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21 Cards in this Set
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Ben Franklin
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proposed Albany Plan
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militia
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armed citizens who served as soldiers during an emergency
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William Pitt
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Britain's Prime Minister who persuaded Parliament to raise taxes and borrow money to fight the war
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prime minister
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the highest official in a parliamentary government
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General Wolf
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laid siege to the city of Quebec in the battle for Quebec which led to the control over all of New France
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siege
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an enemy force is surrounded; trapped and without access to supplies the enemy is starved into surrender
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King George III
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king of Great Britain; German- Hanover family; wanted to be involved and sees colonist as needing to know who is in charge
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Prime Minister Grenville
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thought the colonist should share the burden of Great Britain's debt from the war; "defraying the expense of defending, protecting and securing the peace; Sugar Act 1764; Quartering Act; Stamp Act 1765
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James Otis
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"No taxation without representation"
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Sons of Liberty
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Sam Adams
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Thomas Paine
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wrote "Common Sense"
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Abigail Adams
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gave John Adams advice to remember the ladies
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John Hancock
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president of 2nd Continental Congress
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George Washington
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commander of Continental army
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Richard Henry Lee
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a Virginian who makes a resolution for independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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chosen to write the Declaration of Independence
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John Locke
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believed that people have natural rights; this infulenced Thomas Jefferson
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preamble
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introduction to explain the purpose
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natural rights
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rights that belong to people simply because they are human
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rule of law
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public officals must make decisions based on the law not their own personal wishes
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July 4, 1776
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congressional delegates voted to approve the Declaration of Independence
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