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A colonial leader who also was an inventor and scientist?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Edison
d) Thomas Jefferson
The first battle known as The Shot Heard Around The World took place in ________
a) Saratoga
b) Lexington
c) Georgia
d) Washington DC
The Commander and Chief of continental army was _____
a) George Washingtom
b) Ben Franklin
c) iKng George the 3
d) Thomas Edison
Who gave the speech Give me Liberty or Give Me Death?
a) King George the 3
b) Patrick Henry
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Paine
Who turned against the Americans and joined British?
a) Thomas Paine
b) Patrick Henry
c) Benedict Arnold
d) John Adams
The British were defeated by the Americans in the battle of _____
a) Lexington
b) Fench and Indian War
c) Saratoga
d) Yorktown
The main writer of the Deceleration of Independence is _______
a) George Washington
b) Thomas Edison
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Thomas Paine
A lawyer from Massachusetts and the 2nd president is _______
a) George Washington
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) John Adams
d) King George 111
What was Boston Tea Party?
a) colonists celebrated with tea
b) colonists met in Boston to discuss new tax on tea
c) Son of Liberty dressed in disguise and dumped chests of tea in harbor
d) not a choice
Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with England at the ______.
a) Parliment
b) First Continental Congresss
c) Bostin Tea Party
d) none of the above
One year after the first meeting, the representatives to discuss
a) becoming independant nation
b) breaking away from England
c) writng Decleration of Indepenedence
d) all above
What date was Deceleration of Independence adopted?
a) June 4, 1776
b) June 7, 1776
c) July 4, 1776
d) none of above
The Sons of Liberty NEVER used force!
a) false
b) true
c) do not choose
d) do not choose
What did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect?
a) increase support or King George
b) cause more paper goods to be made
c) caused coloinst to unite against England
d) none of the above
Who was the secret organization that protested unfair taxes?
a) Minutemen
b) Loyalists
c) Patriots
d) Son of Liberty
Colonisst had no voice when it came to taxes, and so created this slogan __________.
a) No More King
b) Unfair Not To Share
c) No Taxation Without Represenatation
d) Shot Heard Around the World
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Thomas Paine
c) George Washington
d) Ben Franklin
Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the king to impose taxes on the colonists?
a) French and Indian War
b) American Revolution
c) Civil War
d) WEstward Expansion
Which of the following caused colonists to pay taxes on paprer goods?
a) Quartering Act
b) Sugar Act
c) Stamp Act
d) Intolerable Act
What was the cause of the first battle of the American Revolution?
a) British fired at Sons of Liberty while dumping tea in harbor
b) Colonist shot at Sons of Liberty while dumping tea in the Boston Harbor
c) King George the 3rd took too many skittles
d) Britishwere looking to seige a storage house for weapons, but found Minutemen instead
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