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| Philadelphia | city in which the Declaration of Independence was written |
| Lexington & Concord | military battles that led to the calling of the Second Continental Congress |
| Second Continental Congress | group that assembled in 1775 to respond to the battles of Lexington & Concord |
| John Hancock | President of the Second Continental Congress |
| George Washington | appointed to lead the Continental Army |
| Thomas Jefferson | primary writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | date the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence |
| 56 | number of signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| popular sovereignty | idea that the government can exist only with the consent of the governed |
| George III | the King of England who is named as a "Tyrant" of power in the Declaration of Independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | His famous quote about the Declaration of Independence is "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." |
| "unalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence | "life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness" |
| John Locke | writer of the Second Treatise of Government, which established the idea of a social contract |
| Jean Jacques Rousseau | French philosopher who claimed that all men are equal |
| limited government | principle that states that individuals have rights that even the government may not take away |
| "Common Sense" | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced colonists of the need for independence |
| Richard Henry Lee | first delegate at the Second Continental Congress to call for independence from England |
