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True or False: There were good people on both sides regarding choosing independence.
True
Many patriots feared that if Parliament continued to control the colonies, this church may be established as the state church within all of the colonies, as it was the state church in England.
What is the Anglican Church?
Groups such as these rejected all participation in war and remained pacifists.
What are Quakers/Moravians?
This man stated "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
Who is Richard Henry Lee?
When did Richard Henry Lee's resolution regarding independence go up for a vote?
When is July 2, 1776?
During the Revolutionary War, this fraction of the colonists considered themselves loyal to the English king.
What is One-Fifth?
Many patriots wanted to resist Parliament and the king because they seemed determined to take away the colonists' ________.
What are rights?
An influential pamphlet that urged Americans to realize that it was simple to break away from British rule.
What is Common Sense?
Congress unanimously approved the Declaration of Independence on this date.
When is July 4, 1776?
Colonists who neither supported or were against independence were considered this.
What is neutral?
Also known as Tories, these colonists feared independence could lead to mob rule and tyranny.
What are Loyalists?
The theories of this political philosopher contributed to the colonists' cause.
Who is John Locke?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Within this amount of time of Common Sense's publication, the colonies declared independence from Britain.
The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by this man.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who is Thomas Paine?
Patriots believed their political right to _________ government was at stake.
What is Representative?
Patriots chose to bring about their separation from England through _____ _____ rather than through mob violence, such as what happened in the French Revolution.
During the fall of 1775 and winter of 1776, the Continental Congress created this military branch.
What is the American navy?
A famous line from the Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created _______"
This fraction of colonists were considered Patriots.
What is one-third to one-half?
Some patriots such as this man reminded others that their forefathers had left England to escape persecution and gain religious freedom.
Who is Samuel Adams?
Some advertisements called for "all brave, healthy, ___ _____, and well disposed young men" to join the Patriot cause.
What is "able bodied"?
Only these two colonies were reluctant to call for independence from Britain.
What are Pennsylvania and New York?
The Declaration of Independence forced Americans to declare themselves as a member of one of these groups.
Many Loyalists fled to these lands.