CKLA Unit 7, Chapter 3

What was the purpose of the Boston Port Act?

• To stop importing goods from Great Britain
• To declare independence from Great Britain
• To organize the minutemen
• To close Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea

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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To manage the colonial war effort against Great Britain
• To organize the minutemen
• To declare independence from Great Britain
• To negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain

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What was the name of the battle that marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Battle of Saratoga
• The Battle of Yorktown
• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

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Who were the two biggest troublemakers among the Sons of Liberty that the British wanted to arrest?

• Samuel Adams and John Hancock
• William Dawes and Samuel Prescott
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry and Paul Revere

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What was the role of Paul Revere in the events leading up to the Revolutionary War?

• He warned the colonists of the British soldiers' movements
• He was a minuteman leader
• He was a member of the First Continental Congress
• He was a British general sent to confiscate weapons

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Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson

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What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's pamphlet 'Common Sense'?

• To negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain
• To declare independence from Great Britain
• To organize the minutemen
• To persuade colonists to support independence from Great Britain

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What was the response of the 13 colonies to the Intolerable Acts?

• They declared independence from Great Britain
• They paid for the destroyed tea
• They stopped importing all British goods
• They sent representatives to negotiate with Parliament

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What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

• To declare independence from Great Britain
• To negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain
• To discuss the economic impact of the Intolerable Acts
• To draft a list of complaints and grievances against the king and his government

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What was the name of the series of new laws passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Tea Act
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Boston Port Act
• The Tea Tax Act

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