2.2 - Uniting for Independence

Unity between colonies was encouraged by

• business alliances

• the strong influence of Puritanism

• a passion for exploration

• opposition to harsh British policies

The purpose of committees of correspondence was

• communication

• business growth

• farming

• education

To pay for the French and Indian War, England

• levied new taxes on the colonies

• took control of colonial businesses

• closed colonial legislatures

• forced the colonies to build factories

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and is considered its main author?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

The colonies did not officially break their relationship with Britain until they

• passed the Declaration of Independence

• fought back against British troops

• met at the First Continental Congress

• formed committees of correspondence

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence states that all men

• are created equal

• have the right to vote

• are innocent until proven guilty

• have the right to own a business or farm

Until the mid-1700s, the American colonies were mostly

• left without government

• self-governing

• controlled by church figures

• controlled by the king in England

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against

• the English custom of drinking tea

• British taxation and rules

• restrictive voting rights

• the unparalleled growth of colonial legislatures

The goal of the First Continental Congress was to

• declare war on Britain

• decide what to do about the colonies' relationship with Britain

• begin building an army to fight Britain

• decide what to do about the debts from the French and Indian War

What prompted the Second Continental Congress?

• calls for war with Britain

• renewed anger over British policies

• the British attack at Lexington and Concord in 1775

• the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party