Chapter 5 - Lesson 3: Declaring Independence

When the Second Continental Congress met, it had difficult decisions to make.

• TRUE

• FALSE

George Washington would be the commander in chief of the Continental Army.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The most colonists considered themselves British ____________.

• Philadelphia

• British

• Citizens

• 1776

• Recognition

The Declaration of Independence became the foundation of American Democracy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Congress wrote the Olive Branch Petition.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Declaration of Independence can be divided into five parts.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Second Continental Congress met in ____________.

• British

• Recognition

• Citizens

• Philadelphia

• 1776

Jefferson ́s original version of the Declaration of Independence had included a section that condemned ______________.

• Philadelphia

• Slavery

• Citizens

• Recognition

• 1776

Thomas Paine was not born in Great Britain.

• TRUE

• FALSE

By May ______________, 8 of the colonies supported the decision of declaring independence.

• Recognition

• 1776

• Philadelphia

• Citizens

• British