CKLA Unit 7 Lessons 6/7

The text says, "Jefferson wrote specific ideals that he and his fellow colonists wholeheartedly believed to be true." Look at the quote from Thomas Jefferson on page 36, and find a word in the opening line that means the same as ideas, or beliefs.

• truths

• all

• hold

• evident

Jefferson wrote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." In this sentence, the word self-evident means the truths require no proof or explanation. The first truth, or belief, is that all men are created equal. What do you think this first truth means?

• People should be treated the same.

• People are all born with the same rights.

• Everyone is the same height.

• Everyone has the same amount of money.

Jefferson continues, writing that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." This means that God, the Creator, provides all people with rights that cannot be taken away from them. Jefferson names three of these unalienable rights. What are they?

Life, ____________, and the pursuit of happiness.

When writing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson referred to the Intolerable Acts. What references did he NOT include on page 38

• levied unfair taxes

• taken away the right to trial by jury

• made us pay a tax on tea

• quarters British troops in colonial cities

What big question did the colonists make as a result of shots fired outside Boston and speeches delivered in Philadelphia?

• Called the British soldiers Lobsterbacks

• Boston Massacre

• Went to war

• Declared independence from Great Britain

What is the name of the battle in June 1775 that took place overlooking Boston Harbor, in which the British drove back the colonial militia?

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Boston Massacre

• The Battles of Lexington & Concord

What is the name of the pamphlet published by Thomas Pain in January 1776 to help convince colonists to declare independence from Great Britain

• Common Sense

• Shots and Speeches

• A Final Seperation

• The Declaration of Independence

On what date did members fo the Second Continental Congress vote to adopt Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?

• July 4, 1776

• April 18, 1775

• April 19, 1775

• June 17, 1776

The text says that 73 British soldiers had been killed and 174 wounded by the colonial militia during a day of fighting outside Boston. In the first paragraph, what vocabulary word is used when talking about both the dead and wounded soldiers.

• militia

• retreated

• casualties

• suffered

What clue does the heading at the top of page 33 give about the work of the Second Continental Congress?

The __________ of a Government