Before the American Revolution, the colonists were very upset with Britain. They had no representatives to vote on laws ordering the colonists to pay new taxes. They said that this was ___________________________.

• taxing unfairly

• taxation without representation

• cost without say

• having no rights

When deciding to declare independence or not, one group disagreed with independence from Great Britain. They were called ___________.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• United

• Federalists

When deciding to declare independence or not, this group felt that Great Britain should no longer rule the colonies.

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Independents

• Citizens

Thomas Hutchinson was a Loyalist __________.

• doctor

• writer

• governor

• lawyer

This leader patiently tried to persuade the British government to stop making laws that the colonists thought were unfair. He did help convince the government to repeal the Stamp Act. But Great Britain continued to pass unfair laws. At last, he went home and became a Patriot leader.

• Thomas Hutchinson

• Thomas Edison

• Jonathan Boucher

• Ben Franklin

Mercy Otis Warren was known as a "Patriot with a ___________."

• dream

• pen

• personality

• book

In May 1775, fighting between the British and the colonists began in Massachusetts. Each colony sent delegates to the _____________ in Philadelphia. This became the government for the colonies.

• Declaration of Independence Supporters

• Second Continental Congress

• House of Representatives

• Senate

The most urgent task of the Second Continental Congress was to _______________.

• create the Declaration of Independence

• find a leader

• learn how to work together

• organize the colonies for war against the British

The Second Continental Congress quickly chose a good soldier and a strong leader by the name of ________________________________.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

__________ was only 33 years old, but he was already known as a fine writer and thinker. His fellow committee members asked him to write a draft of a declaration of independence.

• Thomas Jeffferson

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Mercy Otis Warren