6.1-A New Nation is Born

The committee who wrote the Declaration of Independence was made up of ___, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.

• George Washington
• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• John Hancock

There are ___ parts to the Declaration of Independence.

• two
• three
• four
• ten

___ was the main author of The Declaration of Independence.

• John Adams
• Ben Franklin
• John Hancock
• Thomas Jefferson

The first section of The Declaration of Independence is the Preamble, which means ___.

• beginning
• introduction
• author
• important

The last section of The Declaration of Independence is the ____ for Independence.

• Reason
• Resolution
• Response
• Refusal

The third section of The Declaration of Independence is a ___ of Grievances.

• List
• Petition
• Cause
• Reason

The second section of The Declaration of Independence is Declaration of Natural ___.

• Selection
• Response
• Rights
• Grievances

The section that Thomas Jefferson added to make the declaration special was the ___ section.

• first
• second
• third
• fourth

Thomas Paine wrote ___.

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Rights of Man
• Common Sense
• The Intolerable Acts

Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to ___

• declare independence
  
• keep quiet
• to make peace with the king
• to become thirteen separate countries