7 Chapter 5 The Spirit of Independence

The Proclamation of 1763 helped Britain control westward expansion.

• True

• False

The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed only Parliament could tax them.

• True

• False

One of the Coercive Acts forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live among the colonists.

• True

• False

Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were Patriots who supported the right to independence.

• True

• False

The Second Continental Congress chose Thomas Jefferson to command the Continental Army.

• True

• False

victim of the Boston Massacre

• John Hancock

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Paine

• Ethan Allen

organized the Sons of Liberty

• Thomas Paine

• Crispus Attucks

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

president of the Second Continental Congress

• Ethan Allen

• Thomas Paine

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

wrote a pamphlet calling for a break with British rule

• Thomas Paine

• Ethan Allen

• John Hancock

• Crispus Attucks

leader of the Green Mountain Boys

• Samuel Adams

• Ethan Allen

• Thomas Paine

• John Hancock