Declaration of independence Quiz1

What patriot wrote an influential book that denounced british aristocrats as frauds and parasites?

• Jonathan Sewell
• Thomas Paine
• Patrick Henry
• Paul Revere

After declaring independence from Great Britain in 1776, what major obstacle did Americans have to overcome to gain independence?

• Finding an experienced general to lead the army
• Defeating the greatest military on earth
• Uniting all 13 colonies

Why was the meeting of the first continental congress in 1774 a significant event?

• It resulted in the exclusion of shopkeepers, artisans, and farmers from the boycott
• It showed that parliament had failed to convince the colonists to remain in the British Empire
• It represented an attempt to unify colonies and colonists against the coercive acts.
• It provided the colonists with a temporary form of parliamentary representation

Which of the following was included in Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves?

• A government’s purpose is to protect people’s natural rights?
• Colonists should refuse to provide housing to British soldiers in Virginia
• Colonists could be taxed only by colonial assemblies
• A government does not have the responsibility to protect its citizens

Why did parliament raise taxes on the colonies after the French and Indian war?

• To punish colonists for their part in the war
• To make colonists part of the empire
• To lower taxes on British citizens
•  To pay war debts and keep colonies safe

What did colonists do to let British Parliament know they were against new Taxes?

• They stopped buying British Goods
• They demanded representation in parliament
•   They paid taxes to the colonial government instead
•  They traveled to Great Britain to protest

What was one way that colonial governments differed from the British government

• In the colonies, all free men could vote. In great Britain, only men who owned property could vote
• Colonial governments had legislative branches. British government did not have a legislative branch
• In the colonies, voters elected assemblies. In great Britain, there were no elections
• Colonist’s rights were defined by formal documents. British rights were defined by laws and tradition.

Why did the sons of liberty form?

• To elect delegates to the stamp act congress
• To protect British officials in Boston
• To lead popular protests against the stamp act
• To help tax collectors enforce the stamp act in Boston.

What did the sons of liberty do to protest the stamp act?

• They wrote pamphlets and drafted resolutions against it
• They tore down the office of the tax collector and destroyed his house
• The used nonviolent protest to gain support from colonists
• They gave sermons against it during church services.

What role did parliament play in the events that led to the Boston tea party?

• Parliament refused to allow the British east India company to charge a tax on tea
• Parliament refused to allow the British east India company to sell tea to colonists
• Parliament allowed the British east India company to sell smuggled Dutch tea.
• Parliament allowed the British east India company to sell tea directly to colonists.