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This man wrote the Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
There were three reasons the colonists should stay loyal to England. What are they?
What is being afraid of England, things aren't so bad here, and the British are needed for their business?
This fort in New York has really good cannons.
What is Fort Ticanderoga?
Quebec said no when the Patriots asked this question.
What is would you like to be our 14th Colony?
This man led the Siege on Boston.
Who was George Washington?
This was the sight that met the British when they looked up the morning of March 17, 1776 (The Siege of Boston).
What was the ENTIRE Colonial Army?
Common Sense was written in 1776 by this man.
Who was Thomas Paine?
On this day the Colonists rejoiced over all the homes and goods that the British left when they ran away from George Washington.
What is Evacuation Day?
What is Halifax and Nova Scotia?
Out of the Patriots, Loyalists, or those who were neutral, who had the advantage at the start of the war?
Who are the Loyalists?
The Patriots went up to Canada to ask this question of Quebec?
Would you like to be our 14th Colony?
These are the two certificates the Declaration of Independence stands for and the reasons why?
What are a birth certificate (start of a new country) and a death certificate (you are committing treason by signing it and it could end you)?
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms was written on this date.
What is July 6, 1775?
These two men led the attack on Fort Ticanderoga to steal 50 cannons.
Who was Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen?
These two men are inspired by John Locke and his ideas of the evolution of the idea of freedoms, rights and liberty.
Who are George Mason and Thomas Jefferson?
What are the Preamble, the Statement of Beliefs, and the Thesis Statement?
A war that not everyone wants to happen, so among the colonists there were people fighting against the war happening. What is this called?
What is a "War Within A War"?
What is the Preamble?
This pamphlet explained why the colonists should go to war.
What is Common Sense?
These two men headed up to Canada and try to get rid of the British.
Who were Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery?
The Loyalists owned all of the ports through which British goods arrived to the colonies. Why was this a big deal?
Who controlled the distribution of goods throughout the colonies?
Name two reasons that the siege of Boston took place on March 17, 1776.
What were the colonists wanted to free Boston, British were being hard on Colonists>
Richard Henry Lee heads to Continental Congress (it's still been going on since 1775) and says this to share his opinion that the Colonies should be free.
What was, “These United States are and of right ought to be free and independent states.”
The Declaration of Indepence, written to shorten what Richard Henry Lee said, was written by these four men.
Who were Jefferson, Sherman, Franklin, and Adams?
These two parts of the Declaration of Independence lists all of the Colonists complaints and comes out and says they are independent.
What are the Statement of Beliefs and Thesis?