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The Olive Branch Petition
My group was assigned to read and annotate "The Olive Branch Petition", written by John Dickson. This document was the colonists' first step to try and make peace with Great Britain. THroughout the document, John Dickson uses rhetoric to enhance his...More
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Common Sense
The issue that Common Sense was trying to call the American people's attention to was that instead of always blaming certain ministers or Parliment itself, their anger should be directed to the King and the system that gave him his power. It express...More
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Cause of the Revolutionary War
The colonists were worried about a lot of events. One of those was the Boston Massacre, in which a small snowball fight turned into an armed confrontation where many were injured and five were killed. The colonists were concerned about this issue be...More
