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Join or die cartoon
As stated in the Constitution Daily article, When Benjamin Franklin was the publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette and he had been chosen as a delegate for an upcoming conference in Albany to deal with the threat to the British from French and Indian forces to battle the threat, he wrote an article persuading all colonies to join to help fight the French and Indians. The cartoon shows a dead snake which exemplifies the colonies if they do not die. -
The Bloody Massacre
The Bloody Massacre occurred when a group of colonists protesting in front of the redcoats threw a rock at one and they opened fire killing 5 colonists that later sparked an outrage. -
The Boston Tea Party
This event happened when a group of colonists secretly infiltrated a ship carrying tea dressed as natives and dumped the tea in the ocean in protest of taxes. -
Common Sense
As provided in the Thomas Paine article, Thomas Paine argues for American Independence from Britain in a document and provides his reasoning behind it. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was an explanation for the colonists' right to revolution in the form of a formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. It was written by Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia.