John Dickinson
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: At a crucial point in the development of the American Revolution, Dickinson stated the colonists’ arguments against England in a new and compelling way and became, for a while, a spokesman for all the Colonies. Later, he helped draft and win ratification of the United States Constitution.
Early Life
John Dickinson was born on November 8, 1732, on a plantation in Maryland that had been in his family for three quarters of a century. Eight years later, John’s father, Samuel, moved his family to Delaware, where he hired an Irish tutor...
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