Colonial Independence and Key Documents

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Which important pamphlet written by Thomas Paine was given to colonists to get them on board with independence from Britain?

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Common Sense

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The Declaration of Independence was dated when?

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July 4th 1776

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What is the Declaration of Independence essentially?

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A long breakup letter from the United States to England.

Front

Why did the colonists want to break up from Great Britain?

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Because they felt they were not being treated fairly under the British rule

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An uprising, going against a government or authority openly and/or violently.

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rebellion

Front

Who authored the Declaration of Independence? (He's on the $2 bill)

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Thomas Jefferson

Front

The King saw the Declaration of Independence signing as "treason".

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True

Front

Which war was before the Revolutionary war and essentially kicked off the war?

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French and Indian War

Front

What was the immediate effect of the Declaration of Independence on the American colonies?

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It marked the colonies as independent states at war with Britain.

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What kind of rights did the Declaration of Independence declare colonists had?

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Unalienable (fundamental human rights)