US - Revolution [Part 2 up to Declaration] 21-22

Who encouraged her husband to support women's rights when she wrote the "Remember the Ladies" letter?

• Abigail Adams

• Alison Anders

• Angela Addington

• Alice Abbot

Which of these "Acts" angered colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• ALL of these answers are correct

Political causes [like "salutary neglect" and "no taxation without representation"] along with economic causes [like mercantilism and trade restrictions] led to the writing of _______ by Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

• the Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• the "Remember the Ladies" letter

• Stamp Act

Being forced to quarter [house] British troops in the colonists homes was one of the _____ listed in the Declaration of Independence [1776].

• grievances

• compliments

• sections

• titles

The "unalienable rights" defined by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence [1776] were -

• LIfe, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Free Speech, Religion, and Press

• Rights to Home Ownership and Health Care

• NONE of these are correct

Parliament passing the Tea Act directly led to the Boston Tea Party [where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor]. After the Tea Party, King George III punished the colonists with -

• the Intolerable Acts

• the French and Indian War

• the removal of the Tea Act

• independence for the colonists

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1776

• 1215

• 1607

• 1803

Who was the first patriot to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776? [hint: he was the President of the Continental Congress, and he signed in BIG letters]

• John Hancock

• James Hansen

• Joseph Hadden

• Johann Henderson

The ___ made the Appalachian Mountains a natural boundary meant to limit colonial expansion westward.

• Proclamation of 1763

• King's Decree of 1773

• Appalachian Law of 1753

• Treaty of 1783

The passing of the Stamp Act [one of the economic policies imposed by Great Britain after the French and Indian War] directly led to colonist boycotts of British goods. Many of these protests were led by ____ and the Sons of Liberty.

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin