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WorksheetsCh. 5-4. Declaring Independence
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The president of the Second Continental Congress was _____________.
a)
John Adams
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
George Washington
d)
John Hancock
2.
The Continental Congress chose Benjamin Franklin to run a new post office system.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
The delegates sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III to ______________.
a)
tell him that they were forming an army
b)
declare war on Britain
c)
ask him to protect the colonists' rights
d)
explain the Declaration of Independence
4.
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense urged colonists to fight for independence.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
George Washington and the new Continental Army first drove the British out of _______________.
a)
Philadelphia
b)
Boston
c)
New York
d)
Charlestown
6.
Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence?
a)
Separatists
b)
Loyalists
c)
Nationalists
d)
Patriots
7.
The introduction to a formal document is called the ________________.
a)
appendix
b)
preamble
c)
audition
d)
prequel
8.
Thomas Jefferson and John Locke wrote the Declaration of Independence.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Adams
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
John Hancock
d)
George Washington
10.
According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to protect people's natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
a)
true
b)
false
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