Declaring Independence

Dangerous

Singing the Declaration of Independence was ____to sign because Britain viewed those who signed as traitors.

Olive Branch Petition

Letter sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in 1775 in an attempt to avoid war.

hanged

The signing of the Declaration of Independence was a dangerous act because the signers could be ________ as traitors.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

The three "unalienable rights" are ____. _____, _____.

Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

Thomas Jefferson, __________. ________ were members appointed to a committee that wa suppose to draft the Declaration of Independence.

Common Sense

Thomas Paine published _______ _______, explaining the logic and importance of establishing an independent government.

Peaceful

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was convincing to many people because it proposed a _____ solution.

Unalienable rights

All people are born with ________ _______, meaning rights that cannot be taken away.

Continental Army

Army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by General George Washington

July 4, 1776

Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on this day, which is our Independence Day.

unite

Congress decided to delay the vote on independence from Great Britain in order to ___ all of the colonies an colonists on this decision.

Second Continental Congress

Congress of American leaders that first met in 1775, declared independence in 1776, and helped lead the United States during the Revolution.

Declaration of Independence

Document declaring the 13 American colonies independent of Great Britian, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776 by the Second Continental Congress.

Independence

Paine's Common Sence affected many of the colonists because it convinced many that Americans should seek ______.

authority

The Declaration of Independence states that Britain king has no _____.

Human rights

The Declaration of Independence was written to explain that if goverenment abuses ____ ____, people have the right to creat a new government.

Declaring independence

The Second Continental Congress did not make the decision of _____.

Main

The ____ argument in the Declaration of Independence was the all the people have the same rights.

Declaration of Independence

The ________ __ ________ explained why it was time for Americans colonies to establish a government of their own.

Declaration of Independence

The __________ __ __________ says that the king of Great Britain abused his power, so the American colonists had decided to declare independence.

Colonists

The ____was affected by the Second Continental Congress's decision.

Frustration

The colonists felt ______ and anger when they discovered that King George III ignored their petition.

Drafted

The result of Paine's Common Sense was the Declaration of Independence was ______.

George Washington

____ ______ was selected by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.

Thomas Jefferson

_______ _________actually wrote the Declaration of Independence.

John Hancock

________ _________ was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Traitor

person who works against his or her own country