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Declaration of Independence
People
British Parliament
War
Vocabulary
100
What happened as a result of taxation without representation?
The Declaration of Independence was drafted.
100

Who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Patrick Henry

100
The British believed ________________ should rule over the colonists.
Parliament
100

I was known as "the sword" for my military leadership in the American Revolution.

George Washington

100

A person who joined neither side during the revolutionary war

Neutralist

200
The Declaration states "all people are created ________"
equal
200
Who took on more responsibility during the war?
Women
200

____ ______ joined the British because they were promised their freedom.

Enslaved Africans

200

How the revolutionary war end? (Hint: NOT a battle)

Treaty of Paris in 1783

200
A person who wants to go against British Parliament and thinks the colonist should rule themselves.
Patriot
3001
The Declaration states "all people have the right to _____, ________, and the pursuit of __________."
life, liberty, happiness
3001
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
3001
Parliament believed it had legal authority in the colonies, while the colonists believed their ____________ had legal authority.
Local assemblies
3001

The final MAJOR battle in the American Revolution took place in

Yorktown

3001
Paying an extra fee on certain goods like glass, paper, and tea.
Tax
40000
The Declaration states "all of the authority to govern belongs to the _________ in the colony"
people
40000

I was the French nobleman who fought with the colonists at Yorktown. 

Marquis de Lafayette
40000

Who did the colonists believe should have authority over them - parliament or local assemblies?

Local assemblies

40000
The Commander-in-Chief for the Continental Army
George Washington
40000

What is another word for liberty?

Freedom

10000000

True/False- The Declaration was written so that people must follow the rules of the king

False

10000000
I was an enslaved African American who spied on the British for the Continental Army. At the end of the Revolutionary War, I successfully requested my freedom.
James Lafayette
10000000
Why did the Virginia colonists disagree with British Parliament?
The colonists believed they should not be taxed when they didn't have representation in Parliament.
10000000
The British waved their white flag at the end of the Battle of Yorktown... what does that mean?
The British surrendered
10000000
A person who still wants to be ruled by British Parliament and will fight for them.
Loyalist