FAC #3 Road to Revolution

All of the following are an accomplishment of the Second Continental Congress EXCEPT:

• Formation of the Continental Army
• Sent the Olive Branch Petition
• Selected a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence
• Elected George Washington as the President of the United States
• Choose George Washington as commander of the Continental Army

Who would have said, "no taxation without representation"?

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• King Of England
• Tax Collector

The pamphlet Common Sense was important because it ______________.

• encouraged the colonists to stand up to the British troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill
• helped to coordinate the colonists’ boycott of British products
• convinced many colonists that the colonies should declare their independence from Great Britain
• inspired the Continental Army to invade Canada and attack Quebec City

Why was the Declaration of Independence written?

• To declare war against Great Britain
• To declare independence from Great Britain
• To declare the colonists unity with Great Britain
• To declare peace with Great Britain

Which words from the Declaration of Independence below, express the concept of the social contract?

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”
• “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
• “That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”
• “That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

Each of the following is a central idea of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:

• The colonies have the right to break away from Great Britain
• Monarchy is the only acceptable form of government
• King George III has violated the colonists’ rights by taxing them without their consent
• All people possess unalienable rights, including the rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

Which Enlightenment Philosopher heavily influenced the writers of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Hobbes
• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Beccaria