Ch.3
Section 2
Common Sense
Patriots
Thomas Jefferson
Loyalists
unalienable
Thomas Paine
tyranny
Declaration of Independence
DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains
at least one word from the word bank.
1. What did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonists to declare indepen-
dence?
2. What did the Second Continental Congress do to formally declare the colonies
free from Great Britain?
3. What group of colonists faced hostility as a result of their views regarding the
Declaration of Independence?
4. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and what three
main points did he make in the document?

Ch3 Section 2 Common Sense Patriots Thomas Jefferson Loyalists unalienable Thomas Paine tyranny Declaration of Independence DIRECTIONS Answer each question by w class=

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Common Sense :Is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.

Patriots:a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

Thomas Jefferson :was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).

Loyalist:were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists or King's Men at the time. They were opposed by the Patriots, who supported the revolution, and called them "persons inimical to the liberties of America."

Tyranny: an act or the pattern of harsh, cruel, and unfair control over other people. 2 : a government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler. More from Merriam-Webster on tyranny.

Unalienable:Impossible to take away or give up : inalienable. How to use unalienable in a sentence.

Thomas Paine :was an England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe.

Declaration Of Independence:is the name given to the Second Continental Congress's public act of declaring the American colonies independent from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. ... The Declaration of Independence was the formal proclamation that the colonies would now be an independent country separate from Great Britain.

1. What did Thomas Paine write to encourage the colonists to declare indepen-

dence?:The Common Sense

What did the Second Continental Congress do to formally declare the colonies

free from Great Britain?:They used the Declaration of Independence. ... All men possess unalienable rights, King George III had trampled on the colonists rights supporting unfair laws, and the colonists had the right to independence from Britain.

3. What group of colonists faced hostility as a result of their views regarding the

Declaration of Independence?

The Loyalists faced hostility as a result of their veiws regaerding the declaration of Independence.

4. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and what three

main points did he make in the document?

Written in June 1776, Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence, included eighty-six changes made later by John Adams (1735–1826), Benjamin Franklin 1706–1790), other members of the committee appointed to draft the document, and by Congress.

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