Road to Revolution/Declaring Independence QUIZ

True or False:

The king of Great Britain accepted the Olive Branch Petition offered by Congress.

• True

• False

Who was the first commander of the Continental Army (the army in the colonies)?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Hancock

What is the first part of the Declaration of Independence called?

• list of geivances

• declaration

• preamble

• statement of beliefs

What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Boston Massacre
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battles of Lexington and Concord

Which series of Acts punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

"No taxation without representation" means ______.

• Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in government.

• The representative can tax me

• Seize weapons right away

• None of the above

______ were a secret group of men who boycotted British goods and organized protests.

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• First Continental Congress

• Tax collectors

________ was famous for the quote, "The British are coming."

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• Herbie Hancock

• Samuel Adams

The _______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• Quartering Act

• Boston Massacre