lesson 4 Declaring Independence

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who asked who to write the Declaration of Independence

Adams asked Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence

what was the most important result of the Declaration of Independence

They birth a new country called Unites States of America

Who was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

who wrote a booklet called Common Sence

Thomas Paine

January 1776

Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

petition

a formal request

Thomas Jefferson

OF Virginia

the Declaration of Indpendence has ____ main parts

4 main parts

who was in charge of the post office

Ben jin Franklin

____________ _________ created the American flag

Besty Ross

who the command of the army

George Washington

name five delegates to the Second Continental Congress

John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry Richard Henry Lee,and George Waashington

Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress

John Hancock

who signed the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock signed first

who's words had a great effect on colonists and how they felt

Paine's words

why did the Second Continental Congress began to govern the colonies

it allowed money to be printed, it set up a post office, it set up committees to handle relations with Native Americans and other countries, It created the Continental Army it allowed colonists to fight the British on a more organized way, it chose George Washington to command the army

what was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition

it offered Britian 1 more chance to NOT go to war

Preamble

the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

According to John Locke what was the purpose of government

to protect the peoples rights


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