Key People Flashcards
I was the diplomats and pleasant to the king so I was sent to England to try reason with the king
Benjamin Franklin
I wrote the book Common Sense
Thomas Paine
We were slave owners. We inherited it from our parents
Thomas Jefferson and Washington
I hated slavery and founded the first anti slavery society in America
Benjamin Franklin and his friends
My engraved picture of the Boston Massacre got the colonist all fired up
Paul Revere
I had an army of untrained volunteers, no uniforms, no supplies, but had the brains
George Washington
Alothough there was a Declaration committee, I was the one who wrote them all down on paper
Tom Jefferson
I defended the British shoulders who were involved in the Boston Massacre because I thought they were entitled to a fair trial
John Adams
I started the committee of correspondence
Samuel Adams
The “Old Fox”
George Washington
I was the one who rode to Lexington and Concord to warn that the British were coming
Paul Revere