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8 Cards in this Set
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Common Sense
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a short book by Thomas Paine that tried to convince people to gain independence from England
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Declaration of Independence
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written by Thomas Jefferson
stated that the colonies were now independent and stated conlonist's rights (natural rights) |
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militia
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full time farmer and part time soldier
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Natural Rights
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life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
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Second Continental Congress
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a meeting of representatives of the colonies in Philadelphia in May, 1775
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Loyalists
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American colonists who remained loyal to Britain
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Patriots
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American colonists who opposed the British (wanted independence)
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Thomas Jefferson
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he wrote the Declaration of Independence
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