Liberty's Kids Quiz

What event did the character wish they had missed?

• The First Continental Congress

• The Battle of Lexington

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why were the Yankees destroying the tea?

• It was an accident

• They didn't like tea

• Because it was spoiled

• To protest unfair taxation

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who was disguised as Mohawk Indians?

• Ruffians

• Local farmers

• British soldiers

• Members of Parliament

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did the Redcoats do that was considered an outrage?

• They closed Boston Harbor

• They occupied Boston

• They raised the tea tax

• They quartered in people's homes

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Who was sheltering the main characters?

• A British general

• Benjamin Franklin

• A poet and slave named Phillis Wheatley

• A local innkeeper

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did the British soldiers want to do with the children and poets?

• Invite them to a tea party

• Teach them about England

• Arrest them for spreading rebellion

• Recruit them

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What did Benjamin Franklin declare himself to be?

• A British subject

• An American

• A loyalist

• A poet

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did the characters use to spread the word?

• Shouting in the streets

• A printing press

• Telegrams

• Carrier pigeons

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did the Redcoats do when they heard voices coming from inside the print shop?

• Searched for evidence of rebellion

• Ignored them

• Asked for a printed copy

• Joined them

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Sarah Phillips do to distract the lieutenant?

• She pretended to faint

• She offered to make tea

• She started singing

• She ran away

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1