Chapter 4 Test

WHEN did the 1st Continental Congress meet?

• April 1775
• July 1776
• January 1789
• October 1774

WHERE did the 1st Continental Congress meet? (BUILDING)

• Whitehouse
• Carpenters' Hall
• Under the Liberty Tree
• Capitol Building

Where did the 1st Continental congress meet? (CITY)

• Boston
• Washington D.C.
• New York
• Philadelphia

What did the colonists submit to King George III that they drew up in the First Continental Congress?

• Olive Branch Petition
• Declaratory Act
• Declaration of Rights
• Declaration of Independence

(What did the colonists submit to King George III that they drew up in the First Continental Congress?)What did it include?

• It included the colonists' right to keep and bear arms.
• It included the colonists' right to a speedy trial.
• It included the colonists' right to vote.
• It included the colonists' rights to life, liberty and property.

What did the commander at Bunker Hill tell his troops to do?

• He told them to not fire on the men coming from a certain direction.
• He told them to advance on the British who were positioned on Bunker Hill
• He told them to fire as many times as they could.
• He told them not to shoot "until you see the whites of their eyes".

What did Henry Knox bring over rough terrain in the middle of winter and where did he get them?

• He brought ammunition from the Southern Colonies
• He brought horses from across the Appalachian Mountains.
• He brought more men to fight from the Middle Colonies.
• He brought heavy cannon from Ft. Ticonderoga.

Why did the colonists have to retreat at the battle of Bunker Hill?

• They retreated because they could not fight as well as the British.
• They retreated because they were out of ammunition.
• They retreated because they did not have the courage to stay and fight.
• They retreated because they did not believe they should be fighting the British.

Regarding what Washington did in Dorchester Heights, what did General Howe say of the rebels?

• The rebels have "tried a little, but not enough!"
• “The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army could do in months.”
• The rebels "have not been able to hold Boston because they are not very smart!"
• The rebels "have already lost this war!"

What argument did Thomas Paine present in Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine argued that kings and queens should make the laws.
• Thomas Paine argued that citizens were not intelligent enough to make the laws.
• Thomas Paine argued that only men should make the laws.
• Thomas Paine argued that citizens should make the laws.