Chapter 5: The Spirit of Independence Review

The Proclamation of 1763 helped Britain control westward expansion. 

• True
• False

The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed only Parliament could tax them. 

• True
• False

One of the Coercive Acts forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live among the colonists. 

• True 
• False

Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were Patriots who supported the right to independence. 

• True 
• False

The Second Continental Congress chose Thomas Jefferson to command the Continental Army. 

• True 
• False

He was a victim of the Boston Massacre. 

• Thomas Paine
• Samuel Adams 
• Crispus Attucks
• John Hancock

He wrote a pamphlet calling for a break with British rule. 

• Thomas Paine
• Ethan Allen 
• Crispus Attucks 
• John Adams

He was the president of Second Continental Congress. 

• Thomas Paine 
• Crispus Attucks
• John Hancock
• Ethan Allen 

He was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys. 

• Ethan Allen 
• Thomas Paine
• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock

He organized the Sons of Liberty. 

• Ethan Allen 
• Samuel Adams 
• John Adams 
• Crispus Attucks