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- 4. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
- 5. washington was an important military general
- 7. of Confederation, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution
- 8. congress the body of delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the colony-states
- 9. people who fought for freedom were in the
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- 1. of independence the formal proclamation that the colonies would now be an independent country separate from Great Britain
- 2. of Rights the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
- 3. Franklin was one of the founding fathers and helped write the Declaration of Independence
- 4. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
- 6. Tea Party, incident where tea was dumped into the Harbor as an act of protest