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Declaring Indendence
Question | Answer |
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Continental Army | army with soldiers from all 13 colonies |
John Hancock | president of Congress and the first person to sign the declaration of Independence |
Olive Branch Petition | petition that said war could be avoided if British government would give the colonists greater freedom to govern themselves. |
John Adams | suggested that George Washington lead the new American army |
King George | refused to read the Olive Branch Petition |
Thomas Jeffereson | wrote the official Declaration of Independence |
unalienable rights | rights that cannot be taken away, life, liberty (freedom) and the pursuit of happiness |
traitor | a person who works against his or her country, during the Revolution, these people were often put to death |
Declaration of Independence | document declaring the 13 American colonies independent of Great Britain, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress. |
Green Mountain Boys | group of Vermont soldiers |
seize | take hold with force |
Hessians | army of German mercenaries from Hesse, Germany |