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An important document that expressed both levels of the revolution. It was a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It first appeared in Philadelphia in January 1776.

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Many of the delegates returned from the First Continental Congress, and there were new and important faces. The new delegates were Benjamin Franklin, Jon Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.

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The document had expressed the colonists' continued loyalty to the monarch and their desire for peace. It begged the king to halt the fighting until a solution could be found.

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A statement of the reasons for the separation of the colonies from Britain. The committee chose Thomas Jefferson to draft the statement.

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An 18th century movement that emphasized science and reason as key to improving society. Jefferson's political idea were influenced by the Enlightenment.

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Rights that belong to you simply because your human. Jefferson included this into the Declaration of Independence.

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A series of three attacks by the British on two hills controlled by the patriots. Nearly 1,100 of 2,400 British soldiers had been wounded or killed.

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People killed, missing, or wounded. The patriots endured fewer than 400 casualties during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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People who remained loyal to Great Britain. 1000 loyalists went with the British to the Canadian city of Halifax.

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Foreign soldiers who fight for pay. The colonists called theses troops ' "Hessians" because most of their offers came from the German province of Hesse.

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Washington led 2,400 troops to Trenton, New Jersey. The Americans only suffered 5 casualties.

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The Battle of Saratoga was a series of American victories which took place around Saratoga, New York. Soon after these battles the Americans claimed a major victory when Burgoyne surrendered his army when he became surrounded by a much larger force than his own.