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THOMAS HUTCHINSON
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Thomas Hutchinson
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was a British official who played many
roles in the years leading up to the
American Revolution. He served as chief
justice of the Massachusetts supreme
court that heard James Otis' case against
the writs of assistance; as lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts during the
Stamp Act crisis; and finally, as the royal
governor.
James Otis - James Otis was an influential Bostonian heavily
involved in the fight for colonial rights. Most notably, he
argued the case against the writs of assistance in front of the
Massachusetts supreme court. Though unsuccessful in his
case, Otis succeeded in illuminating the core of the colonists'
oppocolonies
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James Otis considered himself a loyal British subject. Yet in
February 1761, he argued against the Writs of Assistance in a
nearly five-hour oration before a select audience in the State
House. His argument failed to win his case, although it
galvanized the revolutionary movement .
Betsy Ross
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Betsy Ross presenting the first American flag to
General.
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Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836)
Betsy Ross was born to Samuel Griscom and
Rebecca James Griscom in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
She grew up in a household where the plain
dress and strict discipline of the Society of
Friends dominated her life.
She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah
Elizabeth Ann Griscom.
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Her great-grandfather Andrew Griscom, a
Quaker carpenter, emigrated in 1680 from
England
Benedict Arnold
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was a general during the American
Revolutionary War.
Arnold was a merchant operating ships on the
Atlantic Ocean when the war broke out in 1775.
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Arnold's father was a successful businessman,
and the family moved in the upper levels of
Norwich society
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Arnold began the war as a captain in
Connecticut's militia, a position to which he was
elected in March 1775.
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On February 22, 1767, Arnold married Margaret
Mansfield, daughter of Samuel Mansfield
William Franklin
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William Franklin (ca. 1730 – November 1814).
was an American soldier, attorney, and colonial
administrator, the acknowledged illegitimate
son of Benjamin Franklin.
He was appointed as the last Colonial Governor
of New Jersey (1763–76).
As his father (Benjamin Franklin) was one of the
most prominent Patriots and a Founding Father
of the United States, their differences caused an
irreconcilable break between them.
Franklin was a steadfast Loyalist throughout the
American War of Independence.
In 1763, William Franklin was appointed as the
Royal Governor of New Jersey, due to his
father's influence with the British Prime
Minister.
After the Declaration of Independence on 4 July,
Franklin was formally taken into custody by
order of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey,
an entity which he refused to recognize,
regarding it as an "illegal assembly"
James Otis
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James Otis, Jr. (February 5, 1725 – May 23,
1783)
was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a
member of the Massachusetts provincial
assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot
views against British policy that led to the
American Revolution.