An Important Decision-- U.S. History Shorts

Thomas Paine was a _________.

• writer

• soldier

• representative

• king

Common Sense was a _____________.

• book

• pamphlet

• speech

• letter

Common Sense said that ___________.

• the colonies should break away from England

• the colonies should start a new country

• government worked best if the people were in charge of it

• all of the above

___________ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

The Declaration of Independence was approved on _________.

• January 4, 1776

• March 4, 1776

• July 4, 1776

• December 4, 1776