declaring independence

Question 1

what happened in 1215?

Answer 1

magna carta was written

Question 2

1492?

Answer 2

columbus sailed the ocean blue

Question 3

1607?

Answer 3

jamestown was founded

Question 4

1620?

Answer 4

plymouth (thanksgiving)

Question 5

1776?

Answer 5

declaration of independence

Question 6

who wrote the declaration?

Answer 6

john adams, thomas jefferson, and ben franklin

Question 7

contained three parts:

Answer 7

tell their beliefs about good government, tell what king george had done wrong, announce that the colonies were no free and independent states

Question 8

how many people had to vote ‘yes’ for it to pass?

Answer 8

UNANIMOUS

Question 9

what three colonies were in doubt, and why?

Answer 9

new york- had been told not to vote for independence, pennsylvania- quakers (peaceful people who did not want war), south carolina- highest percentage of loyalists

Question 10

how did the vote end up being unanimous?

Answer 10

NEW YORK DID NOT VOTE (abstain), PENNSYLVANIA DID NOT SHOW UP (ben franklin was the second rep. and said yes), SOUTH CAROLINA SAID YES

Question 11

what happened after the vote was over?

Answer 11

the whole room fell to silence (all of the delegates now realized that what they had done. they were wanted traitors to england)