Colonies Declare Independence

The Second Continental Congress chose ______ to be president of the Continental Congress.

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

Patriots felt it was time to become a separate country and govern themselves.

• True

• False

The Second Continental Congress took place in _____.

• Massachusetts

• Philadelphia

• Virginia

• Georgia

The ______ was an army of paid soldiers from the colonies.

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Continental Army

_______ lead the Continental Army.

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Hancock

A _____ is a written request for rights and benefits.

• martial law

• petition

• army

When Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition asking King George III to help them settle their conflict with Parliament and to give them more freedom to rule themselves, King George....

• accepted to read the petition and helped the Colonists settle their problems with Parliament.

• refused to read the petition.

Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense that convinced many people it was time

• to give up.

• to obey King George III.

• for Independence.

______ means freedom from rule by others.

• Independence

• Dependence

_______ written document declaring independence and explaining why it was necessary.

• The Olive Branch Petition

• Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence