6 minute podcast, episodes 1-6

Check ALL that apply:

(Hint- More than 1 choice)

Parliament accused Ben Franklin of what?

• stealing the lightning rod invention

• committing treason - rebelling against his/her country

• lying to the king about his travels

• instigating/encouraging The Boston Tea Party

Sam Adams is leading a group of men in this episode. What two names does he give this group? Check the two correct answers.

• The Blue Coats

• The Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Tea Men

Check all of the boxes that fit facts about Phillis Wheatley.

• She was a Native American

• She was a slave

• She threw tea into Boston Harbor

• She was a writer

The person that made maps and marked boundary lines is called

• a cooper

• a merchant

• a surveyor

One of the big ports of the south was

• Charleston

• New York

• Boston

5. PAINE'S COMMON SENSE INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ________________________________ IN THE COLONIES. (S1)

• A. RIGHTS

• B. MINORITY

• C. INDEPENDENCE

• D. GRIEVANCE

In Africa, goods from other countries were traded for captive Africans and ______.

• silver

• gold

• fish

6. France’s “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen” was modeled in part on _____________________________ .

• A. the Magna Carta.

• B. the Puritans’ Mayflower Compact.

• C. the Treaty of Paris.

• D. America’s Declaration of Independence.

11. CASIMIR PULASKI LED AND TRAINED MOUNTED TROOPS CALLED THE ________________________ FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. (S2)

• A. MERCENARIES

• B. ALLIANCES

• C. CAVALRY

• D. GRIEVANCE

3. What happened to the Loyalists’ property after the Revolutionary War?

• A. It was returned to them.

• B. In most cases, it was not returned to them.

• C. It was sold, with the proceeds given to them.

• D. It was taken over by the British.