The resistance to British taxation, which became the American Revolution, was the most important movement of the 1700s in America. To extend your analysis, pick one person and one event from the list below. Use multiple sources to gather information. Then fill out the graphic organizer by writing a summary which explains the person’s or event’s importance in the movement against British taxation. People:
Sam Adams
Crispus Attucks
Thomas Payne
Events:
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre

Which four excerpts from the poem "a political reverie" by mercy otis warren imply that america was an oppressed and exploited nation? no despot here shall rule with awful sway nor orphan's spoils become the minion's prey; no more the widow'd bleeding bosom mourns, nor injur'd cities weep their slaughter'd sons; for then each tyrant, by the hand of fate, and standing troops, the bane of every state, forever spurn'd, shall be remov'd as far as bright hesperus from the polar star; freedom and virtue shall united reign, and stretch their empire o'er the wide domain. on a broad base the commonwealth shall stand, when lawless power withdraws its impious hand; when crowns and sceptres are grown useless things, nor petty pretors plunder here for kings