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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

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Thomas Paine
c) George Washington
d) Ben Franklin

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 was the secret organization that protested unfair taxes?
a) Minutemen
b) Loyalists
c) Patriots
d) Son of Liberty

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

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

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

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

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

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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