Declaration of Independence and Lexington/Concord

What are the natural rights according to Thomas Jefferson?

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

The Sons of Liberty sent Paul Revere, William ​ (a)   to warn the colonial ​ (b)   that the British were going to Lexington to arrest ​ (c)   .

• Dawes
• Daniesl
• militia
• army
• Samuel Adams and John Hancock
• John Adams and Roger Sherman

Where was the Declaratin of Independence signed?

• Philadelphia, New York

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• New York, Pennsylvania

• Boston, Massachusetts

Match the following

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• First battles of Revolutionary War

• Dawes, Prescot, and Revere

• Warned militia that the British were coming

• Samuel Adams and John Hancock

• The Sons of Liberty members in Concord

• Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness

• Natural Rights

• Lexington and Concord

• Where the Declaration of Independence was signed

What is the basic idea of the Declaration of Independence?

• The colonies were independent of Britain

• The colonists were willing to wage war

• The British were tyrants

• Start of the Revolutionary War

Put the following events in the correct order.

• Boston Tea Party

• 1st Continental Congress

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Intolerable Acts

• Declaration of Independence

Benjamin ​ (a)   , Roger ​ (b)   Robert ​ (c)  

Thomas ​ (d)   and John ​ (e)   helped write the Declaration of Independence.

• Sherman,
• Franklin
• Livingston,
• Jefferson,
• Adams
• Hancock
• Johnson
• Smith

The British were going to​ (a)   ​ to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock, and then onto ​ (b)   ​ ​ to destroy the militia's supplies.

• Lexington
• Concord