WorksheetsChapter 5 Lesson 3: Declaring Independence
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 34mins
a written request for rights or benefits
treason
rally
petition
independence
an army of paid soldiers from the thirteen colonies
Red Coats
Continental Army
Committee of Correspondence
Continental Congress
a freedom established by law
rights
auction block
treason
petition
freedom from rule by others
preamble
quartering
independence
acts
the crime of betraying ones country
medal of honor
independence
treason
olive branch
How did the Congress plan to become independent from Great Britain?
They wrote a letter to the king to ask for their independence.
They wrote a document that would declare their reasons for independence.
They voted on whether the colonies should be independent from Great Britain.
They declared war on Great Britain
What three unalienable rights did Thomas Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence?
no taxation, free trade, self rule
peace, equality, free speech
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
education, land, defense
Who signed the Declaration of Independence?
King George III of Great Britain
Thomas Paine
members of the Declaration of Independence Committee
each member of the Second Continental Congress
Why did the Second Continental Congress send the Olive Branch Petition to King George III?
The Congress believed that war with Great Britain was bound to happen.
The Congress wanted to warn the king of the new alliance between the colonies and France.
The Congress hoped for a peaceful outcome to the colonies’ disputes with Great Britain.
The Congress asked the king to come live in the colonies.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Who was chosen to lead the Continental Army?
John Hancock
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the first president of the Continental Congress?
John Hancock
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Which statement BEST describes the ideas about government in the Declaration of Independence?
The government of the United States would be based on freedom, equality, and protecting the people's rights.
Only white male landowners would have rights.
The United States would be a monarchy, like Great Britain.
Government powers would be placed in the hands of a small group of wealthy British men.
Which statement BEST describes how the members of the Second Continental Congress felt after they published the Declaration of Independence?
They felt that several European nations would help the colonies.
They believed that Native Americans and enslaved Africans would rise up against the British.
They thought that Great Britain would grant the colonies independence.
They knew that Great Britain could find them guilty of treason, and that a war for independence could follow.
