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Chapter 6 Sec. 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What proposal did Richard Henry Lee make to Congress?

a)

Declaration of War

b)

Declaration of Causes and Necessities of taking up Arms

c)

Proposal of Independence

d)

Declaration of Peace and war

2.

What are the major parts of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

List of rights that are guaranteed

b)

The Preamble

c)

The Resolution

d)

The Declaration of Natural Rights

e)

The List of Grievances

3.

Who was given the task of writing the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Thomas Gaga

c)

Thomas White

d)

Thomas Jefferson

4.

On what date did congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?

a)

July 4, 1774

b)

July 4, 1775

c)

July 4, 1776

d)

July 4, 1777

5.

What was the main idea of the pamphlet Common Sense?

a)

Americans would be better off ruling themselves

b)

Americans should think for themselves

c)

Americans should submit to British rule

d)

Americans need to read more books

6.

This person wrote the pamphlet Common Sense

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Thomas Gage

d)

Thomas White

7.

Formal Complaints

a)

Resolution

b)

Preamble

c)

Grievance

8.

This person wrote the Virginia resolutions

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Richard Henry Lee

c)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

Introduction

a)

Preamble

b)

Grievances

c)

Resolution

10.

Formal statement of opinion

a)

Resolution

b)

Preamble

c)

Grievances

11.

___ is a group of people who have the power to make laws.

a)

Libel

b)

Haebus Corpus

c)

Legislature

d)

Committee

12.

___ is a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.

a)

Bill of Laws

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Declaration of independence

d)

Declaration of rights

13.

What case helped establish the fundamental principle of freedom of the press.

a)

Zenger Case

b)

Washington Case

c)

Hamilton Case

d)

Magna Carta Case

14.

The wealthy people of the colonies made up this social class.

a)

The Middle Class

b)

The Indentured Servants

c)

The Gentry

15.

The Majority of Colonists lived in/on ___.

a)

Cities

b)

Towns

c)

Farms

16.

Who led the Virginia militia into the Ohio River Valley to warn the French to leave?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Sam Adams

d)

George Washington

17.

Who was the lawyer for the British soldiers that were involved in the Boston Massacre?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Sam Adams

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

18.

Who published the “Join or Die” political cartoon?

a)

John Adams

b)

Sam Adams

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Paul Revere

19.

What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?

a)

Treaty of London

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Brussels

d)

Treaty of Quebec

20.

The Tea Act allowed what company to have a monopoly over the colonies?

a)

The East Company

b)

The British Tea Company

c)

The East India Company

d)

The East Indiana company

21.

Most colonists were considered to be what?

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists