Declaration of Independence
This document declared the American colonies' independence from this nation.
What was Great Britain (England)?
...all men are created ________.
What is equal?
A British tax placed on colonial documents?
What is the Stamp Act?
The people who favored complete independence from England.
Who were the Patriots?
The leader of the American Army?
Who was George Washington?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
We hold these truths to be ____________.
What is self-evident?
A conflict started when British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry Boston colonists?
What is the Boston Massacre?
The people who remained loyal to England.
Who were the Loyalists (Tories)?
He served as an unofficial ambassador from the colonies to England.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The date that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
...the ______ heard round the world.
What is shot?
The reason the British taxed the colonies.
What is to pay for the French and Indian War?
The colonists who remained uninvolved.
Who were the neutrals?
Who was King George III?
Declaration ratified at this gathering.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
They are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...
What are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness?
The Boston colonists' protest of the tea tax?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A radical group of patriots opposing Britain?
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The military leader who lost the Battle of Yorktown.
Who is the British General Cornwallis?
The name of the first signer of the declaration, also has the largest signature on the document.
Who is John Hancock?
Give me ____________ or give me death.
What is liberty?
The location of the first fighting between British soldiers and Colonial Minutemen?
What is Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts?
A critical naval alliance for the Patriots.
Who was France?
He negotiated a treaty of alliance with France.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?