Review Declaration of Independence Quest

Who ran the first post office established by the Second Continental Congress?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What document was approved after Congress passed Richard Henry Lee's resolution for Independence the officially declared the United States an Independent Nation?

• Articles of Confederation

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

According to the Declaration of Independence, what was America's new status?

• a partner with Mexico

• a part of Canada

• a new nation

• a territory of Great Britain

What was Thomas Paine's opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?

• The colonies should break from British rule

• the colonies should continue to be taxed by Britain

• The colonies should remain under British rule

• The colonies should stop fighting the French

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• Henry the 8th

• George Mason

• John Adams

• John Locke

What did the Olive Branch Petition ask the king to do and did he do it?

• The Olive Branch petition asked the king to go to war against France and he did

• The Olive Branch petition asked the king to leave America and he did

• The Olive Branch petition asked the king to protect the colonists’ rights and he did not

• The Olive Branch petition asked the king to stop taxation. He did

What do historians consider Thomas Paine?

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Anarchist

• Federalist

Which of the following did the second continental congress do? (Select All that Apply)

• Authorized the printing of money

• created the Continental Army

• appoint George Washington as the leader of the Continental Army

• established a system to tax the British

English philosopher John Locke in the 1690's established the idea of what?

• Born Rights

• Human Rights

• Natural Rights

• Civil Rights