Chapter 6 DOI Test Social Studies Mrs. Phillips Honors

yelling man

Freedom from control of another government.

Independence

A formal written request.

Petition

Hesitant

Reluctant

Everyone agreed.

Unanimously

Heavy guns and weaponry.

Artillery

An ancient symbol of peace.

Olive Branch

A person that is guilty of disloyalty to the government.

Traitor

A formal statement.

Declaration

Basic human privileges of life, liberty, and happiness

Natural Rights

Approval

Consent

Patriot leader at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. Said "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

William Prescott

A patriot known for the phrase, "Give me liberty or give me death."

Patrick Henry

Commander of the Continental Army

George Washington

General for the British Army

William Howe

Wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"

Thomas Paine

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Leader of the Green Mountain Boys, who led a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga.

Ethan Allen

Brought the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.

Henry Knox

A bloody early battle that was misnamed. The British won, but they had more casualities.

Bunker Hill

Cannons were lined along Dorchester Heights and aimed at Boston. The British retreated to Nova Scotia.

Siege of Boston

The takeover of a military post. The artillery was round up and brought to Boston.

Fort Ticonderoga

A letter to the King asking him to end the quarrel with the colonists.

Olive Branch Petition

Meeting in Philadelphia to determine independence.

2nd Continental Congress

To the British, signing the Declaration of Independence.

Act of Treason

To tell Britain why were forming our own country.

Purpose of the Declaration of independence

Thomas Jefferson believes the power to rule comes from who?

The people

According to the Declaration of Independence who are natural rights given by?

God

What are the three natural rights said by Thomas Paine?

Life, liberty and happiness