| A | B |
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| American colonies belonged to... | England |
| King George III | King of England |
| Colonists did not want to pay... | Taxes to England without a vote |
| Benjamin Franklin was sent to England to... | Try to change the King's mind about the taxes |
| When the king refused to change the taxes... | America put together an army |
| A brave and honest man, chosen to be head of the American army, and later the nation's first president | George Washington |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| The Declaration of Independence was signed by... | 56 colonists |
| Initially, the Americans were not fighting to start a new country... | They wanted the same rights as the Englishmen in England had |
| The Declaration of Independence was written... | July 4, 1776, when the colonists realized that the must have an independent country to obtain their rights |
| Benjamin Franklin was sent to France... | To ask the French for assistance |
| After the colonists' successful battle at Saratoga, the king of France... | Sent help, including Lafayette |
| When England realized that it was probably going to lose the Revolutionary war... | Tried to make peace with the colonists and offer them the same rights |
| English General Lord Cornwallis surrendered... | At Yorktown after being trapped by the colonists by land and the French by sea |
| The Revolutionary War ended in... | 1783 |
| The Revolutionary War lasted... | 8 years |
| The thirteen colonies became known as... | The United States of America |
