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Worksheet 11 – Answers
Jefferson’s Masterpiece Quiz
1. What Virginia delegate introduced the Virginia Resolution for consideration to the Second
Continental Congress on June 7, 1776? Richard Henry Lee - p 3
2. Where did the first military conflict between the American colonies and the English government
take place? Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts - p 5
3. What did Thomas Jefferson use to make notes on when he attended congressional sessions?
ivory notebook - p 11-12
4. After rising at five o’clock each morning, what did Thomas Jefferson eat for breakfast? cold
biscuits and hot tea - p 15
5. Which colony did Congress welcome on June 28, 1776, that had not been represented in the Second
Continental Congress for several months? New Jersey - p 51
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 tabled consideration of the Declaration until the Virginia Resolution was voted on. - p 52
7. Why did Thomas Jefferson refer to Sam Adams as his “rabble-rousing friend”? Adams was a leader of the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1776, and a founder of the Sons of Liberty. - p 57- 58
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 York-p59
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 of Delaware - p 70
10. Which colony was the only one that did not vote to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776? New York abstained from voting - p 89
11. Who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776? John Hancock and Charles Thomson - p 90
12. Who printed the first copies of the Declaration of Independence? John Dunlap - p 90
13. What did King George III write in his diary on July 4, 1776? “Nothing of importance this day.” -
p91
14. Which congressman stood by John Hancock’s table on August 2, 1776, and watched each man sign the Declaration of Independence? William Ellery of Rhode Island - p 111
15. What did Thomas Jefferson use to write the Declaration of Independence? Silver pen - p 30 56