Chapter 5:
Road to Independence
1.
The tax on almost all printed material in the colonies was called the __________.
a.
Grenville Act
b.
Stamp Act
c.
Declaratory Act
d.
Townshend Acts
2.
A refusal to buy a particular good is called a(n) __________.
a.
boycott
b.
import
c.
export
d.
effigy
3.
The colonist who defended the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre was __________.
a.
Samuel Adams
b.
John Hancock
c.
Thomas Jefferson
d.
John Adams
4.
The British king during the American Revolution was __________.
a.
Charles II
b.
James I
c.
George III
d.
William II
5.
Colonists who threw the tea overboard into Boston harbor were disguised as __________.
a.
British soldiers
b.
Mohawks
c.
pirates
d.
ordinary sailors
6.
British troops marched on Concord in order to capture __________.
a.
Sam Adams
b.
the colonial legislature
c.
colonial arms and gunpowder
d.
the minutemen
7.
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured __________.
a.
Bunker Hill
b.
Lexington
c.
West Point
d.
Fort Ticonderoga
8.
The president of the Second Continental Congress was __________.
a.
Benjamin Franklin
b.
John Hancock
c.
Richard Henry Lee
d.
George Washington
9.
__________ was unanimously chosen to be the commander of the Continental Army.
a.
George Washington
b.
Robert Livingston
c.
Benedict Arnold
d.
Roger Sherman
10.
The Declaration of Independence was approved on __________.
a.
July 2, 1776
b.
July 4, 1776
c.
July 6, 1776
d.
July 8, 1776
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