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| John Adams | Championed the cause of independence |
| Continental Congress | A meeting in Philadelphia where represenatives from the colonies met to discuss problems with England |
| Patrick Henry | Gave the famous "Give me Liberty or give me death" speech |
| Paul Revere | The patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of the arrival of the British troops calling, "The British are coming!" |
| The Continental Congress that framed the Declaration of Independence | Second |
| Phyllis Wheatley | A former slave who wrote poems & plays. |
| Intolerable Act | The act passed by parliment after the colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor. |
| John Locke | Writer who inspired the rights section of the Declaration of Independence. |
| July 4, 1776 | The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted. |
| John Hancock | president of the Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. |
| preamble | The introduction to the declaration of independence. |
| Townshend Acts | These acts placed a tax on thigs like tea, lead, paint, paper and glass. |
| Boston Massacre | The event in which several colonists were killed after they taunted British soldiers. |
| Sons of Liberty | Colonists who disguised themselves as indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor. |
| Thomas Paine | The author of "Common Sense" who encouraged colonists to break away from England. |
| France and Spain | Two major countries who helped the colonists defeat Britain. |
| Saratoga | An American victory that became the turning point of the Revolutionary War. |
| George Washington | The commander of the Continental Army. |
| Lafayette | The French general who led troops to help the colonists defeat Britain. |
| Yorktown | The peninsula in Virginia where Cornwallis surrendered to the Continental army. |
