4th-5th grade hist week21

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence.

Select his ideas that were written into the documen

• The colonists would be willing to stay subjects of the King if given basic rights

• governments should get their power from the people

• the colonies should be free and independent states

• the colonists would be willing to stay subjects of the king if he had given voting privleges

The colonists sent a formal ________ to King George as a request to be treated fairly

• speech

• conviction

• boycott

• appeal

A person who wishes to keep existing conditions and to limit or avoid change can be described as ________

• revolutionary

• tyrant

• oppressive

• conservative

Which member of the Second Continental Congress wrote the Olive Branch Petition?

• john hancock

• john dickinson

• Benjamin franklin

• john adams

What was one of the greatest topics of debate among the representatives as the final draft of the Declaration was being created?

• the location of the capital

• including the topic of slavery

• who would sign first

• the length of the document

a ______ is like a plan of action intended to reach a specific goal

• symbol

• proclamation

• strategy

• treaty

As they tried to make amends with England, the delegates sent the Olive Branch Petition. It was named this way because an olive branch is

• a traditional british plant

• considered a symbol of peace

• a symbol of new beginnings

• a symbol King George favored