Ch. 5 Road to Revolution study guide

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This document declared loyalty to Great Britain and asked the King to protect the colonists’ rights to avoid war.

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Olive Branch Petition

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Which English philosopher inspired the author of the Declaration of Independence?

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John Locke

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a complaint is a

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grievance

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Who committed treason against the Americans by selling military information to the British?

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Benedict Arnold

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Name of the new country after the Declaration of Independence.

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United States of America

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Who is the Author of Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

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Another word for an act.

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law

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colonists who supported Great Britain

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loyalists

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Date the Declaration of Independence was signed and accepted.

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July 4, 1776