Social Studies Lesson 12 Review

______________ were people who were trained to be ready to fight at any moment.

• minuteman

• militia

• soldiers

• Founding Fathers

The _________________ is the document that announced that America was breaking away from Great Britain.

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Minuteman

Leaders from different states met in Philadelphia in 1775 for the ______________________.

• Committee's of Correspondence

• Second Continental Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

A body of soldiers who did required military service was called

• militia

• minuteman

• Continental Army

• soldiers

The group of leaders who helped establish the new American Nation are called the __________________.

• Generals

• Founding Fathers

• politicians

• militia

Thomas Jefferson believed in equality, but he still had ___________.

• pets

• slaves

• indentured servants

• workers

After Thomas Jefferson completed his draft of the Declaration of Independence, delegates removed most discussion of _______________.

• fighting

• slavery

• equality

• being loyal to the King

At beginning of the American Revolution, British troops fought against ___________________.

• a strong army

• hired foreign soldiers

• militias and minuteman

• knights

Which of these ideas was in the Declaration of Independence?

• All rights can be taken away.

• Great Britain has ruled the colonies unfairly.

• People should obey governments when if they are unfair.

• Women and men are unequal.

Colonists rang bells and lit bonfires for the Declaration because they were

• frustrated

• excited

• angry

• worried