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Chapter 7
The American Promise 5th Edition. Professor: Jones-Reed : Keywords
Term | Definition |
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Declaration of Independence | July 4,1776 documented drafted by Thomas Jefferson stating all men are created equally |
Second Continental Congress | The elective body that gathered in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775 |
George Washington | Commander of chief of the continental army, 1st President of the United States |
Thomas Jefferson | Virginia Planter, Member of the second continental congress, drafted the declaration of independence |
William Howe | British general commanded the troops against the colonial uprising in 1775 |
Thomas Paine | English artisan and intellectual who came to America in 1774 |
King George III | British Monarch who assumed the throne in 1760 |
Abigail Adams | Patriotic colonist that pushed for independence and consideration of woman in colonial politics |
Common Sense | Revolutionary pamphlet by Thomas Pain that appeared in Philadelphia on January 1776 |