The American Republic To 1877

Chapter 5: Road to Independence

Road to Independence

1
The tax on almost all printed material in the colonies was called the __________.
A)Grenville Act
B)Stamp Act
C)Declaratory Act
D)Townshend Acts
2
A refusal to buy a particular good is called a(n) __________.
A)boycott
B)import
C)export
D)effigy
3
The colonist who defended the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre was __________.
A)Samuel Adams
B)John Hancock
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)John Adams
4
The British king during the American Revolution was __________.
A)Charles II
B)James I
C)George III
D)William II
5
Colonists who threw the tea overboard into Boston harbor were disguised as __________.
A)British soldiers
B)Mohawks
C)pirates
D)ordinary sailors
6
British troops marched on Concord in order to capture __________.
A)Sam Adams
B)the colonial legislature
C)colonial arms and gunpowder
D)the minutemen
7
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured __________.
A)Bunker Hill
B)Lexington
C)West Point
D)Fort Ticonderoga
8
The president of the Second Continental Congress was __________.
A)Benjamin Franklin
B)John Hancock
C)Richard Henry Lee
D)George Washington
9
__________ was unanimously chosen to be the commander of the Continental Army.
A)George Washington
B)Robert Livingston
C)Benedict Arnold
D)Roger Sherman
10
The Declaration of Independence was approved on __________.
A)July 2, 1776
B)July 4, 1776
C)July 6, 1776
D)July 8, 1776
Glencoe Online Learning CenterSocial Studies HomeProduct InfoSite MapContact Us

The McGraw-Hill CompaniesGlencoe