The first colonial postmaster appointed by the second continental congress
who is Benjamin Franklin
100
The military post that was captured without a single shot being fired
What is Fort Ticonderoga
100
The date that the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress
What is July 2, 1776
200
The commander of the first continental army was
Who George Washington
200
Washington's plan for stopping the British from taking over New York.
What is surrounded Boston with cannons
200
John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence so large so that would happen?
What is the King could read it without his glasses
300
The document that signified peace between the two countries offered to King George lll
What is the Olive Branch Petition
300
The ideas that knowledge, reason and science could improve a colonial society
What is the Enlightenment
300
The title of the pamphlet that persuaded colonists to approve independence from Britain
What is Common Sense
400
The second continental congress completed four goals in their meeting on May 10, 1775.
What is 1. authorized the printing of money, 2. set up a post office, 3. set up a committee to handle the Indians and foreign countries, 4. created the continental army
400
What would have happened to the delegates that signed the Declaration of Independence if the colonies did not win the war.
What is hung, or drawn and quartered.
400
The delegate who first proposed that the colonies should be free from Britain
Who is Richard Henry Lee
500
The attendees to the second continental congress were
(need 4 names)
What is Benjamin Franklin, John and Samuel Adams, George Washington, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee.
500
The writer of the pamphlet Common Sense
What is Thomas Paine
500
The Committee of Five who helped write the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston