Lesson 6: Declaration of Independence

led by George Washington, trained army, lacking weapons and gun powder

Representative from each colony picked to represent the colony in writing and signing the Declaration of Independence

Minute Men, colonists who had no training but were ready to fight

won by the British because the colonists ran out of gun powder

colonists led by George Washington won control of this place from the British by having cannons

the first battle of the American revolution

stated that all men are created equal and have rights, declared that the colonies were breaking apart from British control

offering of peace from the colonists to the king asking him to stop with his unfair laws and to let them govern themselves

the only colony of the 13 that didn't vote yes originally to the declaration of independence

King of England during the American Revolution

freedom

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence