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5 Written Questions

1. (def.) They decided that they shoudl not import goods from England. Passed 10 resolutions including the rights of the colonists. (sig.) althouhg they went throuhg all of this, the country didn't improve.
2. (def.) to officially revoke or abolish something such as a law (sig.) the colonists repealed the Parliament's laws
3. (def.) was the first battle of the Revoltionary War (sig.) this made the colonists start the rev. war
4. (def.) an armed fighter in the rev. war pledged to be ready to fight for the American cause at a minute's notice (sig.) they were the main fighting force for the colonists
5. John Adams was the hero of the Boston Massacre. He didn't want the British soldiers in Boston. He just wanted freedom for his country. He was fair and he always did what he thought was right.

5 Matching Questions

1. Loyalist
2. Patriot
3. Boston Massacre
4. Green Mountain Boys
5. Firebrand

1. a (def.)was formed by Ethan Allen when New York told the farmers to move out. Captured Fort Ticonderoga (sig.) they helped the colonists in the American Revolution
2. b (def.) a firbrand is a hot head , someone who spoarks a revolution, someone who lights a fire in people's minds and hearts. (sig.) The three firebrands of the american revolution were : samuel adams, Thomas paine, and patrick henry.
3. c (def.) and american colonist who criticized the British Government and wanted freedom for his country. (sig.)
4. d (def.) a colonist loyal to britain. (sig.) they were hated by the patriotic colonists
5. e (def.) one of the soldiers who was part of the stamp act got into a fight which caused a whole mob. one of the redcoats thought he heard someone yell fire so he did. redcoats continued to fire. (sig.) many americans were either dead or wounded.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (def.) Colonists had to provide housing and food for British settlers. They also had to pay for all of their needs. The soldiers were there to enforce the Proclamation of 1763. (sig.) this enfuriated the colonists.
   1. Quartering Act
   2. Stamp Act
   3. Patriot
   4. Minutemen
2. At 26 years old he sailed from South Carolina to New York. He did this in 1765 to meet in a congress with leaders from nine other colonies. They were going to come up with a resolution to all of the stamp taxes.
   1. John Rutledge
   2. Minutemen
   3. Paul Revere
   4. John Adams
3. A firebrand. He was a great writer and thinker. Had comittees of correspondence. A delegate.
   1. Paul Revere
   2. Samuel Adams
   3. John Adams
   4. Stamp Act
4. he was a patriot. on april 19, 1775 he rode to concord and warned people about the british but he was captured. he was a silversmith. sam adams and john hancock about the british and they fled from lexington where they were hiding from the british.
   1. Repeal
   2. Patriot
   3. Paul Revere
   4. John Rutledge
5. (def.) a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies. (sig.) The continental congress advised the colonists to form a militia.
   1. Repeal
   2. Militia
   3. Minutemen
   4. Loyalist

5 True/False Question

1. Enlightenment → (def.) an armed fighter in the rev. war pledged to be ready to fight for the American cause at a minute's notice (sig.) they were the main fighting force for the colonists
   

   True        False

2. Ethan Allen → Ethan Allen was a guy with a bad mouth who conquered fort Ticondera and was part of the Green Mountain Boys.
   

   True        False

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson → He wrote a famous line about the batle of Lexington and Concord.
   

   True        False

4. Comittee of Correspondence → (def.) They were groups of prominent citizens who wrote back and fourth between colonies and helped each other with problems. They began to be firends. (sig.) sam Adams started the commities of correspondence.
   

   True        False

5. Stamp Act → (def.) Colonists were supposed to buy a British stamp for every piece of printed paper they used. (sig.) this enraged the colonists.
   

   True        False