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Declaring Independence Review Items

Highlight and study these items: Second Continental Congress Philadelphia John Hancock President Signature John Adams “Voice of the Revolution” Wife = Abigail Letters Benjamin Franklin Renaissance Man Tried to negotiate a peaceful solution Patrick Henry “I am not a Virginian, but an American.” “Give me liberty or give me death!” Thomas Jefferson “Pen of the Revolution” George Washington Plantation owner Military experience Bunker Hill Minutemen Low on ammunition Colonel William Prescott Whites of their eyes British victory Ran out of ammunition British High casualties Colonists could fight Continental Army Commander Olive Branch Petition Reconcile Avoid full-scale war Siege of Boston Henry Knox Cannons Common Sense Thomas Paine Committee of Five Members Franklin Adams Livingston Sherman Jefferson Declaration of Independence Written Thomas Jefferson John Locke Franklin quotation Hang together Hang separately