Chapter 5, lesson 4

The Continental Congress set out to govern the colonies on their own. All of the following are things they accomplished EXCEPT:

• They declared war on Britain
• They started a post office
• They formed the Continental Army
• They started a committee to handle relations with foreign countries

Colonists who did not want to break off from Britain were referred to as...

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Confederates
• Subjects

The Second Continental Congress met in which city?

• Philadelphia
• Boston
• New York
• Williamsburg

Who was unanimously chosen to lead the Continental Army by the delegates at the Continental Congress?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Sam Adams

This was the name of the petition colonists sent to King George III requesting that he respects the rights of the colonists:

• Olive Branch Petition
• Nobel Peace Prize
• Declaration of Independence
• Peace Constitution

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock were new delegates at the Second Continental Congress in 1775.

• True
• False

Who were the Hessians?

• 30,000 German troops chosen to fight with British troops
• 10,000 Spanish soldiers that helped the colonists
• French soldiers from Canada that helped the British
• 30,000 Native Americans that helped the colonists

The Patriot militias were remarkably well organized as the battles began against the British. They did not need any additional training.

• False
• True

"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART."  This is an excerpt from Thomas Paine's pamphlet called:

• Common Sense
• It's Time
• Declaration of Independence
• Olive Branch

As Washington's troops won battles in Boston, breaking off from Britain was a decision everyone agreed on. No one wanted to remain under the control of the King anymore.

• True - Everyone wanted independence!
• False - Some still  thought the colonies should not form a separate nation.