M4.3 Declaring Independence

The king of Great Britain accepted the Olive Branch Petition offered by Congress.

• True
• False

Which group did the colonies organize to fight against Great Britain?

• Colonial Army
• Continental Army
• Continental Congress
• Redcoat Army

Who was the first commander of the Continental Army?

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

The printing of money was approved by 

• The first continental congress
• the second continental congress
• the king
• Parliament 

Which of the following would best describe the main idea of Common Sense?

• America should seek peace with England

• America should fight to become an independent nation

• Americans should support their king

• Obtaining freedom will be easy

This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.

• Rights of man

• The American Crisis

• Common Sense

·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...

• explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act

• influence more people to join the independence movement.

• to join the Loyalist party

• abide by the Intolerable acts

What was Paine's essay called?

• Freedom For All

• Common Sense

• The Fall of England

• The History of Democracy

What was the date the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4,1776

• August 2, 1776

• April 18, 1776

• December 16, 1773

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams