Declaration of Independence Assessment

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

• Declaration of Independence  

•  Founding Fathers  

• Minutemen

• Second Continental Congress

Leaders from different states met in Philadelphia in 1775 for the

___________________________.

• Declaration of Independence  

•  Founding Fathers  

• Minutemen

• Second Continental Congress

The group of leaders who helped establish the new United States are called the _________________.

• Declaration of Independence  

•  Founding Fathers  

• Minutemen

• Second Continental Congress

The ____________ is the document that announced that the Americas were breaking away from Great Britain.

• Declaration of Independence  

•  Founding Fathers  

• Minutemen

• Second Continental Congress

An important task facing the Second Continental Congress was to....

• organize the colonies for war

• shut down the Continental army

• find ways to make the King happy

• make treaties with the American Indian tribes

The booklet “Common Sense” persuaded American colonists to...

• want independence.

• forget about politics.

• ask for help from the King.

• remain loyal to Great Britain.

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to...

• put an end to Slavery.

• offer the king one last chance.

• ask the King for money to solve problems.

• explain why the colonies should be free from Great Britian.

The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was...

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Some colonists rang bells and lit bonfires for the Declaration of Independence because they were...

• angry. 

• excited.

• worried.

• surprised.

What day marks the birth of our country, the United States of America?

(Please write the month, day, and year; for example April 5, 2022)