Why the U.S. Declared Independence
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- Q1To show your dislike of a law or situationprotestrepealtreasonacts30s
- Q2To cancel or take backtreasonprotestrepealmilitia30s
- Q3a person who was against independenceParliamentpatriotloyalistact30s
- Q4a person who was in favor of independencepatriotactloyalistParliament30s
- Q5The lawmaking part of the British governmentContinental CongressParliamentContinental Army30s
- Q6a small army made up of ordinary citizensloyalistpatriotmilitia30s
- Q7Lawsprotesttreasonactsrepeal30s
- Q8the crime of disloyalty toward a ruler or governmentrepealloyalisttreasonprotest30s
- Q9The Proclamation of 1763 was an order that forbid colonists from moving west of ____.the Appalachian Mountainsthe Ohio River Valleythe Rocky Mountainsthe Mississippi River30s
- Q10I was the Commander of the Continental Army.Samuel AdamsGeorge WashingtonThomas Paine30s
- Q11I wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence.Benjamin FranklinThomas PaineThomas Jefferson30s
- Q12I was the delegate from Pennsylvania who said, “We should all hang together, or we will surely hang separately.”Benjamin FranklinGeorge WashingtonThomas Jefferson30s
- Q13I was the man who wrote, “Common Sense” a booklet that persuaded the colonists to declare independence from England.John HancockThomas PainePaul Revere30s
- Q14I liked to “fire up” the colonists and I helped organize the “Sons of Liberty” to encourage colonists to protest British taxes and laws, sometimes in violent ways.Benjamin FranklinPaul RevereSamuel Adams30s
- Q15Angry colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped crates of tea into Boston Harbor.Boston RiotsBoston Tea PartyBoston Massacre30s