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Unit 6 vocab terms
Term | Definition |
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Second Continental Congress | A meeting of people from all 13 colonies to manage the colonial side of the revolutionary war |
Continental Army | Army created by second continental congress |
George Washington | The leader of the continental army |
Battle of Bunker Hill | The battle that the British won on their 3rd try |
Impose | something unwelcome that was forced to be accepted like America becoming a country |
Independence | The freedom to make your own decisions or to govern yourself |
Policies | A statement |
Olive Branch Petition | A last ditch attempt to prevent war with the British |
Thomas Paine | The guy who wrote articles that inspired the Americans in their battles against Great Britain |
Common Sense | an article written by Thomas Paine |
Declaration of Independence | The document that said America was splitting apart from great Britain |
Thomas Jefferson | Main author for declaration of Independence |
natural rights | Rights that people think are natural law |
fundamental rights | rights that apply to all humans like the right of equality |
Independence Day | A term for fourth of July |