Chapter 5 - Lesson 3 - Declaring Independence

Delegates in the ___________ created the Continental Army, wrote the Olive Branch Petition, and considered independence from Britain.

• Committee of Five

• Colonial Legislature

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

What role did the Enlightenment have on colonists such as Thomas Paine?

• Enlightenment thinkers told Thomas Paine to unite against Great Britain.

• Enlightenment thinkers wrote about basic huma rights for all and liberty.

• The Enlightenment persuaded the colonisits to be patient and support Britain.

• The Enlightenment spread to the colonies in an effort to draw them back to Europe.

Who created the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Which American ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• unity and diversity

• voting and security

• freedom and equality

• equal representation and rights

Why was the Declaration of Independence an important step in equal rights even though it recognized only some people's rights?

• The Declaration of Independence forced other groups in the colonies to fight for equal rights.

• Britain failed to recognize the rights of the colonists and did not think of them as British citizens.

• The Founders thought that mentioning the equal rights of some groups but not all was an improvement.

• Britain could see that there was much diversity in the colonies and that many groups would be rebelling.