Lesson 6: The Declaration of Independence COPY

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE… Colonists wanted to go to war with Britain after the battle at Lexington and Concord.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson

Question 3

What was the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 3

document that declared the U.S. is a nation

Question 4

Which group of people made up the Continental Army?

Answer 4

patriots

Question 5

What happened at the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 5

The British won but suffered a heavy loss of troops

Question 6

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

Answer 6

A letter to King to ask for peace

Question 7

What are natural rights?

Answer 7

Rights that you are born with because you are a human being

Question 8

According to our Declaration of Independence, the government should get their power from…..who?

Answer 8

their citizens

Question 9

One of the complaints of King George III

Answer 9

he denied colonists their rights

Question 10

What happened at the Second Continental Congress?

Answer 10

they created an Army

Question 11

Did the Olive Branch Letter work?

Answer 11

NO, King George ignored the colonists plea for fairness and peace

Question 12

What was the principle of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 12

natural rights, that people were born with rights

Question 13

True or False: Before the Declaration of Independence was written, they were considering abolishing slavery.

Answer 13

True. However, too many colonists wanted to keep slavery so they decided to address the problem later on.