Unit 10, Part II

Were there thirteen British colonies in North America?

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Was the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain?

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Was the Boston Tea Party a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Was “one, if by land, and two, if by sea” a song that the Redcoats sang when they were marching?

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Is the Fourth of July a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

According to legend, did Betsy Ross refuse to make a flag for the new nation?

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Was the “shot heard round the world” the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats?

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Are these the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .”?

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CCSS.RL.8.3

. Was our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., named for Thomas Jefferson?

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Were Native Americans, African Americans, and women given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America?

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