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| In what year did America declare its Independance from Britain? |
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| America declared its Independance in 1776. |
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| What impact did King George have on the decision to break from Britain? |
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| He announced that American leaders were traitors, and under English law, would be drawn and quarted when caught. |
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| Who was Tom Paine? What did he write? |
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| Tom Paine was a colonist who wrote Common Sense. |
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| What was the Declaration of Independance? Who drafted it? |
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| The Declaration of Independance was a public statement of the colonies' rights and grievances. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson. |
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| When did the Declaration become effective? |
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| The Declaration became effective July 4, 1776. |
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| What did the Declaration of Independance make inevitable? |
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| The Declaration made all out war with Britain inevitable. |
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| Write an essay describing three events previously covered this year that occurred since the founding of our country. Please write about them in chronological order. |
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