Declaring Independence

Question 1

What did the 2nd continental congress do

Answer 1

• Authorized Printing Money
• Set up a post office
• Set up committee to handle the Indians or other countries
• Created continental congress

Question 2

What is the Olive Branch Petition

Answer 2

They sent it to the king asking for peace and their rights to be respected

Question 3

What did patriots do on March of 1775

Answer 3

Marched north of fort Ticonderoga and captured Montreal

Question 4

What did Washington do in 1776

Answer 4

British planned to invade New York so his troops surrounded Boston 1st with unloaded cannons

Question 5

Who wrote the pamphlet common sense

Answer 5

Thomas Paine

Question 6

Who proposed that colonies should be independent from Britain

Answer 6

Henry Lee

Question 7

Who was in the committee of five

Answer 7

Jefferson,Franklin,Adams,Sherman and Livingston

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Question 8

What ideas did Jefferson use while writing the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 8

Enlightenment of John Locke when writing life liberty and property

Question 9

What 3 words did Jefferson use

Answer 9

Knowledge Science and reason

Question 10

Why did Hancock sign so big?

Answer 10

So the king could see it without his glasses

Question 11

Who attended the second continental congress

Answer 11

Franklin,Hancock,J Adams,Washington,Jefferson and Lee