If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ... Yet, if one could embody what a true patriot is, it is without any question, the nationalist and later president Thomas Jefferson. ... Even though Jefferson attempted a policy of détente, he was forced into framing such abrasive and necessary documents as the Declaration of Independence. ... Without question, the most overblown out of proportion event leading to the war, was that of the Boston Massacre. ... One of the most abs...

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Years before they touched the place now known as Mount Rushmore there were many questions that needed to be answered. ... Borglum chose the first president, George Washington, to be on the mountain because he fought for our independence from England. Thomas Jefferson was chosen after him because he wrote the Declaration of Independence and he was also president during the Louisiana Purchase, which expanded the nation greatly. ... He helped win independence from Great Britain. ...

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She heard the reading of the Declaration of Independence and she watched the young colonists get their first real taste of war. She was not frightened by this, her only question was "Why can I not fight for my country too?". ...

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