Liberty's Kids - Episodes 1 & 2 Quiz

Name the radical rebel Patriot that led the infamous Boston Tea Party?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Sam Adams

• Moses

• John Adams

What sort of business did Benjamin Franklin own?

• A shipping business

• A general store

• A tea shop

• A newspaper and printshop

Which of these terms were used in Liberty's Kids episodes we watched this week?

• ruffians

• rabble-rousers

• dilly dallying

• rapscallions

At the end of the 2nd episode Sarah is quoted as saying "its the greatest gift I've ever received"

• her freedom

• James's gold ring

• a letter from her father

• arriving safely on the Dartmouth after the storm

Phyllis Wheatley was...

• An enslaved black American poet who could read and write

• A member of Parliament

• the wife of a Patriot leader

• a British spy

Many colonists were upset with the British Parliament/Redcoats because they wanted freedom and felt controlled. What is so incredibly ironic and hypocritical about this?

• The colonists voted against freedom in Parliament

• some of the colonists owned slaves who were anything but free

• The British actually wanted the colonists to be free

• The colonists fought for freedom in the French/Indian War

Where was Benjamin Franklin during the Boston Tea Party?

• In his print shop

• London, England

• Traveling on a ship

• in Boston Harbor on the ships throwing tea overboard

Benjamin Franklin is accused of...

• being a traitor because (he inflamed and inspired with his writings) started the Boston Tea Party

• dumping tea in the Boston Tea Party

• stealing his print shop equipment from the British

• spying on the British during the Boston Massacre

Name the major port cities in the colonies during the Revolution according to what Coach Guy taught you:

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Charleston

4. When Samuel Adams is stirring up the crowd of patriots, he refers to them as ____________.

• Traitors

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty