Declaring Independence

What was the Continental army?

• the slaves who fought for their owners

• the army authorized by the Continental Congress

• the German mercenaries

• the Redcoats

The Second Continental Congress of 1775 had to make three major decisions.

What were they? Choose 3.

• Print money

• Create an army

• pay for an army

• steal weapons

At the Second Continental Congress, the delegates wrote a document

that gave the King one last chance to resolve the problems and have peace.

What was this document called?

• The Second Committee

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Olive Branch Petition

What did Thomas Paine support in his pamphlet, Common Sense?

• Independence from England

• New uniforms for Colonial

  soldiers

• Higher taxes

In what way did the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment

influence Thomas Paine?

• Paine thought the ideas were strange.

• Paine believed

  Locke was foolish and his ideas would never work.

• Paine liked the ideas of equality and freedom.

• Paine liked the ideas of war and slavery.

In May of 1776, a "Committee of Five" decided to write which document?

• The Enlightenment Papers

• The Rights of Native Americans

• The Declaration of Independence

What did the writers of the Declaration of Independence want to make sure to

include?

• That colonies

  felt the King was

  weak.

• That colonies wanted to make their own laws.

• That colonies wanted to increase taxes.

• That colonies needed money from the King.

True or False?

Thomas Jefferson believed that life, liberty, and the pursuit of

happiness were rights necessary for which to fight against King George III.

• True

• False

What idea is the foundation of the government the colonists were

trying to create?

• That the government should be decided by one person.

• That the citizens and government should have a relationship.

• That the government should never care about people.

• That the government should tax everyone until they become poor.

What does the second part of the Declaration of Independence list?

• All the rights of the Colonists.

• The names of the 56 delegates.

• All the positive

  ways the King helped the colonists.

• All the ways King George III violated the colonists'

  rights.