Continental Congresses
The Second Continental Congress put this man in charge of the Continental Army
George Washington
This founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence was published on this date.
July 4, 1776
The Battles of Lexington and Concord happened in what order.
1. Lexington
2. Concord
This man was the author of Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The Olive Branch Petition was written by which Continental Congress?
Second Continental Congress
This founding father defended the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre
John Adams
The preamble to the Declaration of Independence declares that all men are this.
created equal
The British marched out of this city on their way to Lexington and Concord
Boston
This was the objective of the Olive Branch Petition
The First Continental Congress met in 1774. The Second Continental Congress met in this year.
1775
This founding father was a philosopher and scientist from Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
This type of right is something we have from birth.
A natural right
William Dawes and this man rode through Massachusetts alerting the militia the night before Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
This event led directly to the Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress agreed to implement one of these in order to change British policies.
A boycott
This founding father gained valuable military experience fighting in the French and Indian War.
George Washington
These are the three unalienable rights listed in the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
At Concord the British army was searching for what?
Guns and Ammunition
This method of torture was used on tax collectors and involves a heated oil product and animal parts
Tar and Feathering
The First Continental Congress met to develop a response to what British acts.
Intolerable Acts
These founding fathers were the targets of the British raid on Lexington in 1775
John Hancock and Samuel Adams
This is an inherent contradiction in the idea that "all men are created equal"
Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers owned slaves
How long was the march from Boston to Concord and back?
40 miles
This is the word for a physical representation of a person - and would be either hung or burned in protest
An Effigy