Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence says the government of England...

• sent soldiers to make the colonists follow unfair laws
• made the colonists pay unfair taxes
• would not let the colonists make decisions about how to run the government
• all of the above

In 1776, the country now called the United States was made up of _____ colonies that belonged to England.

• 5
• 13
• 15
• 50

A ________ is a person who speaks for a group of people.

• colonist
• king
• representative
• soldier

The ______ won the Revolutionary War in 1783.

• British
• Germans
• Americans
• French

The main person who wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson
• a colonist
• King Henry IV

The paper that said the colonies would become a separate country called the U.S.A.

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Representatives
• American Revolution

The colonists decided to fight a war against England to become their own...

• country
• person
• Constitution
• state

The war the colonies fought against England is called the Revolutionary War. This war is also called....

• The American Revolution
• The Iraq War
• World War II
• Declaration of Independence

___________ did NOT agree with the Declaration of Independence. He would not let the countries become a separate country.

• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson
• JoJo Gutierrez
• Benjamin Franklin

The representatives had a meeting to _______ (accept) the Declaration of Independence.

• ratify
• get rid of 
• delete
• keep