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Key Figures and Concepts in the American Revolution

This presentation outlines prominent figures and concepts from the American Revolution. It features John Hancock, the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, and his iconic signature. George Washington's inauguration as the first President is highlighted, alongside Benjamin Franklin's crucial role as a Founding Father and journalist. The Minutemen, citizen soldiers ready to fight at a moment's notice, and the contrasting Loyalists and Patriots are discussed, shedding light on the complex loyalties and motivations that shaped the revolution.

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Key Figures and Concepts in the American Revolution

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  1. Declaration of independence

  2. John Hancock John Hancock was the 1st person to sign the declaration of independence. His signature became so famous that when people write there signature they call it a John Hancock

  3. GEORGE WASHINGTON On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the 1st President of the United States.

  4. Benjamin FRANKLEN He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom published the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies.

  5. loyalist or patriot what are you

  6. Minutemen MINUTEMEN were citizen soldiers in the American colonies who volunteered to fight the British at a "minute's" notice during the years before the American Revolution. The most famous minutemen were those who figured in the battles at Lexington and Concord, though minutemen militias were organized in other New England colonies as well.

  7. LOYALIST Loyalists were colonials who took the British side during the American Revolution. "Tories" often is used as a synonym but refers in the eighteenth-century context to believers in an unrestrained monarchy. Most Loyalists believed in Parliament's supremacy over the Crown and the colonies alike. Revolutionaries used "the disaffected" to describe not only active opponents but also people who tried to stay out of the conflict, including religious objectors like Quakers.

  8. PATRIOT Patriots fight for independence and is against the British and its unfair laws

  9. A few patriots MaryOtisWarren BenjaminFranklin GeorgeWashington

  10. a few loyalist ThomasHutchinson LordDunmore JonathonBoucher

  11. The end Hoped you enjoyed the power point to the past 

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