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| George Washington | Virginian - served as General of all American armies - Did more that anyone to win the Rev. War |
| Thomas Jefferson | Virginian - congressman who wrote most of the Declar. of Ind. - chosen for his writing skills |
| Samuel Adams | Patriot from Boston Mass. who was the main protest leader against the British before the war. Organized the Boston Tea Party & Sons of Liberty |
| John Adams | Another Boston pre-war protest leader who was a cousin to Samual Adams |
| Patrick Henry | Virginia patriot who made powerful speeches to persuade the colonists ato revolt against England. "Give me liberty or give me death" were his most famous words. |
| Benjamin Franklin | Pennsylvania protest leader who helped write the Declar. of Ind. Most importantly, he went to France during the war to persuade them to help America. |
| Paul Revere | Boston patriot who rode to Lexington & Concord to warn colonists " the Bristish are coming!" |
| John Hancock | Signed the Declaration of Indepence in BIG letters. |
| Thomas Paine | Englishman who wrote Common Sense which said the colonies should be independent from Great Britain. |
| King George III | King of Eng. from 1760-1820 called a tyrant in Declar. of Ind. |
| July 4, 1776 | Date the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence |
| 1783 | Date the U.S. finally won the war with Great Britain |
| Reasons Colonists were angry with King George III | He ignored their messages,taxed unfairly,hired foreign troops to fight the colonists,encouraged Indians to attack,forced colonists to house & feed British soldiers |
| France | Country that helped the U.S. fight England after the Declaration of Ind. was signed. |
| Introduction to the Declaration of Independence | Explained why the Americans wanted independence from Great Britain. |
| Part 2 of the Declaration of Independence | listed the things King George III had done against the colonies |
| One reason the colonists were upset with British soldiers. | The soldiers burned 2 cities in the colonies putting women & children at risk. |
| Part 3 of the Declaration of Independence | Said the U.S. was a free country and no longer under British rule. |
| Reason colonists were fighting when the war started. | Their rights as Englishmen - to make their own laws and decide on taxes |
| After the Declaration of Ind. American were fighting for: | their right to be a free country |
| Continental Congress | Government of colonies during the Rev. war, appointed a committee to study need for independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | congressman who was on the committee to study need for independence because of his writing skills & primary writer of Dec.of Ind. |
| Tyrant | person who uses his power unfairly |
| The meaning of the word independent | free |
| Declaration of Independence | Official paper in which the colonies declared their freedom from Great Britian |
| Name 4 things the Declaration of Ind. said King George had done: | taxed unfairly,encouraged Indian attacks, Sent foreign troops to fight colonists, forced colonists to house Brit. Soldiers |
