SS Ch. 5 Lesson 3 Quiz REVIEW

Delegates in the ​ ​ (a)   created the Continental army, wrote the Olive Branch Petition, and considered independence​ from Britain.

• Second Continental Congress
• Colonial Legislatures
• First Continental Congress

Why did the Second Continental Congress send the Olive Branch Petition to King George III?

• to state their loyalty to the king and ask for the freedom to self govern

• to declare war on Great Britain

• to ask the king to send supplies for the Continental Army

• to demand colonial representation in the British Parliament

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.

What is the name of the pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote that encouraged colonists to part with Great Britain and become an independent country?

• Common Sense

• We Demand Freedom!

• Common Ideas

• Declaration of Independence

How did the Congress plan to become independent from Great Britain?

• They wrote a document that would declare their reasons for independence.

• They wrote a letter to the king to ask for their independence.

• They voted on whether the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.

• They declared war on Great Britain.

Who created the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

Which American ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• unity and diversity

• freedom and equality

• voting and security

Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson were influenced by​ ​ (a)   , an Enlightenment thinker.

• John Locke
• John Adams
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Paul Jones

Who signed the Declaration of Independence?

• members of the Declaration of Independence Committee

• King George III of Great Britain

• each member of the Second Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine

What happened on July 4, 1776?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The colonists officially declared independence from Great Britain.

• The colonists met for the First Continental Congress.