Name: ______________________________
To Declare Independence or Not
Study Guide
1.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
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2. Who thought “The King knows what is best for the colonies?”
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3. ________________________________was a well-known religious leader in
Maryland who used his sermons to argue that the colonies should
remain loyal to Britain.
4. How did neutralist colonists feel about declaring independence?
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5. Who are Patriots?
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6. Who thought that the “British were too far away to know what is
best for the colonies”?
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7. Who were Loyalists?
8.
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_______________________ was a governor from Massachusetts who
strictly enforced the Stamp Act.
9. Who was Benjamin Franklin?
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10. ____________________________________were colonists who were undecided about
independence from Britain.
11.
_______________________ was a politician from Massachusetts who
helped form the Sons of Liberty and gave speeches urging
colonists to declare independence from Britain.
12. Freedom from control of another country is called
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13. __________________________ was the governor of Virginia who
attacked the homes and plantations of Patriots and promised to
free any slaves who would fight against the Patriots.
**Be sure to study your Loyalist and Patriots Venn Diagram**