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Definitions
Question | Answer |
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document declaring independence for the 13 American colonies from Great Britain | Declaration of Independence |
colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a moments notice | Minutemen |
pamphlet that encouraged people to break away from Great Britain | Common Sense |
volunteer armies | Militia |
Patriot and writer who's pamphlet, Common Sense, was published in 1776 | Thomas Paine |
Second major battle of American Revolution on Breeds Hill...British won | Battle of Bunker Hill |
Battle of Lexington was won by British and Concord won by Americans...known as the shot heard around the world | Battle of Lexington and Concord |
army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by General George Washington | Contintental Army |
Rights you were born with including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness | Unalienable rights |
a cause of distress | Grievance |
main writer of the Declaration of Independence, member of Continental Congress, and 3rd persident of US | Thomas Jefferson |
Nickname given to the British soldiers | Redcoats |