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20 Cards in this Set
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John Adams
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Defended Boston Massacre soliders.
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Samuel Adams
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Organized Committees of Correspondence.
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John Hancock
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President of Second Continental Congress.
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Declaration Committee
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Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
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John Burgoyne
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General who lead the attack on Fort Triconderoga to cut of New England from the rest of the colonies.
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Marquis de Lafayette
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French ally who need little about war but was devoted to helping the Patriot cause.
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John Paul Jones
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American Navy captain.
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English Bill of Rights
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(1689) Shifted political power from the British monarchy to Parliament.
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Treaty of Paris
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1783
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Revolutionary War
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1775-1783
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Battle of Yorktown
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October 20, 1781
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Battle of Saratoga
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1777
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Battle of Trenton
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December 26, 1776
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Principal author
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was he influenced by?
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John Locke
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Lexington and Concord
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Patriots
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Bunker Hill
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British
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Trenton
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Patriots
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Saratoga
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Patriots
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Yorktown
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Patriots
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