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Colonial Leaders
Colonial Leaders from the Road to Revolution Unit
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Social Studies
8th Grade
11/18/2015

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Massachusetts colonist who was part of the committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence
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John Adams
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Massachusetts colonist who started the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act
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Samuel Adams
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Virginia colonist who persuaded the House of Burgesses to pass a resolution against the Stamp Act.
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Patrick Henry
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Virginia colonist who proposed the resolution for independence in the Second Continental Congress
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Richard Henry Lee
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Virginia colonist who was named commander of the Continental Army
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George Washington
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Pennsylvania colonist who was in charge of the first post office in the colonies
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Benjamin Franklin
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Massachusetts colonist who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
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John Hancock
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Virginia colonist who was a brilliant thinker and writer and was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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Virginia colonist who published a pamphlet called Common Sense
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Thomas Paine
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New York colonist who was a loyalist and argued against war with Britain
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Charles Inglis
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