CH4-S2-Ideas Help Start a Revolution

It was written by Thomas Paine.

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

It was written by Thomas Jefferson.

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

It was the document that announced that people have unalienable rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

It was the document that urged King George to consider a return to "the former harmony" between Britain and the colonies.

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

It declared American independence on July 2, 1776, and adopted the Declaration of Independence of Independence on July 4, 1776.

• King George III

• committees of correspondence

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

It recognized the Minutemen as the Continental Army, appointed George Washington as the army's commander, and authorized the printing of paper money to pay its troops.

• Committees of Correspondence

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

After reading it, King George issued a proclamation stating the colonies were in rebellion and urging Parliament to order a naval blockade.

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

It was the group of colonists who supported Britain during the Revolution.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

It was the group of colonists who sided with the views of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

Its members signed their names to the following vow: "We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor."

• Olive Branch Petition

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence