Chapter 5 People to know

group of male colonists who protested taxes; not afraid to use violence

• Sons of Liberty
• Daughters of Liberty
• Parliament

founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington

famous Early American politician from Virginia who, while protesting the Stamp Act,  said, "Give me liberty or give me death".

• Patrick Henry
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Hancock

groups of colonists began writing letters to each other to form ways of resisting British rule; shows communication between the colonies

• committee of correspondence
• Continental Congress
• Green Mountain Boys

leader of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution

• King George III
• King John
• King Henry VIII

Group formed in 1774, established militias

• Continental Congress
• Parliament
• Sons of Liberty

meeting of delegates in 1775, formed Continental Army, wrote Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress
• Lexington and Concord
• First Continental Congress

professional army formed by Second Continental Congress

• Continental Army
• militia
• Green Mountain Boys

commander of Continental Army

• George Washington
• John Hancock
• Benjamin Franklin

author of Common Sense which argued that it made sense for the colonies to be independent

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams