Declaration of independence

• Very formal statement that declared United States free and independent of control by Great Britain. It was written by Thomas Jefferson in adopted by the second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776

Delegate

• A person authorized or sent as a representative of others such as delegate to the second Continental Congress

DIPLOMACY

• The artful handling of international relations a scale necessary negotiate A successful treaty

Indentured servant

• A person who in exchange For free passage to the American colonies word for master for a period of from 4 to 7 years many Americans came to British colonies as in Indentured servants

TRAITOR

• A person who betrays his country such as Benedict Arnold during the revolutionary war

TRICORN

• Three sided have to both civilian and military fashion during the colonial and revolutionary eras

TYRANNY

• An oppressive and unjust Government ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler Americans believe that the British government was a tyranny

YANKEE

• Slang term used to describe a person from England. Later this term is used to describe an inhabitant of the USA

Declaration of independence

• When in the course of human events
• (1776)

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

• We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal
• (1776)

NATHAN HALE

• I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country
• (1776)

THOMAS PAINE

GEORGE WASHINGTON

• You might have tracked the army… To Valley Forge by the bled of their feet (1777 1778)