| A | B |
|---|
| Commone Sense | pamphlet calling for American independence |
| Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense |
| Thomas Jefferson | principle author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | announced America's break from England |
| Loyalists | colonists who chose to remain loyal to Britain |
| July 4, 1776 | date the Declaration of Independence |
| economic freedom | independence to trade as an independent nation |
| military self-defense | ability to keep an army to defend territory |
