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The colonists were mad at England for what two reasons?
a) high taxes and no say in government or laws
b) high price of land and high taxes
c) England was making them talk with a British accent
d) high taxes and bad food

A colonist who is speaking for a group of people is called
a) Representative
b) Patriot
c) British trader
d) Spartan

Who was the King of England at this time?
a) Mr. Amato
b) George Washington
c) Charles
d) George III

What was the last battle of the American Revolution
a) Yorktown
b) Concord
c) Boston
d) Ocean

The time when colonists dressed up and dumped boxes of British tea in the water is called
a) Boston Massacre
b) Tea Dumping Protest
c) Boston Tea Party
d) Tea Time

The group of people who built the United States are called
a) Electoral College
b) Cabinet
c) Founding Fathers
d) none of these

At the Second Continental Congress, representatives chose who to be the Commander in Chief of the army
a) George Washington
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Ms. LeVine

Who became the first President of the United States
a) John Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) George Washington

Thomas Paine wrote his ideas about government in a pamphlet called ....
a) Common Sense
b) Government Sense
c) American Sense
d) American Government

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) John Adams
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) Thomas Paine

The Declaration of Independence was approved on ___
a) January 4, 1776
b) March 4, 1776
c) July 4, 1776
d) December 4, 1776

The colonists fought against the ___ army
a) French
b) Canadian
c) Spanish
d) British

The First Battle of the American Revolution was at
a) Concord
b) Boston
c) Lexington
d) Yorktown

When the British arrived in Lexington, the Minutemen were _____
a) standing ready to fight
b) working on their farms
c) firing their guns
d) looking for the hidden supplies

_____ rode to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the British were coming
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) Paul Revere
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) George Washington

The Americans DID NOT WANT
a) the colonies should break away from England
b) the colonies wanted higher taxes
c) the colonies should start a new country
d) a government where the people were in charge of it

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