Revolutionary War Figures.  1. Brewer  2. They protested British Policies and encouraged merchants and citizens to boycott British goods  3. He organized.

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Revolutionary War Figures

 1. Brewer  2. They protested British Policies and encouraged merchants and citizens to boycott British goods  3. He organized the protest against the Stamp Act and founded the Sons of Liberty  4. The committee wrote letters and pamphlets reporting events to colonists in the South.

 1. He was a schoolteacher and a lawyer.  2. His essay stated that the Stamp Act would ruin the law.  3. He represented the British officers involved in the Boston Massacre.

 1. He was a Virginia plantation owner.  2. He was elected commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.  3. He played many roles in the Revolution such as commander, he lead the Constitutional Conventions, and he had good leadership skills.

 1. Her brother was struck on the head by a British official and suffered brain damage.  2. She wrote propaganda pieces against the British making fun of them.  3. Abigail and John Adams encouraged her to write.

 1. He said that the king was not listening to the people and acting like a dictator.  2. He said he would rather be dead that without his freedom.  3. He was a part of the House of Burgesses, VA committee of correspondence, and governor of Virginia.