Declaration of Independence

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  1. 5. When a ruler or King uses their power or military to marginalize or police a group of people.
  2. 8. His Pamphlet is said to have influence Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence
  3. 9. The Declaration of Independence was formally _____ on July 4th, 1776
  4. 11. The Process in which foreign-born peoples become citizens
  5. 12. The colonist overthrowing the English government or social order, in favor of a new system.
  6. 13. A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating for the 13 colonies to achieve independence from Great Britain
  7. 14. A phrase that express equality for all Americans, but does not mean EVERY American.
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  1. 1. The Third President and gets labeled as the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
  2. 2. All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain _________ rights
  3. 3. A document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.
  4. 4. A fundamental right mentioned in the Declaration of Independence to freely pursue joy, as long as one does it legally.
  5. 6. The State of being free from governmental or authoritarian control
  6. 7. Governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule
  7. 10. , Also known as the " Intolerable Acts" these laws were placed upon Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party that sought to punish colonist for their defiance in the Tea Party protest.