American Independence

The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted was:

• 1776

• 1770

• 1777

• 1767

What boundary was designated as the line NOT to cross in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Atlantic Ocean

• Rocky Mountains

• Mississippi River

The Stamp Act put a tax on:

• stamps.

• most printed materials.

• mail.

• envelopes.

Multiple "tax acts" such as the Tea Act and Sugar Act were imposed on colonists in order to:

• pay for the French and Indian War.

• pay for the American Revolution.

• punish colonists for insubordination.

• help England become more powerful.

Who told her husband to "remember the ladies" when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Washington

• Molly Pitcher

• Deborah Sampson

Chief writer of the Declaration of Independence:

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• George Washington

Battle that convinced France to join the Patriots in the American Revolution:

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Bull Run

He was a resident of Virginia, a planter, soldier in the French and Indian War, delegate to first and second Continental Congress, Commander of the Continental Army, chairman of the Constitutional Convention. Who is being described?

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Thomas Paine wrote what famous document, that persuaded the colonists to join the cause for independence?

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Olive Branch Petition

Which was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• quartering of troops

• no trial by jury of peers

• taxation without representation

• unfair balance of trade