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Worksheet 11
Jefferson’s Masterpiece Quiz
1. What Virginia delegate introduced the Virginia Resolution for consideration to the Second Continental Congress on June 7, 1776?
❏ George Walton ❏ Richard Henry Lee ❏ Richard Stockton
2. Where did the first military conflict between the American colonies and the English government take place?
❏ Boston, Massachusetts ❏ Braintree, Massachusetts ❏ Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts 3. What did Thomas Jefferson use to make notes on when he attended congressional sessions?
❏ Ivory notebook ❏ Parchment paper ❏ Hardcover book
4. After rising at five o’clock each morning, what did Thomas Jefferson eat for breakfast?
❏ cold biscuits and hot tea ❏ cold biscuits and hot coffee ❏ cold biscuits and hot milk
5. Which colony did Congress welcome on June 28, 1776, that had not been represented in the Second Continental Congress for several months?
❏ New York ❏ Delaware ❏ New Jersey
6. After John Adams presented Jefferson’s draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Congress on June 28, and after Charles Thomson read it to the delegates, what action did Congress take and why?
❏ They voted to not accept the Declaration and requested that it be rewritten.
❏ They tabled consideration of the Declaration until the Virginia Resolution was voted on. ❏ They voted to approve the Declaration of Independence.
7. Why did Thomas Jefferson refer to Sam Adams as his “rabble-rousing friend”? ❏ He was a leader of the Boston Tea Party and a founder of the Sons of Liberty. ❏ He was a heavy drinker and liked to party.
❏ He got into a lot of fights because of his heavy drinking.
8. By June 30, 1776, which colonies had not received instructions on whether or not to support independence if it were to be proposed in the Second Continental Congress?
❏ Maryland and New Jersey ❏ New York and Georgia ❏ Maryland and New York
9. Which delegate left his sick bed and rode 80 miles during the night of July 1, 1776, to Philadelphia to vote on the Virginia Resolution?
❏ Caesar Rodney ❏ Charles Carroll ❏ Carter Braxton
10. Which colony was the only one that did not vote to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776?
❏ North Carolina ❏ New York ❏ New Hampshire
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