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Stamp Act

Important Historical Leaders

King George the 3rd

Was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the Kingdoms' association on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his passing in 1820. The Georgian period (1714-1830) encompassed the reigns of five British monarchs descended from the Electorate of Hanover, a Holy Roman Empire member state. George III was the first Hanoverian king to be born outside of Germany, in England. Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha were his parents. 

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a statesman, poet, publisher, scientist, inventor, and diplomat who shaped early American history. Benjamin was born into a poor Boston family and received no formal education. He went on to become wealthy after starting a prosperous printing company in Philadelphia. Franklin was very involved in public affairs in his adopted city. He helped establish a lending library, a hospital, and a college, among other things, and received acclaim for his experiments with electricity.

Sam Adams

He was a famous revolutionary leader from Boston. He was well-known for his ability to channel widespread dissent against Parliament's power to tax the colonies productively. His significance in the beginnings of the American Revolutionary War cannot be overstated. His unique insight and ability to rally public support were critical to the Boston Tea Party's success.

John Hancock

John Hancock (1737-1793) was a signer of both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and Massachusetts's governor during the American Revolution. His uncle, a wealthy Boston merchant, raised the colonial Massachusetts native. His uncle, a wealthy Boston merchant, raised the colonial Massachusetts native. Hancock inherited his uncle's lucrative shipping business when he died. Anti-British anger and discontent rose among the colonists in the mid-1760s as the British government began implementing legislative measures to gain greater control over its American colonies.

The Sons of Liberty

Were a grassroots gathering of agitators and provocateurs in America who utilized a limited type of common insubordination dangers and real brutality to threaten supporters and shock the British government.

Daughters of liberty

During the early time of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, a group of female political dissidents known as the Daughters of Liberty was established in the North American British colonies. They banded together in reaction to the colonists' unjust British taxation.

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