Chapter 12

3. Small army made up of ordinary citizens.
6. The job of the Second Continental Congress was deciding whether or not to ___ independence from Britain.
9. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were on a committee to work on writing the ___ of independence.
10. The success of common sense helped convince the Continental congress to move towards ___.
12. Delegates were sent to the Second ___ Congress in Philadelphia in 1775.
13. ___ leaders began meeting in Philadelphia in the Second Continental Congress.
14. John ___ was the president of the congress and signed his name HUGE on an important document.

1. The Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on ___ 4th 17776.
2. King ___ was the leader of Britain.
4. ___ crime of disloyalty toward a ruler or government.
5. The Declaration of Independence was read to the public for the first time in this city ___.
7. Fought for the king of England and some times went home to Britain.
8. Thomas ___ wrote the Declaration of Independence.
11. Fought in the American army led by the Sons of Liberty.
12. In 1776, Thomas Paine published a booklet called ___ Sense.