The American Journey © 2012

Chapter 5: The Spirit of Independence

Self-Check Quizzes

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
After the Boston Massacre, Great Britain repealed all the Townshend Acts except the one on _____.
A)lumber
B)stamps
C)tea
D)sugar
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)sailors
6
British troops marched on Concord in order to capture ___.
A)Sam Adams
B)the colonial legislature
C)arms and ammunition
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)September 1, 1774
B)July 4, 1776
C)December 4, 1776
D)July 8, 1777
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