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- Who was selected to draft the Declaration of Independence?
- One cause of the French and Indian War was the movement of
- (T/F) Thomas Jefferson felt the colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain because he did not believe in the idea of the social contract.
- With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France handed over what lands to Great Britain?
- In what area of America was fighting particularly brutal?
- Why was the Marquis de Lafayette interested in the American Revolution?
- What foreign group served as mercenaries for the British?
- As George Washington prepared to lead the colonists against the British, Congress sent what?
- In Common Sense Thomas Paine argued that laws should be made by who?
- How was the Battle of Trenton different for the Continental Army from previous battles?
- The idea that the colonies had the right to break away from Britain was based on the Enlightenment idea of the _____________
- Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense led many colonial leaders to do what?
- Which Battle is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
- Who was the main author of the Deceleration of Independence?
- How would the opinions of delegates to the Second Continental Congress be best characterized?
- Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as what?
- Former confederates are ______ to congress during presidential reconstruction
- Agents hired by the Mexican government to attract settlers to Texas
- Slaves were freed but didn't have rights during the presidential reconstruction. Why?
- Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing the major conflict within the British empire.One major problem within the British empire was that the - considered the empire to be a system of - parts under Parliament's command, and colonists considered themselves as - with the rights to govern themselves.