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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost?The American RevolutionThe French and Indian WarWestward ExpansionThe Civil War
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe _____________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on the paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.Sugar ActStamp ActIntolerable ActsQuartering Acts
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan "______________!"No more kingNo taxation without representationthe shot heard 'round the worldIt is so unfair
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________.MinutemenLoyalistsPatriotsSons of Liberty
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Sons of Liberty never used violence to protest unfair taxes.TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect?It caused them to buy more paper goods.It united the colonists against England.It increased the colonists support for England.None of the answers
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the Boston Tea Party?Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.Members of the Sons of Liberty got together to celebrate their success with tea and crumpets.Colonists in Boston held a meeting to discuss the new tax on tea.Members of the Sons of Liberty held a peaceful protest.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIn 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met to discuss the problems the colonies were having with England. This was called ____________.Boston Tea PartyFirst Continental CongressParliamentNone of the answers
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA year after the First Continental Congress, representatives met in Philadelphia again. What did they discuss?becoming an independent nationbreaking away from Englandwriting a document that declared the colonies IndependentAll of the answers
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIt took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?George WashingtonThomas PaineThomas JeffersonBenjamin Franklin
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe Declaration of Independence was a way for the colonists to respond to the tyranny and abuse of power by King George III.TrueFalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceOn what day was the Declaration of Independence adopted?January 1, 1776July 4, 1776June 4, 1776None of the answers
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho was the officer that turned against Americans and joined the British Army?Benjamin FranklinBenedict ArnoldThomas PaineJohn Adams
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWho was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?Thomas PaineThomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinGeorge Washington
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence?Patrick HenryThomas PaineJohn AdamsThomas Jefferson
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWho was a lawyer in Massachusetts who served on the Declaration of Independence Committee? He later became the second president of the United States.John AdamsPatrick HenryGeorge WashingtonBenedict Arnold
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army? He led 2400 men across the Delaware River.George WashingtonPatrick HenryLord CornwallisGeorge Jones
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThis person became known for his famous speech just before the Revolutionary War. He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"George WashingtonPatrick HenryPaul RevereBenedict Arnold
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho was the colonial leader who was also an inventor and scientist? He also helped create the Declaration of Independence.Thomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinBenedict ArnoldThomas Paine
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War took place at_______________. This is known as the shot heard around the world.PhiladelphiaLexingtonWashington D.C.None of the answers
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat caused the first battle of the American Revolution?British were looking to seize a storehouse of weapons that belonged to the colonists, but met the Minutemen instead.The British fired on the Sons of Liberty as they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.The colonists shot British soldiers bringing tea into the Boston Harbor.None of the Answers
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe American Troops defeated the British in New York during the _____________ in the fall of 1777.Boston MassacreBattle of LexingtonBattle of SaratogaNone of the answers
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIn 1781, the Continental Army defeated the British troops for the final time at Yorktown, Virginia. What British leader surrendered to General George Washington?King George IIILord CornwallisBenedict ArnoldNone of the answers
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