| A | B |
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| the significance of 1776 | the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| a reason for a formal complaint | a grievance |
| act that establisehd a natural boundary forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains | the Proclamation of 1763 |
| Colonists who sided with the British | Loyalists |
| the colonists who fought for independence from British rule | Patriots |
| America's first government was outlined in this document | the Articles of Confederation |
| the winter home of GerogeWashington& the ContinentalArmy; became known for the hardships and cold weather | Valley Forge |
| the site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis surrendered his troops to Washington | Yorktown |
| The MAIN AUTHOR of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| the battle that signified the turning point of the Revolutionary War; France became an ally with the colonists | Saratoga |
| the famous slogan that summed up the colonists angry feeling about the Stamp, Tea, and Townshend Acts | not taxation without representation |
| the belief that government gets its power from the poeple, not a monarch (king or queen) | republicanism |
| Delegates of the Continental Congress, the continental Army and the Sons of Liberty are all _____________ because these groups wanted independence from England. | Patriots |
| the document that officially ended the Revolutionary War | Treaty of Paris |
| What is the significance of 1776? | the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Name three unalienable rights | life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
