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- 3. General of the American army, avoided any situation that threatened the destruction of his army, and his leadership kept the army together when defeat seemed inevitable.
- 4. Ended the war with an American victory.
- 6. Took place when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators.
- 7. This group organized the Boston Tea party.
- 9. Saw the development of new ideas about the rights of people and their relationship to their rulers.
- 11. The rivalry in North America between Britain and France led to this, in which the French were driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains.
- 12. The many colonists who tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible.
- 14. Authored by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, reflected the ideas of Locke and Paine. Jefferson wrote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
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- 1. Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas, more than any others, influenced the American belief in self-government.
- 2. Life, liberty, and property that rulers cannot take away.
- 5. An English immigrant to America who produced a pamphlet known as Common Sense that challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England.
- 6. Negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France.
- 8. War began when the "Minutemen" in Massachusetts fought a brief skirmish with British troops here.
- 10. Said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
- 13. Remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties.