Declaration of Independence Review

1. After a year of battling with the British army and government, the Continental Congress met for the ____________________________________. 

• Third Time

• First Time

• Second Time

• Fourth Time

2. The Continental Congress had representatives from the _________________ 

• 13 Colonies

• British Colonies

• French

• Dutch

When the war first broke out in 1775, the colonists were fighting to have ____________________________________ under the British rule as British citizens living in the new world.

• Some Rights

• No Rights

• Equal Rights

• Fair Rights

4. However, as the war continued on, the American colonists at the Second Continental Congress decided that it was time for the colonies to officially __________________.

• Take their Independence

• Declare their Independence

• Reject their Independence

• Share their Independence

5. When Continental Congress made the decision of becoming independent, it formed a committee of five men to structure and write the _____________

What was the committee of men called?

• The Committee of Three

• The Committee of Six

• The Committee of Five

• The Committee of Four

The five men that this committee consisted of included two who later became _______of the United States. 

• Senetors

• Delegates

• Congressmen

• Presidents

Who were the five men to make up the Committee?

• Robert Livingston

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Roger Sherman

Who was responsible for writing the first draft of the declaration of independence?

• Bill Clinton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

Eventually, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and discussed it with the rest of the committee. The committee then suggested their changes. After a few weeks, the committee submitted the final version of the Declaration of Independence to the ___________on June 28th, 1776.

• Continental Drift

• Continental Senate

• Continental Congress

• Continental House