pamphlet published in 1776 that encouraged many Americans to support independence from Britain.

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Albany Plan of Union

document written to declare the American colonies as an independent nation, free from British rule

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Albany Plan of Union

freedom from control by another government or country

• dependence

• natural rights

• independence

• treason

rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

• natural rights

• petitioned rights

• school rights

• work rights

a formal, written request made to an official person or organization

• blockade

• boycott

• petition

• protest

document sent to King George III asking him to end the quarrel between the colonies and Great Britain

• Albany Plan of Union

• Common Sense

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

old British fort located at the southern end of Lake Champlain in New York

• Breed's Hill

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Knox

• Fort Necessity

colonist who favored war against Britain

• Separatist

• Neutralist

• Loyalist

• Patriot

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

• Separatists

• Neutralists

• Loyalists

• Patriots

most outspoken colonist in his support for independence

• George Washington

• Israel Putnam

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry