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Firebrands of Revolution

Firebrands of Revolution. James Otis. Colony Lived In: Massachusetts Occupation(s): Successful Lawyer

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Firebrands of Revolution

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  1. Firebrands of Revolution

  2. James Otis • Colony Lived In: Massachusetts • Occupation(s): Successful Lawyer • How he helped start the Revolution: One of the most passionate and effective protectors of colonists rights during the 1760s. He headed the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence. He fought British tax laws using the court system. • Special Talents: James was a good lawyer who fought for the rights of British citizens living in the Colonies.

  3. Samuel Adams • Colony Lived In: Massachusetts – Boston • Occupation(s): Failed Businessman, Politician • How he helped start the Revolution: He formed the Sons of Liberty in Boston and the Committees of Correspondence. Adams planned the Boston Tea Party and helped propagandized the Boston Massacre. • Special Talents: Good writer and thinker, he was a rabble –rouser and good at getting people worked up and moving

  4. Thomas Paine • Colony Lived In: Pennsylvania • Occupation(s): Mainly a writer and magazine editor • How he helped start the Revolution: He wrote and published a pamphlet called Common Sense. Common Sense encouraged the colonist to break away from England and start their own government. • Special Talents: Paine was a great writer. It is said that he was a “magician with words.” His writing encourage colonist that a complete break from England was necessary.

  5. Patrick Henry • Colony Lived In: Virginia • Occupation(s): Failed shopkeeper, Failed planter, successful Lawyer • How he helped start the Revolution: Influence people with powerful speeches in the Virginia House of Burgesses. His passionate speeches called for liberty from oppressive British rule. Henry’s speeches influences Thomas Jefferson • Special Talents: Henry was a great orator (public speaker) his words were passionate, poetic and powerful.

  6. Paul Revere • Colony Lived In: Massachusetts • Occupation(s): Silversmith • How he helped start the Revolution: Revere became prominent member of the Sons of Liberty.Revere gathered intelligence information by watching the Movements of British Soldiers. He was a courier for the Boston Committee of Correspondence. He also made an engraving of the Boston Massacre that was meant to stir-up colonial anger toward the British. • Special Talents: Revere was a reliable “ordinary person” that was the typical volunteer and backbone of colonial resistance.

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