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Social Studies Unit 5. DISCOVERING OUR PAST II. The Declaration of Independence said that the thirteen colonies wanted a new __________. country. They were tired of paying _______ and obeying the ______ of another country. taxes. laws.
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Social StudiesUnit 5 DISCOVERING OUR PAST II
The Declaration of Independence said that the thirteen colonies wanted a new __________. country
They were tired of paying _______ and obeying the ______ of another country. taxes laws
On July 4, 1776 some important leaders who lived in the colonies signed the __________________. Declaration of Independence
The people in the colonies got tired of following the laws of the _______________. King of England
The colonists wrote to the king and told him about their new country. They told him that they would be called ___________. Americans
Although ___________ won its freedom from _______, not all Americans were free. America England
The king and the colonists started a war between __________ and _________. England America
The war between England and America was called__________________. American Revolutionary War
________________ was the leader of the American army. George Washington
When ________________became president , Americans fought in a war against each other. Abraham Lincoln
George Washington asked ______________ to made the new flag. Betsy Ross
The colonists talked to the king and told him they wanted their ____________from England. independence
The colonists wanted the __________ to make their own laws. colonies
After the American Revolutionary War, the ____________________ was born. United States
The laws of the United States allowed people to own other people, which is ___________. slavery
The colonists chose _______________ to be the first president of the United States of America. George Washington
The _______________won the American Revolutionary War. American Colonies
Slaves were brought to America from Africa. Slaves had no ______ and were forced to work without _____. freedom pay
________________ was one person who escaped slavery and helped others do the same. Harriet Tubman
The _______ won the war, and President Lincoln helped put an end to slavery. North
The people of the North fought against the people of the South in the ________________. Civil War
The king did not want the colonies to have _________. freedom