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Independence is Declared


Name: ________________________ Pd: ____
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These elected officials were ready to act by June 1776.
Political power in this type of government comes from the people and is for the benefit of all.
This person was most responsible for opening the colonists' eyes was an Englishman who had just recently immigrated to America.
Thomas Paine opposed this type of treatment which is characterized by cruel and unjust use of power.
During this event, women held many jobs usually performed by men in peacetime.
Richard Henry of Virginia introduced a _________ for independence on June 7, 1776.
The idea that people have the right to overthrow a government and make a new one came from the thinkers of the ___________.
Jefferson believed that for these people had certain unalienable rights, God-given rights that no just government could take away. (two words)
In January 1776 Thomas Paine published this pamphlet that attacked King George III and called him a "Royal Brute". (two words)
About 5,000 of these type of people served during the Revolutionary War in the American army and navy.
Over the years people have argued heatedly about what Jefferson meant when he wrote that "all men are created _______"
This was one of five men who prepared a statement explaining why independence was necessary.
What was the other name used to describe the group of Patriots that rejoiced at the news that independence had been declared.
This group openly welcomed the British troops and did all they could to hurt the Patriots' cause.
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The Tories or Loyalists as they were known, fled to this country or returned to England as the revolution and the war spread.
The Declaration of Independence was one of the best-known and most influential _________ documents ever written.
According to the text, Jefferson nor any other signer of the Declaration believed in equal rights for ________ as the term is used today.
Most men of all origins were against women's rights and would be called this word by today's standards.
This Washington joined her husband in winter camp and encouraged other women to do war work.
People who did not care one way or the other for independence greeted the news with _________.
Several Africans were on the __________ common when the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.
Congress approved the DOI during this month.
These weapons had been used on the brave defenders of Breed's Hill after their ammunition run out.
Abigail Adams called herself this term and really did manage the Adams farm.
Jefferson originally wrote that the truths set forth in the D.O.I. were "sacred and undeniable". Franklin changed the phrase to read "self - __________ ".