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=**Revolutionary Quiz**= Instructions: open a new Microsoft Word document and be sure to save it to your flashdrive as lastname_quiz.docx. Write down the number of the question and your answer. When done, save it and then email a copy to me at teacher@teacherdom.net

**True or false?**

 * 1. The soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre fired on a calm crowd of peaceful protestors.**


 * 2. The Townshend Act taxed, among other things, tea and paper.**


 * 3. //Common Sense// was a pamphlet that Thomas Paine wrote to support England.**


 * 4. The Articles of Confederation allowed the federal government to directly tax citizens.**


 * 5. Nine of thirteen proposed amendments were passed, becoming the Bill of Rights.**

Multiple Choice

 * 6. How many people signed the Declaration of Independence?**
 * A. 32
 * B. 70
 * C. 56
 * D. 1776
 * 7. What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?**
 * A. To declare war on England
 * B. To make a new government
 * C. To ask for France's aid in the war
 * D. To explain to other countries why the United States had chosen to secede from Britain
 * 8. The Boston Tea Party was important because**
 * A. In response, Britain made the Intolerable Acts that further enraged the colonists
 * B. Britain took a massive financial loss and had to reconsider its policies
 * C. American tea became more popular as the British tea was boycotted
 * D. None of the above
 * 9. The first Continental Congress**
 * A. Declared independence from Britain
 * B. Had the Declaration of Independence created
 * C. Said that American colonists had the right to defend themselves from British oppression
 * D. Was formed in response to the Stamp Act
 * 10. The Federalist Papers were written to**
 * A. Support the Articles of Confederation
 * B. Support the new Constitution
 * C. Point out defects of the Articles of Confederation
 * D. Both B and C

Free Response

 * 11. "Taxation without representation" was a big part of what led up to the Revolution. Write a paragraph explaining how the colonists weren't represented when the various Acts were passed, and why it upset them.**