Social Studies Alive Chapter 12

____________________ were people who were trained to be ready to fight at any moment.

• Founding Fathers
• militia
• Second Continental Congress
• Minutemen

A body of soldiers who did required military service was called a(n) ____________________.

• militia
• Founding Fathers
• Second Continental Congress
• Minutemen

Leaders from different states met in Philadelphia in 1775 for the ____________________.

• Second Continental Congress
• militia
• minutemen
• Founding Fathers

The group of leaders who helped establish the new American Nation are called the ____________________.

• militia
• Second Continental Congress
• Founding Fathers
• minutemen

The ____________________ is the document that announced that the American were breaking away from Great Britain.

• Declaration of Independence
• Mayflower Compact
• Founding Fathers
• Second Continental Congress

At the beginning of the American Revolution, British troops fought against ...

• a strong central army.
• knights on horseback.
• hired foreign soldiers.
• colonial militias and Minutemen.

An important task facing the Second Continental Congress was to

• organize the colonies for war. 
• shut down the Continental army.
• find ways to make the king happy.
• make treaties with American Indian tribes.

The booklet Common Sense persuaded American colonists to

• want independence. 
• forget about politics
• ask for help from the king.
• remain loyal to Great Britain

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

• put an end to slavery
• offer the king one last chance.
• ask for money to solve problems.
• explain why the colonies should be free. 

The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was

• John Adams.
• Benjamin Franklin.
• Thomas Jefferson.
• George Washington