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9 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Paine
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British thinker who moved to America; strongly disliked Britain and its societies, published Common Sense and set American Revolution into action
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George Washington
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Appointed by the Continental Congress to lead the American army against the British
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" as well as the "Declaration of Independence"
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Quebec Act
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Parliamentary act to please and prevent French Canadian unrest by allowing its people to keep their borders, language, religion, culture, etc. Angered Americans who saw it as outrageously pro-French and pro-Catholic
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Stamp Act
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British tax for a stamp/seal on legal documents, etc. Angered American colonists
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Common Sense
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Written by Thomas Paine, helped spread revolutionary feelings across the American colonies
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Continental Congress
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American self-appointed, self-governing group during the American Revolution
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Declaration of Independence
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Epitomized Enlightenment ideals and philosophies, would be a model for all other democratic revolutions
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle that won over French public support for the American revolutionaries
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