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__ is freedom from control of another country.
a) neutralist
b) independence
c) patriot
d) loyalist

A _____ is a colonist that was against independence and remained loyal to Britain.
a) independence
b) neutralist
c) loyalist
d) patriot

A _______ is a colonist who argued in favor of independence from Britain.
a) independence
b) patriot
c) loyalist
d) neutralist

Some religious loyalist argued that if the colonists were against Britain and the King, then they were also against.
a) loyalist
b) patriot
c) traitor
d) God

Who would have said: The king knew what was best for the colonists because he had experience and was wise.
a) traitor
b) independence
c) loyalist
d) patriot

Governor of Massachusetts who strictly enforced the Stamp Act.
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Thomas Hutchinson
c) Jonathan Boucher
d) Samuel Adams

The governor of Virginia who attacked the homes and plantations of Patriots.
a) Thomas Hutchinson
b) Mercy Otis Warren
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) Lord Dunmore

A well-known religious leader in Maryland who used his sermons to argue that the colonists should remain loyal to Britain.
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Mercy Otis Warren
c) Jonathan Boucher
d) Samuel Adams

Which of the following colonists would most likely have agreed with this statement: The king of England knows what is best for the colonies?
a) Thomas Hutchinson
b) Samuel Adams
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) a neutral colonist

Which of the following colonists would most likely have agreed with this statement: I'm not sure who knows what is best for the colonies, but I don't want to see a war between Britain and the colonies?
a) Samuel Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Lord Dunmore
d) a neutral colonist

A person guilty of acting against his or her own country is called a ____.
a) loyalist
b) patriot
c) traitor
d) independence

Who would have said: The colonists should be able to elect their own governors and to have the power to change unfair laws.
a) loyalist
b) patriot
c) God
d) traitor

A successful inventor from Pennsylvania who represented the colonies in Britain and tried to convince the British government to treat the colonies more fairly.
a) Samuel Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Jonathan Boucher
d) Thomas Hutchinson

Politician from Massachusetts who helped form the Sons of Liberty and gave speeches urging colonist to declare independence from Britain.
a) Samuel Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Jonathan Boucher
d) Thomas Hutchinson

_______ was a writer from Massachusetts whose poems and plays cleverly attacked the Loyalists and encouraged many colonists to become Patriots.
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Lord Dunmore
c) Mercy Otis Warren
d) Thomas Hutchinson

Which of the following colonists would most likely have agreed with this statement: Britain and the king are too far away to know what is best for the colonies?
a) Jonathan Boucher
b) Mercy Otis Warren
c) Lord Dunmore
d) a neutral colonist

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