Social Studies Quiz #1 Review

Independence Day celebrates

• The colonists' decision to declare their freedom from Great Britain

• The Boston Massacre

• The lawmaking group in England

• The winning of the French and Indian War

The French and Indian War ended in

• 1766

• 1775

• 1773

• 1763

To show how the felt about taxes on imported goods, the colonists

• passed a tax on these goods

• Stopped buying these goods

• made sure their taxes were paid

• paid a lot of money for these goods

The Minutemen were

• British soldiers

• colonists

• American Indians

• Trained professional soldiers

The Second Continental Congress wanted a statement declaring independence written by

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• King George

• The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

The Declaration of Independence is about

• The rights and freedoms that all people should have

• finding a way to pay for war supplies

• problems in Great Britain

• the members of Continental Congress