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American Revolution Vocab & Quotes 3

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American revelation

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)

WE HOLD THESE THRUST TO BE SELF EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATE EQUAL
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NATHAN HALE (1776)

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country
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THOMAS PAINE (1776)

These are the times that men try men’s souls

GEORGE WASHINGTON (1777-1778

You have tracked the army.. to Valley Forge by the blood of there feet
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JOHN PAUL JONES (1779)

I have just begun to fight

AMERICAN REVOLUTION VOCAB

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The formal statement that declared United States free & independence of control by Great Britain
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DELEGATE

A person authorized or sent as a representative of others
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DIPLOMACY

The artful handling of international relations, a skill necessary to negotiate a successful treaty
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INDENTURED SERVANT

A person, who in exchange for free passage to American colonies, worked for a master for a period of four to seven years

LOYALIST

An American who didn’t support the revolution against Great Britain and was a loyalist the the King, George 3

TRICORN

Three sided hat of both civilian & military fashion

TYRANNY

An oppressive & unjust government ruled by a tyrant
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YANKEE

Slang term use to describe a person from England