Liberty Kids episode 1

What city is Sarah Phillips heading to?

• Philadelphia

• New York

• Boston

• Trenton

What was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party as depicted in the episode?

• To create a distraction

• To destroy the tea trade

• To protest unfair taxation

• To celebrate a festival

Who is Phyllis Wheatley in the story?

• A slave who became a poet

• A teacher in Boston

• A British spy

• A ship captain

What does Sarah Phillips find contradictory about the Americans?

• They reject British goods but drink tea

• They write about peace but practice war

• They are wealthy but complain about taxes

• They fight for freedom but own slaves

What does Moses compare the colonists' struggle to?

• A fight for economic freedom

• His own struggle for freedom from slavery

• A battle for territorial expansion

• A quest for religious freedom

Why was Ben Franklin on trial in London?

• For instigating the Boston Tea Party

• For starting the revolution

• For writing bad things about the king

• because he didn't believe in slavery