The Declaration of Independence

The 13 American colonies belonged to ________.

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

• the Netherlands

Who was king of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?

• George III

• Henry VIII

• James II

• William IV

Great Britain first decided to tax people in the colonies to pay for a __________.

• hospital

• ship

• castle

• war

The Stamp Act taxed the purchase of ______ products.

• gold

• steel

• paper

• beef

What act said that British soldiers could live in colonists' homes?

• the Housing Act

• the Quartering Act

• the Soldier Act

• the Living Act

Colonists felt that they were taxed without __________.

• benefits

• quartering

• parties

• representation

Colonists dumped tea into the ______ harbor.

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Trenton

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• John Adams

Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Eli Whitney

Delegates from the colonies voted for independence in _______.

• 1776

• 1543

• 1682

• 1848