4.5 Declaring Independence

Front

The president of the Second Continental Congress was _____________.

Back

John Hancock

Front

Who did the Continental Congress choose to run a new post office system?

Back

Benjamin Franklin

Front

Other than Great Britain, American colonists were worried about _________ and made a plan for a committee 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

Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense urged colonists to fight for independence.

Back

True

Front

The introduction to a formal document is called the ________________.

Back

preamble

Front

Did Thomas Jefferson and John Locke write the Declaration of Independence?

Back

False

Front

The Americans declared themselves a new nation in the _______________.

Back

Declaration of Independence

Front

"We hold these truths to be self evident, that_____________________, that they are allowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Back

all men are created equal

Front

John Locke believed that people are born with rights that include right to life, ___________, and the right to _________________.

Back

liberty, own property