Vocabulary
You should be able to name these kinds of ready-to-fight soldiers
What are Minutemen?
Founding Fathers arrived in this city of brotherly love for the Second Continental Congress.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
who was elected to be the leader of the Continental Army and Navy.
Who is George Washington?
Don't overthink it... what's the freedom document called?
What is the Declaration of Indpendence?
Established the untitled states
What are the Founding Fathers?
It's the whole reason why this meeting was taking place.
What is deciding to declare independence from Great Britain?
This 33-year old from Virginia, with great handwriting, and even better ideas, was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Despite his talk of equality, Thomas Jefferson, and many other southern colonists still participated in this act.
What is owning slaves?
document,Great Britain know the colonies were breaking apart from them.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This pamphlet written by Thomas Paine made the difficult concepts of politics easy to understand.
What is Common Sense?
Oh I get it now. Understanding colonial politics was a lot easier thanks to this Founding Father's book.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Every human is born with these three unalienable rights.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
small groups of soldiers who performed required military service.
What are the militia?
What is the Continental Army/Navy?
His signature is so iconic, you can still see it on the original document 248 years later.
Who is John Hancock?
Many southern colonies asked Jefferson to remove this part of the declaration, as many of them still profited off it.
What is slavery?
At Independence Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the Founding Fathers held a meeting to discuss freedom
What is the Second Continental Congress?
Great Britain believed the war would be over before the 2nd Continental Congress even started because they were fighting mostly against these kinds of soldiers.
Who are Minutemen?
A calmer gentleman. And even though he was a Founding Father, this Philadelphia native was not president of the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The date the Declaration of Independence was approved and perhaps the most iconic date in American history.
What is July 4th, 1776