History Midterm

The colonists who carried out The Boston Tea Party were disguised as which of the following?

• Hessians
• British Soldiers
• Native Americans
• French Soldiers

A person who wanted to remain together with Great Britain was known as a:

• Loyalist
• Tory
• Patriot
• Scallywag

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Paul Revere

Who was elected as the first president fo the United States of America?

• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Nathanael Greene

Who were the Redcoats?

• French and German Army
• American Army
• British Army

One way the colonists resisted taxes was to boycott British goods. What is a boycott?

• Creating a monopoly

• A refusal to buy a particular product.

• An element of vertical integration.

• A supplier of raw materials.

Common Sense, a pamphlet calling for the American Independence from England, was written by?

• Samuel Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Paine

What did the Federalists want?

• States to govern themselves
• To be governed by England
• A strong federal government
• A new leader for the House of Representatives

What did Anti-Federalists believe?

• States to have power to govern themselves
• No state government, only Federal
• Less power for the states, more for the national government
• A strong central government for the US

What is a Plantation?

• A very large farm
• An area of land ruled by another country
• A factory
• A small town

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