Independence Is Declared

What is the definition of 'public opinion'?

• The freedom to govern on one's own.

• The point of view held by the majority of people.

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

• An introduction: first part.

What is the definition of 'independence'?

• Loyalty

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

• The point of view held by the majority of people.

• The freedom to govern on one's own.

What is the definition of 'allegiance'?

• Loyalty

• A complaint

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

• An introduction: first part.

What is the definition of 'resolution'?

• The point of view held by the majority of people.

• Loyalty.

• The freedom to govern on one's own.

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

What is the definition of 'preamble'?

• Loyalty.

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

• An introduction: first part.

• The point of view held by the majority of people.

What is the definition of 'grievance'?

• A complaint.

• A formal statement of the feelings of a group of people about an important topic.

• The point of view held by the majority of people.

• Loyalty

The Common Sense was a pamphlet published by _________?

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• The Colonists

• Richard Henry Lee

What was stated in the Common Sense?

• People should rule everyone else.

• Everyone should have common sense

• People should rule themselves and challenged the colonists to cut ties with the British government.

• People should rule themselves and challenged the British government to cut ties with the colonists.

As part of the Second Continental Congress, who said that colonies no longer owed allegiance to the king and wanted them “to be free and independent States?”

• Thomas Paine

• George washington

• Richard Henry Lee

• Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” was written in the ______________.

• Common Sense Pamphlet.

• Declaration of Independence.

• The Speech of the Second Continental Congress.

• Newspaper.