Chapter 7 PA test

How did the Second Continental Congress try to peacefully solve its conflict with Great Britain?

• By sending the King the Olive Branch Petition

• By sending the King Gold

• By sending the King a peace treaty

What did the delegates of the Second Continental Congress decide to do when the king refused their petition?

• fight for their independence

• Write and send another petition

• agree to follow the King's rules

In 1775 why did the British soldiers go to Concord?

• to seize Patriot weapons

• to propose and new petition

• to conquer the troops in Concord.

The Patriots battled the British soldiers in Lexington which

• prevented the soldiers from reaching Concord

• lead to their defeat and loss of weapons

• lead to a peace agreement

On April 19, 1775, who started the fighting at Lexington?

• The British soldiers

• The Patriots

• No one knows

What inspired many colonists to fight for independence?

• Common Sense

• the desire to protect farms

• The Constitution

Who wrote the document that inspired colonists to declare their independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• The governor of Pennsylvania

Thomas Jefferson

• wrote Common Sense

• wrote the Declaration of Independence

• was Pennsylvania's first governor

Why is the Declaration of independence important to United States history?

• It is when the United States declared its independence.

• It is when the war began

• Is it when the King accepted the Olive Branch Petition.

After the Declaration of Independence was approved

• colonists had to create new state governments

• The Continental Army was no longer needed

• Fighting started in Lexington.