Module 7 Practice Test #1 Thomas Jefferson in 1776

Why was Thomas Jefferson not happy during the summer of 1776?

• He was not feeling well.

• He wanted to be home in Virginia.

• He was busy writing many documents.

• He enjoyed debating at the Continental Congress.

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What was the reason Thomas Jefferson was in Philadelphia during the summer of 1776?

• To visit his wife, Martha.

• To attend the Continental Congress.

• To write the Virginia constitution.

• To debate with Richard Henry Lee.

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What did Thomas Jefferson do in his spare time while at the Continental Congress?

• He wrote to the Virginia Convention about a new form of government.

• He worked on his version of the Virginia constitution.

• He debated with other delegates.

• He made plans to return to Virginia.

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What did Richard Henry Lee announce at the Congress on June 7, 1776?

• That Philadelphia should host the Continental Congress.

• That Thomas Jefferson should go back to Virginia.

• That the United Colonies should be free and independent States.

• That a new constitution was needed for Virginia.

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Who was chosen by the committee to write the document proclaiming America's independence?

• The Congress

• Richard Henry Lee

• A five-man committee

• Thomas Jefferson

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What did Thomas Jefferson do to ensure that his ideas about independence could be understood by all people?

• He borrowed ideas from other political writers and wrote them in simple words

• He wrote them in a complex language

• He only used his own ideas without borrowing from others

• He kept his thoughts to himself

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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress?

• July 4, 1776

• July 8, 1776

• September 1776

• Late July 1776

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What did Thomas Jefferson consider a "sacred obligation"?

• To write the Declaration of Independence

• To stay in Philadelphia

• To go home

• To inspire people throughout the world

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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by Congress?

• June 28, 1776

• July 4, 1776

• April 19, 1775

• January 3, 1777

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What event marked the end of the American Revolutionary War?

• The Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783

• The start of the Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775

• The British passing the Intolerable Acts in 1774

• George Washington's army defeating the British at Princeton on January 3, 1777