The Declaration of Independence Quiz

A body of soldiers who did required military service was called a(n)

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers

• Second Continental Congress

• militia

Leaders from different states met in Philadelphia in 1775 for the

• militia

• Founding Fathers

• Second Continental Congress

• Minutemen

The group of leaders who helped establish the new United States are called the

• militia

• Founding Fathers

• Second Continental Congress

• Minutemen

What is the document that announced that the Americans were breaking away from Great Britain?

• militia

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

• Minutemen

At the beginning of the American Revolution, British troops fought against

• hired foreign soldiers.

• knights on horseback.

• a strong central army.

• colonial militias and Minutemen.

An important task facing the Second Continental Congress was to

• shut down the Continental army.

• organize the colonies for war.

• find ways to make the king happy.

• make treaties with American Indian tribes.

The booklet Common Sense persuaded American colonists to

• ask for help from the king.

• remain loyal to Great Britain
• want independence.

• forget about politics.

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

• put an end to slavery.

• offer the king one last chance.

• ask for money to solve problems.

• explain why the colonies should be free

The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was

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

Some colonists rang bells and lit bonfires for the Declaration because they were

• angry

• excited

• worried

• surprised