Ch. 5 Lesson 2: The Declaration of Independence

Colonists who did not want to break off from Britain were referred to as (a)  

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Confederates
• Subjects

The Second Continental Congress met in which city? (a)  

• Philadelphia
• Boston
• New York
• Williamsburg

Who was unanimously chosen to lead the Continental Army by the delegates at the Continental Congress? (a)  

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Sam Adams

"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART."  This is an excerpt from Thomas Paine's pamphlet called: (a)  

• Common Sense
• It's Time
• Declaration of Independence
• Olive Branch

"Reason first—You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second—I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third—you can write ten times better than I can."  John Adams sent this letter to whom to try and convince him to write the Declaration of Independence? (a)  

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Sam Adams

What happened July 4, 1776?

• The delegates, after a few edits,  voted and approved the document declaring independence from Britain.
• Washington won a battle in Boston.
• The delegates wrote the Constitution.
• King George III sent troops to Philadelphia.

Why is John Hancock's name so BIG on the Declaration of Independence document?

• He wanted the king to be able to read it without his glasses.
• He wrote the document and wanted respect from the other men.
• He didn't realize others would be signing it.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable [not to be denied] Rights, that among these are (a)   , (b)   , and the pursuit of (c)   ."

• life, liberty, happiness
• freedom, trade, happiness
• life, liberty, money

What was the purpose of the Declaration?

• to declare independence from France.
• to declare independence from Germany.
• to declare independence from Cuba.
• to declare independence from England

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are (a)   . 

• created seperatly
• created differently
• created equally
• created in halfs