| A | B |
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| 2nd Continental Congress | Philadelphia May 10, 1775- named Geo. Washington commander-in-chief & sent King "Olive Branch Petition" |
| "Common Sense" | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine Jan. 1776 to convince colonies to declare independence |
| Declaration of Independence | written by Thomas Jefferson & approved by 2nd Continental Congress |
| George Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| Green Mountain Boys | men from Vermont attacked Fort Ticonderoga |
| Benedict Arnold | an American Sept 1780 joined the British & burned the capital of Richmond |
| preamble | introduction to the Declaration of Independence |
| Olive Branch Petition | written by John Dickinson of PA, sent to king asking to repeal the Intolerable Acts |
