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Declaring Independan
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Term | Definition |
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Common Sense | a 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America |
Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense, who wrote that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws |
Thomas Jefferson | the main author of the Declaration of Independence |
Declaration of Independence | the document that formally announced the colonies’ break from Great Britain |
Loyalists | colonists, sometimes called Tories, who remained loyal to Britain |