Declaration of Independence Study Tool

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Famous quote from Patrick Henry's speech.

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Give me liberty or give me death!

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Author of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Important Points of The Olive Branch Petition

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Emphasized the colonists’ loyalty to the Crown and their rights as British citizens

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Author of Common Sense

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Thomas Paine

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Audience of Common Sense

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Colonists

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Purpose of Common Sense

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To convince the colonists to separate from Britain

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Famous Quote from Common Sense

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“Ye that love mankind!” he urged. “Ye that dare oppose not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! . . . The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.”

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Date Ratified for the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

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Famous quote from The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

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One if by land,

Two if by sea,

and I on the opposite shore shall be

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Grievances listed in the Declaration

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Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Acts, Intolerable Acts, taxation without representation