The American revolution

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  1. 3. The formal document written by Thomas Jefferson, approved on 4 July 1776.
  2. 5. The national government created by the Constitution to hold the thirteen states together.
  3. 7. The US parliament that had sent Benjamin Franklin to France as ambassador.
  4. 9. Men such as Jefferson, Franklin and Washington who steered America towards independence.
  5. 10. The 1765 law requiring colonists to buy special stamped paper for legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. (5,3)
  6. 11. Colonists who remained loyal to the king during the split over British rule.
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  1. 1. The gathering of delegates from the colonies that first met in Philadelphia in 1774.
  2. 2. The slogan principle the colonists demanded — “no taxation without ___”.
  3. 4. The Massachusetts city that was the centre of the strongest opposition to British rule.
  4. 6. The set of laws written by James Madison establishing how US politics would function, approved in June 1788.
  5. 8. The exclusive right to sell tea to the American colonies that Parliament gave the East India Company.