1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? a. Thomas Jefferson b. John Hancock c. Ethan Allen d. Thomas Paine.

1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a. Thomas Jeffersonb. John Hancockc. Ethan Allen

d. Thomas Paine

1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a. Thomas Jefferson

What was another term for loyalists?a. tories

b. Hessiansc. Britishd. patriots

What was another term for loyalists?a. tories

3. Washington defeated which group at the Battle of Trenton?

a. Hessiansb. Frenchc. British

d. Iroquois

3. Washington defeated which group at the Battle of Trenton?

a. Hessians

4. Which of the following was something which the 2nd

Continental Congress decided to do?a. surrender to the Frenchb. surrender to the British

c. attack Saratogad. set up an army with George

Washington as its leader

4. Which of the following was something which the 2nd

Continental Congress decided to do?d. set up an army with George

Washington as its leader

5. In what year was Common Sense printed?

a. 1763b. 1775c. 1776d. 1779

5. In what year was Common Sense printed?

c. 1776

6. Which of the following people were killed at the Boston

Massacre?a. Crispus Attucks

b. Salem Poorc. Deborah Sampson

d. Agrippa Hull

6. Which of the following people were killed at the Boston

Massacre?a. Crispus Attucks

7. Who won the Battle of Long Island?

a. Americansb. British

c. Hessiansd. France

7. Who won the Battle of Long Island?

b. British

8. Whose idea was the British 3-Fold Plan?

a. William Howeb. Banastre Tarleton

c. Charles Cornwallisd. John Burgoyne

8. Whose idea was the British 3-Fold Plan?

d. John Burgoyne

9. Who proposed the George Washington become the leader of

the Continental Army?a. George Washington

b. Sam Adamsc. John Hancockd. John Adams

9. Who proposed the George Washington become the leader of

the Continental Army?d. John Adams

10. Who printed the first copies of the Declaration of

Independence?a. Thomas Jefferson

b. John Hancockc. Benjamin Franklin

d. Mary Katherine Goddard

10. Who printed the first copies of the Declaration of

Independence?d. Mary Katherine Goddard

ANSWERS1-a 2-a 3-a 4-d 5-c

6-a 7-b 8-d 9-d 10-d