THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY INTOLERABLE ACTS FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Adams
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Franklin
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Liberty
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sam Adams gave a speech to the colonists about the unfair actions of the English.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adams’s statement was “the signal for the Boston Tea Party, ” he pronounced definitively. “Instantly a shout was heard at a door of the church from those who had been intently listening for the voice of Adams. The war whoop resounded.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite very little documentary evidence as to the origins of the organization, Boston Patriot Samuel Adams is often credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty was most likely organized in the summer of 1765 as a means to protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Revolutionary War, Adams served in the Continental Congress, and helped draft the Articles of Confederation, the document that was the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution.