THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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The people from the 13 Colonies that fought the British for independence
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The idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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The colonist who became the surgeon general of the Continental Army
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The person who signed his signature very large on the Declaration of independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -: a member or inhabitant of a colony (see colony sense 1) the Jamestown/Plymouth colonists. especially : a person who migrates to and settles in a foreign area as part of a colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the American Revolution, people had to decide which side to support. Colonists for independence from England were usually called revolutionaries or whigs. But some Americans thought that to break away from the British government would not be right; they usually were called loyalists or tories.
Detailed explanation-3: -By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation.
Detailed explanation-4: -a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies.