The Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress on this date....
What is July 4, 1776
100
An " unalienable " right is a right that can not be...
What is taken away, given up, transferred etc. ?
100
What famous battle in Massachusetts happened while the Second Continental Congress was in session...
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill ?
100
In what poem did Emerson write about " the shot heard round the world " ?
What is The Concord Hymn ?
100
One reason John Adams chose Jefferson to write the Declaration was that Jefferson was from ....
What is Virginia ?
200
The first part of the Declaration of Independence is the introduction , or...
What is preamble ?
200
This delegate to the Continental Congress was chosen to command the Continental Army...
Who was George Washington ?
200
Altogether, how many men signed the Declaration of Independence ?
What is 56 ?
200
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence was...
Who is John Hancock ?
200
This delegate from Virginia proposed the resolution " that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" .
Who is Richard Henry Lee ?
300
Although many people think the Declaration was signed on July 4th, most of the delegates didn't actually sign it until...
What is August 2nd ?
300
How many men were on the original committee to write the Declaration of Independence ?
What is 5 ?
300
He said " we must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately" .
Who is Benjamin Franklin ?
300
This pamphlet, by Thomas Paine, helped convince many Americans of the need to be independent...
What is Common Sense ?
300
One of the reasons John Adams chose Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence was that while many people thought Adams was obnoxious, Jefferson was...
What is popular, well-liked, etc. ?
400
Not all Americans were in favor of independence.Those who were in favor of remaining loyal to England were called Loyalists, or ......
What are Tories ?
400
The delegates thought that the most important part of the Declaration was the part that explained their complaints, or...
What are grievances ?
400
This man was a delegate from Pennsylvania who was against declaring independence...
Who was John Dickinson ?
400
Jefferson wrote that if a government does not meet the needs of the people, then the people have the right to...
What is change, or overthrow, the government?
400
When the delegates voted for independence on July 2nd, 12 states voted in favor, but New York did not vote. What word means to not vote?
What is abstain ?
500
In the last paragraph of the Declaration, the signers pledged three things to each other. The three things were...
What were their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor ?
500
In the second part of the Declaration , Jefferon writes that people form a government in order to protect their...
What are their rights ?
500
Jefferson got a lot of his ideas for the Declaration from this English philosopher...
Who was John Locke ?
500
Jefferson said that people are endowed by their creator with certain ___________ rights..
What are unalienable ?
500
Jefferson said that the three basic rights people were entitled to were...
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness ?