<p>https://prezi.com/vcq4k_zuybca/important-people/</p><p>Ben Franklin: Helped stop the Stamp Act, helped France become America’s alliance during the war, ______in supplies from France, created the Join or Die cartoon, signed the ______, Alliance with France, Constitution, and the Treaty of Paris 1783</p><p>James Iredell Sr: Most influential political essayists of his time. Helped organize the ______system in NC, judge of NC Superior Court, created and revised the laws of NC, strong supporter of the Constitution, leader of NC ______Party, he was later one of the first Supreme Justices of the Supreme Court</p><p>Samuel Adams: Helped shape people’s thoughts towards ______, helped stop the Stamp Act, signed the Declaration of Independence, helped mastermind the Boston Tea Party, probably would have been one of the first to die if England had won the war because they thought him a ______</p><p>Paul Revere: Rode to ______to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock that the ______were coming. He was able to warn many that they were coming. He was arrested and held for a long time before he was released</p><p>Betsy Ross: During the Rev War, she owned an upholstery shop where she may have made shirts for George ______. Representatives from the Continental Congress asked her to make the new flag for the new nation. There is no proof that she made the flag, but there is no proof that she didn’t. The story gave women ______.</p><p>King George III: English king during the Rev War time period. The ______loved him, the colonists hated him, even making effigies of him and burning them</p><p>Governor Tryon: ______Governor of NC. He expanded the Church of England in NC. He was personally opposed to the Stamp Act, but he had to enforce it. He didn’t let the Assembly meet so that they could officially go against the Act. Built an elaborate “palace” for the governor (himself) in New Bern paying for it by raising ______which was highly unpopular. Created the postal system, stifled the Regulator Movement which was caused by the high taxes to build the palace. </p><p>Patrick Henry: Argued the Stamp Act in the VA House of Burgesses. He came up with the Stamp Act ______in which 5 were passed. One of the first to argue the Stamp Act. He represented VA in the ______Continental Congress. Famous orator, led militia, served 4 terms of governor in VA, and worked to have the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution</p><p>Thomas Paine: Wrote ______Sense, an easy to read pamphlet telling Americans how to be free. </p><p>George Washington: Leader of the American army during the French and Indian War. Made a General during the Second Continental Congress. Attacked a British camp on ______Eve (this had been unheard of before this time). President of the Constitutional Convention. Elected ______president because he was a great general.</p><p>John Hancock: A member of the Stamp Act Congress. Joined Samuel Adams in going against the British and became a member of the Boston Assembly. Helped in the Boston Tea Party and told people about the Boston Massacre. Member of the First Continental Congress. ______of the Second Continental Congress. He signed the Declaration of Independence real big so that King George III could read it without his ______. </p><p>Richard Caswell: Member of the colonial assembly and speaker of the house. Enacted ______education for every county. He became ______of the state.</p>