John Dickinson

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Founding Father of the United States human lawyer pamphleteer planter politician

John Dickinson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his influential writings advocating colonial rights and cautious resistance to British rule.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Founding Father of the United States → human → lawyer → pamphleteer → planter → politician →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1732-11-13 →
dateOfDeath	1808-02-14 →
educatedAt	Middle Temple → legal apprenticeships in Philadelphia →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Dickinson →
givenName	John →
knownFor	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania → advocacy of colonial rights → cautious resistance to British rule → opposition to the Stamp Act →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Continental Congress → Delaware General Assembly → Pennsylvania Assembly →
memberOfPoliticalParty	no formal national party (pre-party era) →
nickname	Penman of the Revolution →
notableWork	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania →
occupation	lawyer → politician → writer →
opposed	immediate declaration of independence in 1776 →
owned	Poplar Hall plantation in Delaware →
participantIn	American Revolution → Continental Congress of 1774 → Continental Congress of 1775 → Stamp Act crisis →
placeOfBirth	Talbot County, Maryland →
placeOfDeath	Wilmington, Delaware →
positionHeld	President of Delaware → President of Pennsylvania → delegate to the Continental Congress → member of the Delaware General Assembly → member of the Pennsylvania Assembly →
religion	Quaker →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → Wilmington, Delaware →
sexOrGender	male →
signatoryTo	Articles of Confederation →
spouse	Mary Norris Dickinson →
supported	reconciliation with Great Britain before 1776 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms →	author
Olive Branch Petition →	draftedBy
Townshend Acts era →	hasKeyFigure
Second Continental Congress →	member
First Continental Congress →	notableDelegate
Articles of Confederation →	primaryAuthor