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Supported Revolution and became ambassador to France
What is Benjamin Franklin
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American Civil War fought
What is 1861-1865
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the document passed by Parliment in 1689 that guaranteed Englishmen certain individual rights
What is English Bill of Rights
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The battle fought in 1775 that began the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord
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The economic system where a colony provided raw materials to the mother country and served as a market for its finished goods
What is Mercantalism
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The main author of the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
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Year the United States purchased Louisiana from France
What is 1803
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The first constitution of the United States of America
What is Articles of Confederation
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The battle won by the United States in 1777 and was the turning point of the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
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A time of armed rebelion or a period of very great change in history
What is Revolution
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Wrote Common Sense supporting American indepenence from Great Britain
What is Thomas Paine
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Year the U.S.Constitution written
What is 1787
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the document that declared the United States was an independent nation
What is Declaration of Independence
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The last major battle of the American Revolutio won by the United States in 1781
What is Yorktown
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The settlement by a European country of land in the Americas, Asia, or Africa
What is Colonization
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King of England during the American Revolution
What is George III
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In this year the Declaration of Independence was signed and the United States became an independent country
What is 1776
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The agreement in 1620 that Pilgrims made for self-government in the New World
What is Mayflower Compact
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In this document Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States
What is Treaty of Paris
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The institution in society that rules on the behalf of the people, makes laws, and taxes the people
What is Government
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Was leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts against British taxation
What is Samuel Adams?
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The year of the first successful British colony in North America
What is 1607
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The document signed by King John in 1215 which granted Englishmen basic human rights
What is Magna Carter
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Conflict that removed the French threat to the American colonies in the 18th century
French and Indian War
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Being sovereign and free from foreign control by another nation
What is Independence
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