JOHN DICKINSON

JOHN DICKINSON'S CHILDHOOD

• Dickinson was born on November 13th
• Was born into a fairly wealthy family
• His father was the first judge to the Court of Pleas
• Dickinson joined politics in 1764
• He studied law at the Temple of London

JOHN DICKINSON'S LEADERSHIP

• Was elected for the assembly of Pennsylvania
• Often butted heads with Ben Franklin and started a pamphlet war
• Was given the task to draft the Deceleration of Rights and Greivances
• Was a big part of the Revolution War because he made people boycott laws like the stamp act

HOW JOHN DICKINSON CHANGED AMERICA TODAY

• Dickinson was a huge debater and was one of the biggest voices in the anti- stamp act group..

WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING

• His sentence in the actual war was brief
• He was a huge politician
• Ben Franklin was kicked of the assembly of Pennsylvania and not Dickinson