Studies Weekly Week 15

1. Who fired “the shot heard round the world”?

• 1. The British

• 2. The colonists

• 1. George Washington

• 1. No one knows for sure

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• 1. Benjamin Franklin

• 2. John Hancock

• 1. John Adams

• 1. Thomas Jefferson

The government’s lack of care, tight control, and unfair demands on the people is called __________. 

• 1. Tyranny

• 1. Democracy

• 2. Enlightenment

• 1. Republicanism

 Who fought the war with a pen by writing the pamphlet “Common Sense”?

• 1. Thomas Paine

• 1. Nathan Hale

• 1. George Washington

• 1. Thomas Jefferson

What did the states use to establish their governments before they declared independence?

• 1. The Constitution

• 1. The Mayflower Compact

• 1. The Declaration of Independence

• 1. Their state charters

Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?

• 1. John Hancock 

• 2. George Washington

• 1. Benjamin Franklin

• 1. Thomas Jefferson

What were General Gage’s orders concerning Concord?

• 1. Retrieve the weapons, bring them back to Boston

• 1. Level the town, take no prisoners

• 1. Capture all Patriots, destroy the weapons 

• Destroy the weapons, don't plunder or hurt private property

According to whose testimony did the rebels (Patriots) fire first?

1.  

• 1. General Gage

• 1. Patriot Elijah Saunderson

• 1. British Regular Edward T. Gould

• 1. Major John Pitcairn

What was Revere’s Prescott’s, and Dawe’s purpose in riding at night?

• 1. To have a secret meeting

• 1. To meet the Sons of Liberty

• 1. To warn of British troop movement

• 1. To activate the powder alarms

What document did Congress draft to avoid going to war with King George?

• 1. The Declaration of Independence

• 1. The Constitution

• 1. The Olive Branch Petition

• 1. The Port Act