wife of john adams, she wrote a lot of letters to him, and she called for women’s equal rights

Wife of John Adams, she wrote a lot of letters to him, and she called for women’s equal rights.

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Wife of John Adams, she wrote a lot of letters to him, and she called for women’s equal rights. Lawyer from Boston who persuaded the Congress to declare independence, helped Thomas Jefferson draft the D.O.I., helped negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Wife of John Adams, she wrote a lot of letters to him, and she called for women’s equal rights.

Lawyer from Boston who persuaded the Congress to

declare independence, helped Thomas Jefferson draft the

D.O.I., helped negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain.

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Joined the Continental Army and helped at the Battle of Saratoga.

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Opposed British taxation, organized the Boston Tea Party, and formed the Sons of Liberty (a protest group). Die hard Patriot.

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Political writer and propagandist, she wrote one of the earliest histories of the American Revolution.

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African American spy for the American Patriots.

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Publisher, inventor, helped draft the D.O.I, negotiated the Treaty of Paris 1783, and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.

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Spanish military leader who helped the American Patriots.

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African American killed at the Boston Massacre and considered the 1st casualty of the American Revolutionary War.

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King of England who imposed British acts on the American colonists.

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Jewish American businessman who financed the Continental Army.

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Die hard Patriot who famously said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

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Wrote the D.O.I.

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French military officer who helped the American Patriots at the Battle of Yorktown.

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Wrote Common Sense. Common Sense justifies revolution and opposes the British govt./laws.

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Father of the U.S.Navy, said “I have yet to begun to fight!”

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Commander in chief of the Continental Army.

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1st battle of the Revolutionary War. Also referred to as the “shot heard round the world.”

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“Turning point” of the war for the American patriots. France and Spain become allies with the Americans.

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Final battle of the American Revolution. The British surrender.

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Military camp in Pennsylvania where 2,500 American soldiers died from disease and malnutrition due to the very cold weather.

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Officially ends the American Revolution and independence is recognized.

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Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain and disagreed with the Declaration of Independence.

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Colonists who favored separating from England and becoming their own independent nation.

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Colonists who chose not to take any sides.

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Written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson that contained grievances against the King of England and supported separation from England.

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“Taxation Without Representation”, tax required on all paper documents.

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British reaction to the Boston Tea Party, port of Boston closed, no more general assemblies, and people can be sent to England to face trials.

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Unalienable rights are your rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. You are born with these rights and the government cannot take them away from you.