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Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes Abigail Adams John Adams 1 Crispus Attucks “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.” “I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.” “Member/leader of a crowd of ‘motley rabble of saucy boys, negros and molattoes, Irish teagues and outlandish jack tarrs’ by John Adams at the trial of British soldiers who killed this man.” Women’s Rights Advocate The Second First Lady Represented Massachusetts at the 2nd Continental Congress st
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2 President of the United States Killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770 First Casualty of the American Revolution 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes Samuel Adams “Despite his critical actions, ________ returned to William ______ after the war to continue his life as a slave. He was not eligible for emancipation under the Act of 1783 for slave‐soldiers, because he was considered a slave‐spy, and had to petition the Virginia legislature for his emancipation.” “It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Committees of Correspondence Bostonian who opposed British colonial policies st
Served in 1 and 2nd Continental Congress 2 Wentworth Cheswell James Armistead "An unusual privilege for a country boy of that time. Few people of the colonial era were formally educated, mostly due to cost and lack of inexpensive public schooling. Education of any formal sort in colonial New England carried a significant degree of elite social status." “First African American elected to public office (1768 ‐ Constable)” Revolutionary Spy for Lafayette Victory at Yorktown Revolutionary figure Justice of the Peace Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1805‐17) 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes Marquis de Lafayette Benjamin Franklin “When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties.” “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Inventor Ambassador to France during the American Revolution Founding Father from Pennsylvania French Nobleman Connects the American and French Revolutions 3 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes King George III Bernardo de Gálvez “Under Royal Order from Charles III of Spain, _____ continued the smuggling operations to supply the North American rebels early in 1777. The British blockaded the eastern colonial ports, and the route from New Orleans up the Mississippi River was an effective alternative.” Spanish Military Leader Colonial Governor of Louisiana Aided the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution 4 William Penn “Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.” Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. King of Great Britain in the American Revolution Quaker Religious Freedom Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry “Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.” Founding Father from Virginia Founding Father from Virginia Governor of Virginia 1776‐79, 17 84‐86 Anti‐Federalist 5 Author of the Declaration of Independence st
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3 President of the United States 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes Thomas Paine 6 Haym Salomon Mercy Otis Warren “Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” “The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.” “Financial Hero — Businessman and broker _______ was responsible for raising most of the money needed to finance the American Revolution and later to save the new nation from collapse." From US Postal Stamp English American Political Activist The American Crisis Common Sense Revolutionary War Propagandist History for the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution Member of the Sons of Liberty Financier 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes William Blackstone George Washington
7 “The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.” “I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.” English Jurist and Judge Commentaries on the Laws of England Commander in Chief of the Continental Army President of the Constitutional Convention st
1 President of the United States 9-13/GE Grade 8 Social Studies Biography and Quotes John Locke
John Paul Jones “Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practice [sic], and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?” “All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.” “I have not yet begun to fight!” Puritan Founder of the Colony of Connecticut Political Philosopher Second Treatise on Government Social Contract Revolutionary War Hero Captain of the Bonhomme Richard Thomas Hooker 8 9-13/GE