Chapter 5 unit 3: Declaring Independence

Delegates in the __________ created the Continental army, wrote the Olive Branch Petition, and considered independence from Britain.

• Colonial Legislatures

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

What role did the Enlightenment have on colonists such as Thomas Paine?

• Enlightenment thinkers told Thomas Paine to unite against Great Britain.

• Enlightenment thinkers wrote about basic human rights for all and liberty.

• The Enlightenment persuaded the colonists to be patient and support Britain.

Who created the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

Which American ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• unity and diversity

• voting and security

• freedom and equality

The act of attempting to overthrow one's government is _________.

• foundation

• treason

• unite

To join together to achieve a common goal is to ______.

• unite

• treason

• foundation

8.   The base or support of something is the ______.  

• unite

• foundation

• treason

If you were to use a library media center to identify this person, which of the following key words or phrases could you use?

• soldier in the Continental army

• a president of the united states

• signer of the Declaration of Independence

African Americans and women were groups that did not have their rights __________ after the United States became an independent country.

• removed

• recognized

• translated

The condition of having the same rights as everyone else is _________.

• Continental Army

• equality

• independence