Congress approved the ____ which proclaimed that the colonies were free from British rule.
H. Declaration of Independence
The Patriot army fighting near Boston was a ____ that included farmers who became soldiers to fight the British.
F. Militia
____ drafter the Declarration of Independence.
A. Thomas Jefferson
The new Continental Army was commanded by ____.
G. George Washington
____ were colonists who supported Britain during the war.
D. Loyalists
The Declaration of Independence claims that people have ____ that cannot be taken away by any government.
B. Natural Rights
Fighting began in Lexington and Concord when British troops..
C. Came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons.
Loyalists believed Patriots..
A. Were breaking the law.
Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense' inspired colonists by..
D. Rejecting class structure and privilege.
The Declaration of Independence was written to...
B. Explain why colonists were angry with British rule.