War for Independence
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- Q1What is the Stamp Act?A tax on sugar and molasses.A tax on tea.A tax on paper items such as newspapers.30s
- Q2Who was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress?Benjamin FranklinAlexander HamiltonThomas Jefferson30s
- Q3What is the introduction to the Declaration of Independence called?GrievancesBasic RightsPreamble30s
- Q4Where did the first battle of the Revolutionary War take place?SaratogaLexington and ConcordYorktown30s
- Q5What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?Treaty of LondonTreaty of ParisTreaty of Versailles30s
- Q6Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?Thomas JeffersonLord CornwallisGeorge Washington30s
- Q7Who was the King of England during the Revolutionary War?King PhillipKing George IIKing George III30s
- Q8The Sons of Liberty dressed up like Indians and dumped tea in the Boston Harbor.Boston MassacreBoston Tea PartyIntolerable Acts30s
- Q9England took power away from colonial governments in Boston and Massachusetts.Sugar ActIntolerable ActsTownshend Act30s
- Q10This was the proclamation that declared settlers couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains.Proclamation of 1763Taxation Without RepresentationProclamation of 188130s
- Q11What three men rode to warn that the British were coming?Paul Revere, Sam Prescott, Alexander HamiltonPaul Revere, George Washington, Thomas JeffersonPaul Revere, Sam Prescott, William Dawes30s
- Q12Which act taxed many of the items the colonists bought like paint and glass?Tea ActTownshend ActIntolerable Acts30s
- Q13What were the people who remained loyal to the King called?Patriots (Tories)Settlers (Tories)Loyalists (Tories)30s
- Q14He served as a colonel at the Battle of Kings Mountain.George WashingtonJohn SevierAlexander Hamilton30s
- Q15What battle convinced the French to help the Continental Army?Battle of SaratogaLexington and ConcordBattle of Yorktown30s