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What were the two levels of reason for the American Revolution?
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Struggle for power - between American Colonists and Great Britian.
Ideas - the colonists were rethinking the relationship between people and government.
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What important document expressed both levels of the Revolution and appeared in Philadelphia in January 1776?
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Common Sense
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Who was the author of Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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What was the name of the Congress that first gathered in May 1775?
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Second Continental Congress
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What two cities were the site of a significant clash between British Troops and Colonial Militia?
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Lexington and Concord
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Who were three new delegates to the Second Continental Congress?
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Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
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Who lead the Congressional Moderates in favor of seeking some compromise with Britain that would increase colonial self-rule?
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John Dickinson
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What petition did John Dickinsons write that was rejected by King George III in November of 1775?
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Olive Branch Petition
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What did the Olive Branch Petition express?
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Colonist's continued loyalty to the monarch and their desire for peace.
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A committee was appointed to prepare a statement of the reasons for the seperation in June of 1776 - what was this statement called?
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Declaration of Independence
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Who were the five members of this committee appointed to prepare a statement of the reasons for seperation?
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Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livinston
Bejnamin Franklin
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What member of the Declaration of Independence committee was a lawyer and plantation owner?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What member of the Declaration of Independence committee was a Boston lawyer?
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John Adams
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What member of the Declaration of Independence committee was a Connecticut judge?
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Roger Sherman
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What member of the Declaration of Independence committee was a wealthy New York lawyer?
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Robert Livingston
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