1776 QUESTIONS
1. Where was John Adams from?
2. Was Adams for or against independence?
3. Where was the Continental Congress held?
4. What was Adams’ wife’s name?
5. Was Adams popular with the other delegates?
6. Where was Richard Henry Lee from?
7. Why did Benjamin Franklin want Lee to propose independence?
8. What did George Washington’s message on June 7 say?
9. What were some arguments for and against independence?
10. Why was New Jersey important?
11. What did John Dickinson do to prevent the Congress from
declaring independence on June 7? How did Adams respond?
12. What did New York keep doing, and why?
13. Who were the members of the Declaration committee and
where were they from?
14. Why was Jefferson reluctant to write the Declaration?
15. What did Washington report on June 22?
16. What did Franklin want the national bird to be?
17. What did South Carolina object to in the Declaration?
18. Why did South Carolina call the northern colonies
hypocrites and cause the entire deep south to walk out?
19. What role did James Wilson play?
20. Was Adams right to give in on the slavery issue? Explain
your answer.
