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

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

This petition, written by moderates, expressed the colonists’ loyalty to the king and requested a halt in

fighting until a solution could be found. King George III refused the petition.

• Declaration of Independece

• Olive Branch Petition

• Common Sense

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

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

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

• George Washington

• Nathanael Greene

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Baron von Steuben

The Battles of ____________________ and __________________ sparked the Revolutionary War.

• Lexington; Concord

• Concord; Bunker's Hill

• Lexington; Saratoga

• Concord; Camden

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

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Great Awakening

• French Revolution

Basic rights of the people that may not be taken away.

• Unalienable Rights

• Human Rights

• Natural Rights

• Bill of Rights

This document ends the American Revolution, and recognizes the former British colonies as an independent nation.

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Treaty of Paris (1763)

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

American intellectual, inventor, and politician was sent to France to ask for military aid and a loan during the American Revolution

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

Why did the leaders of the colonies meet at the 2nd Continental Congress?

• To raise taxes for the war
• To gain Great Britain's support
• To begin a strong national defense with an army led by George Washington
• Established an alliance with the US and France