CH. 6 Declaration of Independence

a pamphlet published in 1776 by Thomas Paine that persuaded

many American colonists to support independence.  

• petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Natural Rights

• Common Sense

Freedom from control by another government or country.

• Declaration of Independence

• Independence

• Common Sense

• Petition

A formal, written request made to an official person or  organization.

• Petition

• Natural Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Independence

Rights that are common to everyone as they were born with them.  

                                                                                                           

• Natural Rights

• Independence

• Petition

• Common Sense

 the document written to declare the American colonies as an 

independent nation free from British rule.

• Independence

• Common Sense

• petition

• Declaration of Independence

  This person was most outspoken in his support for independence:  

• 1.  Thomas Jefferson

• 1. Ben Franklin

• 1. Patrick Henry 

• 1. George Washington

What (2) two battles started the fight for independence from Great Britain?  

• 1.  Bunker Hill  and Breed’s Hill

• 1. Lexington and Concord

• 1. Lexington and Bunker Hill

• 1. Concord and Breed's Hill

Which of these best describes the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

1.  

• 1. The British won decisively.

• 1. The militia won by a narrow margin.

• 1. The militia surrendered to the British

• 1. The British won but suffered many losses.

What was one similarity of the Olive Branch Petition and Common Sense?

1.  

4.  

• 1. They were both written by the King. 

• 1. They both gave solutions to problems between Great Britain and the Colonists. 

• 1. They were both sent to the King.

• 1. They were both successful.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• 1.  George Washington

• 1. Ben Franklin

• 1. Woodrow Wilson

• 1. Thomas Jefferson