The American Revolution and The Declaration of Pg.
Independence
The American Revolution
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Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
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John Peter Muhlenberg
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(1754-1763) French and Indian War
o The British government was left with a large
______________
o Imposed a series of new taxes on the
_________________ to pay the debt
• Stamp Act
• Townshend duties
• Tea duty
o “_____________________ without
____________________”
1773 – ____________________________________________
o A group of colonists dressed as Indians threw tea off
British ships
__________________ – Lexington and Concord
o “the shot heard round the world”
Governor of ___________________________
Refused to help __________________________ General
Thomas Gage, informing Gage that he would act instead in
support of the
______________________________________________
A close friend of George Washington
The ________________ colonial governor to side with the
colonists
Spoke in __________________ of colonial rights and
____________________ English abuses
Supplied Washington’s army with food, clothing, and
_________________________
Became Connecticut’s ____________________ state
governor
Protestant ___________________________
Enlisted more than 100 men into the Continental __________
Became part of the “Black Regiment”
o A group of _________________________ who wore
black clerical robes while preaching and who worked
to _____________________ large numbers of
volunteers for the
_________________________________ cause
Rose to the rank of ______________________ under
Washington
Later served as a U.S. senator and congressman
The Declaration of Independence
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Signers of the Declaration of
Independence
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John Hancock
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Benjamin Rush
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton
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Final document was issued on _________________________
Put forward a theory of government
o Many of its ideas were borrowed from the English
philosopher ________________________________
A committee of five was charged to write the Declaration of
Independence
o Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston
o ___________________________________ wrote the
majority of the Declaration.
____________ delegates from all 13 colonies met to sign the
Declaration.
The British viewed the Declaration as an act of
________________________, punishable by hanging.
The following men are all ________________________ and
important patriots of the American Revolution
o John Hancock
o Benjamin Rush
o Charles Carroll
o Dr. John Witherspoon
Made the largest and most recognizable
__________________________ on the declaration
A prosperous merchant from Boston
__________________________ of the Continental Congress
Hancock’s name became second only to George Washington’s
as a symbol of _________________________ in the colonies.
A ________________________, educator, and humanitarian
Sometimes known as the “father of American
______________________”
A pioneer in the fields of physiology and psychiatry
Known for his proposal to establish a national
_____________________________________ to train public
servants
Favored the education of ________________________
Helped establish the _________________________ AfricanAmerican church in the country
His son later became the U.S. Ambassador to
___________________.
One of the _________________________ men in the colonies
Helped to finance the Revolution with his own
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John Witherspoon
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One of the first to recognize the necessity for
__________________________________ from Britain
A Catholic
o Catholics made up less than ___________ of the
colonial population and _________________ political
rights
Helped in the struggles for the acceptance of the Roman
Catholic religion in America.
A Scottish ______________________________
A leading member of the Continental Congress
A Presbyterian ____________________________
Became President of the College of New Jersey (later known
as ____________________________ University)