George Washington
• King George III
• John Paul Jones
• Lord Cornwallis

I presided over the 2nd Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

• John Locke
• John Adams
• John Hancock
• John Paul Jones

I rode out in the middle of the night to warn the people of Concord that the "British are Coming!"

• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock
• Paul Revere
• John Paul Jones

I inspired Jefferson with my writings about Natural Rights (life, liberty, and property)

• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine
• John Adams
• John Locke

Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks