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The Boston Massacre
- 3/5/1770
- When five colonists are shot and killed by British troops in Boston, it is the beginning of the Revolution.
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The Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston on 12/16/1773. The Americans disguised as Indians and destroyed the entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company. They threw the tea into the Boston Harbor
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The Founders
- The men who formed America in the very beginning.
- Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson
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Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and which was adopted on July 4, 1776
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The truths in the Deceleration of Independence that are "self evident".
- -That all men are created equal
- - We are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights
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The three unalienable rights
“life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
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Consent of the governed
The gov. can only do what the people allow it to do
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Self determination
The people can choose their own gov.
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