The American Revolution and Vocabulary

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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, spoke about the colonies becoming independent from Great Britain.

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Common Sense

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Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775.

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Second Continental Congress

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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.

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Declaration of Independence

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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During a school play about the Revolutionary War, Anika is assigned the role of the person who was the Commander of the Continental Army. Who is Anika portraying?

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George Washington

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The Battles of ____________________ and __________________ sparked the Revolutionary War.

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Lexington; Concord

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Jefferson's political ideas were influenced by the ______________________, a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly.

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Enlightenment

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Jefferson was inspired by Enlightenment thinker ___________ _____________, who believed that people have natural rights—rights that belong to them simply because they are human.

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John Locke

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American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. Due to this victory, France agreed to help the Americans with ships, soldiers, supplies and money against their long-time enemy, Britain.

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Battle of Saratoga

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Last major battle in the American Revolution. Nathaneal Greene army came up from the south, while George Washington’s army came down from the north, and the French navy blocked the harbor by sea. In 1781, this American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

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Battle of Yorktown