US US History Colonial and Revolutionary Period 2

Question 1

What document, signed in 1620, established self-governance among the Pilgrims?

Accepted Answer

The Mayflower Compact

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The Articles of Confederation

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The Magna Carta

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The Plymouth Charter

Question 2

What was the primary purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765?

Accepted Answer

To raise revenue from the colonies to pay British war debts

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To regulate trade between colonies and Britain

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To require colonists to house British soldiers

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To establish a postal service in the colonies

Question 3

Who wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' that helped inspire the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

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Benjamin Franklin

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Thomas Jefferson

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John Adams

Question 4

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga in 1777?

Accepted Answer

It convinced France to formally ally with the American colonies

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It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War

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It ended the Revolutionary War

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It led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Question 5

Which colonial leader famously said, 'Give me liberty, or give me death'?

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

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Samuel Adams

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John Hancock

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Paul Revere

Question 6

What was the First Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

A meeting of colonial delegates to discuss grievances against Britain

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The first meeting of the US Congress after independence

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The group that drafted the Declaration of Independence

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The governing body that replaced the British Parliament in the colonies