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A study guide for the quiz on the American Revolution.
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What type of Congress did the Articles of Confederation set up?
A bicameral legislature
A unicameral legislature
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What was the Tea Act?
A tax on exported tea
Act that gave a monopoly to the British East India company
A tax on tea
A tax on imported tea
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How did the colonists respond to the Tea Act?
They wrote a petition to the British govt. to repeal the act
They boycotted the tea and threw it into the Boston harbor
They tried to make their own tea
They burned the British ships carrying the tea
4
Who proposed a resolution to Congress to declare independence from Britain?
John Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
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On what date was Lee's resolution for independence passed?
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1776
August 2, 1776
August 4, 1776
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Who did the Continental Congress put in charge of the military after the fighting started?
Benedict Arnold
John Dickinson
Nathanael Greene
George Washington
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How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Party?
They passed the Quartering Act
They passed the Declaratory Act
They passed the Coercive Acts
They passed the Townshend Acts
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Why did Daniel Shays rebel against the U.S.?
He was a loyalist
He believed the government was corrupt
He was inspired by Thomas Jefferson
He was not payed for fighting in the Revolutionary War
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Which document created a weak, national government that loosely held the states together?
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Albany Plan
10
Who was on the committee to draft a declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, and John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Dickinson
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Who wrote the pamphlet
Common Sense
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Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
John Adams
Thomas Paine
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Who wrote the Olive Branch Petition, which was a last-ditch effort at peace?
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
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Who rebelled against the U.S. following the Revolutionary War?
Daniel Hays
Nathanael Shays
Daniel Shays
Nathanael Hays
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Which Founder refused to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Dickinson
John Hancock
Edward Rutledge
John Adams
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On which date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1776
August 2, 1776
August 4, 1776
