government section 3.3-3.4

great awakening

spiritual revival which swept the American colonies between 1730 and 1760

• jonathan Edwards

• George Whitefield

two prominent ministers from the great awakening

new England confederation

first attempt at political unity

albany plan

proposed for the uniting of the colonies

george III

became King of England in 1760; led England to have more control over the colonies

• william Pitt

• edmund Burke

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_______ ____ and ________ _______ were allies of the colonists

stamp act congress

delegates from 9 colonies met to discuss the problems of taxes and Parliament

declaration of rights and grievances

protested the stamp act and other British regulations

first continental Congress

met to discuss to the Intolerable Acts

intolerable acts

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the first continental Congress met to discuss to the _________ _____

second continental Congress

met after the war began; America’s 1st central government

declaration of independence

written by Thomas Jefferson and voted and approved on July 4, 1776

1. thomas Jefferson

2. July 4, 1776

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the declaration of independence was written by _______ ________ and voted and approved on _____ ___, ______

revolutionary

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the declaration of independence is not a “___________” document

1. foreign alliances

2. crown’s actions

3. reconciliation with England

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with the declaration of independence,

1. They needed to secure _______ _________ 

2. They wanted to inform the colonists of the ______’__ ________ 

3. They wanted to preclude any sentiment toward __________ ___ ________

equal

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with the declaration of independence, “all men are created ______”

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the declaration of independence listed ___ specific grievances against the king

parliament’s

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the declaration of independence denied ___________’__ authority