World History 12.5 & 12.6

Who began a 60 year reign of England in 1760?

• Joseph XIV

• Thomas V

• George III

• James VI

(Select All That Apply) Which of these were taxed as part of the Stamp Act?

• Newspapers

• Pamphlets

• Almanacs

• Legal Documents

March 1770 British soldiers fired on a crowd that was pelting them with snowballs. Colonists called the death of five protesters the

• Great Snowball Fight of 1770

• Boston Massacre

• Snowball War

• Boston Tea Party

December 1773 colonists hurled cargo of British tea into the harbor to protest a tax on tea. This became known as

• Boston Hootenanny

• Boston Massacre

• Massachusetts Melee

• Boston Tea Party

(Select All That Apply) Who attended the First Continental Congress

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

Where did the opening shots of the American Revolution take place?

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston and Plymouth

• Burlington and Manchester

• Hartford and New Haven

Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Harrison

• Millard Fillmore

• Martin Van Buren

(Select All That Apply) What are our inalienable rights?

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

(True or False) The idea that all government power comes from the people is known as popular sovereignty.

• True

• False

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• July 4, 1896

• April 4, 1776

• July 4, 1492

• July 4, 1776