Chapter 5.4: Declaring Independence

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Who was elected as President of the Second Continental Congress?

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John Hancock

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What were congress's decisions at the Second Continental Congress? Options: To Print Money, Creating the Continental Army, Writing the Olive Branch Petition, All of the Above

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All of the Above

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What was the British Response to the Olive Branch Petition?

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King George sends German troops to the Colonies.

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Which of the following people encouraged Colonists to seek independence? Thomas Paine, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry

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Thomas Paine

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What are the four parts of the Declaration of Independence?

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Intro, Rights, Complaints, Declaration

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

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True

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

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True

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Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence? Separatists, Loyalists, Nationalists, Patriots

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Patriots

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The introduction to a formal document is called the ________________.

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preamble

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Thomas Jefferson and John Locke wrote the Declaration of Independence.

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False