1. Revolutionary Figures
VA/US History
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2. James Otis No Taxation Without Representation Protested the Sugar Act
Drafted the Circular Letter

3. Patrick Henry “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
Would rather die than to pay taxes
Member of the House of Burgesses

4. John Dickinson Drafted Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
Join together to resist Britain’s policies

5. Samuel Adams Tax collector before coming out to protest taxes
Sons of Liberty
Participated in demonstrations, such as the Boston Tea Party
Drafted Circular Letter

6. Thomas Jefferson Member of the House of Burgesses
Drafted the Declaration of Independence
Officially declared the Colonies are now to be independent of Britain

7. Benjamin Franklin Albany Plan of Union
Advocated Separation from Britain
Negotiated for the Colonists during the war
Persuaded the French to form an alliance