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declaration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| second continental congress | a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| continental army | formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. |
| George washington | the first president. |
| battle of bunker hill | fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. |
| impose | take advantage of someone by demanding their attention or commitment. |
| independence | freedom |
| policies | a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. |
| olive branch petition | a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. |
| thomas paine | an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary and one of the founding fathers. |
| common sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. |
| declaration of independence | formal statement, of independence made on july 4th 1776 |
| thomas jefferson | an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. |
| natural rights | all people are born equal in god's sight, and all are entitled to the same basic rights. |
| fundamental rights | it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it. |
| independence day | another term for Fourth of July. |
| patrick henry | one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first governor of Virginia. He was a gifted orator and major figure in the American Revolution. |
| the preamble of the declaration of independence | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. |
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