Declaring

The Declaration of Independence changed what the colonists were fighting for.

• True

• False

The actual signing of the Declaration of Independence occurred on July 4th.

• True

• False

All of the colonists supported independence from Britain.

• True

• False

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are two parts of the same document, written at the same time.

• True

• False

A LOYALIST supports the cause of the PATRIOTS.

• True

• False

A PATRIOT supports the cause of independence.

• True

• False

George Washington wrote the pamphlet Common Sense.

• True

• False

Provide both the first and the last name to this statement:

____ ____ wrote Common Sense.

(a)  

How many men were on the Declaration writing committee?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 5

Thomas Jefferson used many ideas from the ______ philosophers.

• Ancient Greek

• American

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment