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| Who wrote "...give me liberty or give me death!"? |
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| Who was the commander in chief of the "Continental Army"? |
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| What was the ''Continental army''? |
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| The Second Continental Congress created a “Continental army” made up of troops from all the colonies. |
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| True or False. Most colonists remained unsure about separating from Great Britain. |
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| Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill? |
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| What did Patriots get at Fort Ticonderoga? |
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Cannons and ammunition:
59 cannons and 2,300 pounds of lead for making bullets |
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| During the Battle of Dorchester Heights the Loyalists and British leave Boston and go where and on what? |
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| More than a hundred ships left Boston Harbor for Canada. |
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| Why was George Washington chosen to be commander in chief of the new Continental army? |
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| He had skill, expierience, and distinguished himself in the French and Indian War |
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| A fiery pamphlet published by Patriot - Thomas Paine |
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| What did Thomas Paine argue about in "Common Sense"? |
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| A vision of an independent America as a homeland of liberty. |
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| Was Thomas Paine successful in his arguements? |
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| Yes. Paine’s arguments helped persuade thousands of colonists that independence was not only sensible, but that it was the key to a brighter future. |
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| Who drafted (wrote) the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. |
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| Why did Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence? |
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| To explain to the world why the colonies were choosing to separate from Britain. |
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| Why was the paragraph on slavery removed from the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Southerners feared that it might lead to demands to free the slaves. Northerners worried that New England merchants, who benefited from the slave trade, might be offended. Even delegates who opposed slavery felt it was unfair to blame the king for enslaving Africans. |
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| Where did the power to rule come from? |
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| “The consent of the governed” the people. |
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| Why was King George unfit to rule? |
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| He had shown no concern for the rights of colonists. |
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| How did the People get (acquire) their Natural Rights? |
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| All people are born equal in God’s sight and all are entitled to the same basic rights. |
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| What happened on July 4th, 1776? |
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| The delegates approved a final version of the Declaration of Independence. When they signed the document, they pledged to support independence with “our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." |
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| What was the "Olive Branch" petition about? |
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| The Second Continental Congress sent a petition to George III asking him to end the quarrel: To make peace with the colonist. |
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| Which Congress was the new "Continental Army" set up by? |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| What did it mean to sign the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Every pledged to support independence with “our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor and understood that he was committing an act of treason against Great Britain. |
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