Declaration of Independence Review

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Who argued the purpose of government is to protect people's natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

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John Locke

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First to sign the Declaration of Independence

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John Hancock

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Chosen to head the first post office of the colonies, and contributor to the Declaration of Independence.

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Ben Franklin

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A plea to the king to protect colonists rights, in an attempt to avoid war.

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Olive Branch Petition

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True or False: Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense urged colonists to fight for independence.

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True

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City that George Washington and the new Continental Army first drove the British out of.

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Boston

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Colonists who wanted to fight the British for American independence were called

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Patriots

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True or False: The introduction to a formal document is called the 'preamble'.

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True

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True or False: Thomas Jefferson and John Locke wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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False

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The committee designated to write the Declaration of Independence was called "The Committee of..."

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