| A | B |
|---|
| Declaration of Independence | a document that formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain |
| Patriots | Colonists who chose to fight for independence |
| Loyalists | Those who chose to side with the British |
| Common Sense | pamphlet that argued against British rule |
| Thomas Paine | The author of a 47 page booklet called Common Sense |
| Thomas Jefferson | The main author of The Declaration of Independence |
| Abigail Adams | wanted women's right included in The Declaration of Independence |
| New England Colonies | took steps to end slavery by the 1780's |
| Philadelphia Statehouse | meeting place of the 2nd Continental Congress |
| Ben Franklin | Oldest Delegate of the Continental Congress |
| Slavery | Jefferson's 1st draft of the Declaration of Independence included an attack on this |
| One | the number of signed copies of the Declaration of Independence in existence |
| Equality | The Declaration of Independence was the world's first document to include the principle of this |
