Question: Second Continental Congress

Answer: second meeting that convened in May 1775 that approved the Declaration of Independence

Question: Olive Branch Petition

Answer: request sent to King George III for peace to be re-established between Britain and the colonies

Question: Common Sense

Answer: pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, attacking King George III

Question: Thomas Jefferson

Answer: Virginia lawyer, chosen to express committee’s points and writer of the Declaration of Independence

Question: Declaration of Independence

Answer: statement of the reasons for the American colonies break from Great Britain

Question: Patriots

Answer: supporter of independence

Question: Loyalists

Answer: opposed independence and were loyal to the Crown

Question: What is meant by the ‘crown’?

Answer: the king

Question: Who was William Franklin?

Answer: son of Benjamin Franklin

Question: Why did communication between Benjamin and William cease?

Answer: they were on opposite sides, Ben, a patriot; William, a loyalist