Chapter 2: Lesson 3

1. Delegates in the __________ created the Continental army, wrote the Olive Branch Petition, and considered independence from Britain.

• Committee of Five

• Colonial Legislatures

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

2. What role did the Enlightenment have on colonists such as Thomas Paine?

• Enlightenment thinkers told Thomas Paine to unite against Great Britain.

• Enlightenment thinkers wrote about basic human rights for all and liberty.

• The Enlightenment persuaded the colonists to be patient and support Britain.

• The Enlightenment spread to the colonies in an effort to draw them back to Europe.

3. Who created the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

4. Which American ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• unity and diversity

• voting and security

• freedom and equality

• equal representation in government

5. Why was the Declaration of Independence an important step in equal rights even though it recognized only some people’s rights?

• The Declaration of Independence forced other groups in the colonies to fight for equal

  rights.

• Britain failed to recognize the rights of the colonists and did not think of them as British

  citizens.

• The Founders thought that mentioning the equal rights of some groups but not all was

  an improvement.

• Britain could see that there was much diversity in the colonies and that many groups

  would be rebelling.

6. The Declaration of Independence became the _________, or the base of support, of American democracy.

• foundation

• unite

• treason

• independence

• equality

7. The Army created by the Continental Congress and was led by George Washington was called the ___________ _________.

• Loyalist Army

• Continental Army

• British Army

• Patriot Army

8. In the beginning many colonists did not want ______, or freedom, from Great Britain.

• foundation

• unite

• treason

• independence

• equality

9. Thomas Paine argued that colonists should _______, or join together, under a system of representative government.

• foundation

• unite

• treason

• independence

• equality

10. Signing the Declaration of Independence was an act of ________ because Congress was attempting to overthrow the British government.

• foundation

• unite

• treason

• independence

• equality