Declaring Independence 5.4

Front

The president of the Second Continental Congress was _____________.

Back

John Hancock

Front

The Continental Congress chose Benjamin Franklin to run a new post office system.

Back

True

Front

Other than Great Britain, what is another "foreign nation" that America was worried about and made a plan for having a representative to improve relations?

Back

Native Americans

Front

The delegates sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III to ______________.

Back

ask him to protect the colonists' rights

Front

Did Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense urge colonists to fight for independence?

Back

True

Front

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

Back

Boston

Front

Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence?

Back

Patriots

Front

The introduction to a formal document is called the ________________.

Back

preamble

Front

Thomas Jefferson and John Locke wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Back

False

Front

Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Back

John Hancock