History final

The one specific purposes for the First Continental Congress was

• organize a boycott of British goods

• tell the Loyalists they were wrong

• unite colonists as Americans

• create the Declaration of Independence

People began colonizing America in order to

• build big cities

• escape religious persecution

• show the king that they were not to be controlled

• start a new country

The Redcoats' march to Concord

• was to show the colonists their power

• was done as a training exercise

• was to reclaim weapons stolen from the British troops

• done to overtake the town for the king

The clash between the Redcoats and colonists at Lexington

• showed that the militia were no match for the well-trained Redcoats

• made General Gage appear to be a weak military leader

• slowed the advance of the British troops

• ended in a blood bath

The Boston Massacre was a

• noisy protest against the Stamp Act by the Sons of Liberty

• smallpox epidemic that killed Native Americans

• unprovoked attack on innocent colonists

• protest that ended in five colonists dead

Before 1763, the American colonies had been

• ruled by firm hand by Parliament

• left alone to govern themselves

• heavily taxed by the British government

• denied religious freedom by the king

The English colonies were found

• by Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics who wanted a place to worship in peace

• to provide a new start to poor people throughout Europe

• by people who planned to make money by selling land to settlers

• by the people with different goals ranging from making money to following their faith

All of the following events led to the Starving time except

• the journey by ship took a long time

• the Englishmen refused to work

• the colonists kidnapped Pocahontas

• they arrived in the middle of a major drought

The Intolerable Acts

• forced the colonies to give in to Britain

• united the colonies against Britain

• divided the colonies against each other

• turned the colonies against Boston

The following delegates drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Edison

• John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and John Adams