Unit 2 Vocab

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Appalachian Mountains

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North American range from Alabama to Canada.

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Battle of Trenton

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Took place on Dec. 26, 1776, after Washington crossed the Delaware.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Printer, scientist, inventor who helped write the Declaration of Independence

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Boston Tea Party

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Political protest by Boston led by the Sons of Liberty.

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Committee of Five

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Assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence

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Common Sense: Continued loyalty to Britain is absurd.

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Continued loyalty to Britain is absurd.

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Continental Army

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Military force that won independence from Great Britain in the American Revolution.

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Cornwallis

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British general defeated at Yorktown, marking the end of the Revolutionary War.

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Daughters of Liberty

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Participated in boycotts against the British after the Townshend Acts.

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Declaration of Independence

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Declaring the thirteen American Colonies independent of British rule.