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GHSGT Review - Civics, US History to 1865
Path to American Revolution Vocabulary Review for GHSGT
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History
11th Grade
02/24/2011

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Sons of Liberty
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A secret organization of patriots that organized communications and protests against British rule in the colonies
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Daughters of Liberty
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An all female organization of colonists that organized boycotts against British goods and provided homemade materials for the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
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Committees of Correspondence
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Groups that organized written communications during the American Revolution to unite the colonies against England.
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Declaration of Independence
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Document constructed by 5 members of the 2nd Continental Congress that listed many grievances the colonies had with Britain and declared the colonies independent states.
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Thomas Paine
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Colonist that strongly supported the ideas of the Enlightenment and promoted these ideas through his pamphlet titled Common Sense.
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Common Sense
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that put in very plain, everyday language the problems with British rule and the benefits of self-government
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