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Social Studies Unit 5

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 Studies Unit 5

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  1. Social StudiesUnit 5 DISCOVERING OUR PAST II

  2. The Declaration of Independence said that the thirteen colonies wanted a new __________. country

  3. They were tired of paying _______ and obeying the ______ of another country. taxes laws

  4. On July 4, 1776 some important leaders who lived in the colonies signed the __________________. Declaration of Independence

  5. The people in the colonies got tired of following the laws of the _______________. King of England

  6. The king said, “______, you will obey my laws.” No

  7. The colonists wrote to the king and told him about their new country. They told him that they would be called ___________. Americans

  8. Although ___________ won its freedom from _______, not all Americans were free. America England

  9. The king and the colonists started a war between __________ and _________. England America

  10. The war between England and America was called__________________. American Revolutionary War

  11. The king sent _________ to America to fight. soldiers

  12. ________________ was the leader of the American army. George Washington

  13. When ________________became president , Americans fought in a war against each other. Abraham Lincoln

  14. George Washington asked ______________ to made the new flag. Betsy Ross

  15. The colonists talked to the king and told him they wanted their ____________from England. independence

  16. The colonists wanted the __________ to make their own laws. colonies

  17. After the American Revolutionary War, the ____________________ was born. United States

  18. The laws of the United States allowed people to own other people, which is ___________. slavery

  19. The colonists chose _______________ to be the first president of the United States of America. George Washington

  20. The _______________won the American Revolutionary War. American Colonies

  21. Slaves were brought to America from Africa. Slaves had no ______ and were forced to work without _____. freedom pay

  22. ________________ was one person who escaped slavery and helped others do the same. Harriet Tubman

  23. The _______ won the war, and President Lincoln helped put an end to slavery. North

  24. The people of the North fought against the people of the South in the ________________. Civil War

  25. The king did not want the colonies to have _________. freedom

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