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Lesson 5 and 6 Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Piane

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

2.

What would've happened to the writers of the D.O.I. if Great Brian had won?

a)

They would have been rewarded with honorary kingships

b)

They would've been forced to pay very very very high taxes

c)

They would've been hung for treason

d)

They would be British

3.

The document written to declare the American colonies as a free independent nation is called what?

a)

Common Sense

b)

Olive Branch Petition

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Constitution

4.

Named after a symbol of peace, written by John Adams asking the king for peace, this letter is called what?

a)

D.O.I

b)

B.O.I.

c)

Common Sense

d)

Olive Branch Petition

5.

What were the colonists trying to express with the phrase, "No taxation without representation"

a)

They were trying to get out of paying their taxes

b)

Colonists believed that this was unfair because they had no representation in Parliament

c)

They thought King George was a tyrant

d)

They didn't want to be a part of the British government anymore

6.

What was Thomas Jefferson's job while writing the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To declare their independence

b)

To motivate the troops

c)

To explain to the world why they were separating from Great Britain

d)

To explain to the world why the colonies wanted to go to war with the British

7.

"All men are created equal with unalienable rights, like life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" This is an example of what kind of rights?

a)

Unalienable

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Unnatural rights

d)

Common Sense

8.

Which English Enlightenment philosopher influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the D.O.I.?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

John Adams

c)

John Locke

d)

Thomas Hobbes

9.

What is the main crime that the King of England committed?

a)

Taxing the colonists

b)

He did not protect the colonists natural rights

c)

He was really really really really mean.

d)

He did not prosecute the soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre

10.

How did colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?

a)

They bombed multiple British forts

b)

They smuggled in goods from France

c)

They started major riots

d)

They sent delegates to the Continental Congress

11.

Who wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

George Washington

12.

What significant role did the Sons of Liberty have prior to the American Revolution?

a)

They wrote the Declaration of Independence

b)

They organized protests and boycotts in order to protest British policies and laws

c)

They created a militia

d)

They created laws the forbid taxing colonists