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

2. 1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? a. Thomas Jefferson

3. What was another term for loyalists? a. tories b. Hessians c. British d. patriots

4. What was another term for loyalists? a. tories

5. 3. Washington defeated which group at the Battle of Trenton? a. Hessians b. French c. British d. Iroquois

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

7. 4. Which of the following was something which the 2nd Continental Congress decided to do? a. surrender to the French b. surrender to the British c. attack Saratoga d. set up an army with George Washington as its leader

8. 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

9. 5. In what year was Common Sense printed? a. 1763 b. 1775 c. 1776 d. 1779

10. 5. In what year was Common Sense printed? c. 1776

11. 6. Which of the following people were killed at the Boston Massacre? a. Crispus Attucks b. Salem Poor c. Deborah Sampson d. Agrippa Hull

12. 6. Which of the following people were killed at the Boston Massacre? a. Crispus Attucks

13. 7. Who won the Battle of Long Island? a. Americans b. British c. Hessians d. France

14. 7. Who won the Battle of Long Island? b. British

15. 8. Whose idea was the British 3-Fold Plan? a. William Howe b. Banastre Tarleton c. Charles Cornwallis d. John Burgoyne

16. 8. Whose idea was the British 3-Fold Plan? d. John Burgoyne

17. 9. Who proposed the George Washington become the leader of the Continental Army? a. George Washington b. Sam Adams c. John Hancock d. John Adams

18. 9. Who proposed the George Washington become the leader of the Continental Army? d. John Adams

19. 10. Who printed the first copies of the Declaration of Independence? a. Thomas Jefferson b. John Hancock c. Benjamin Franklin d. Mary Katherine Goddard

20. 10. Who printed the first copies of the Declaration of Independence? d. Mary Katherine Goddard

21. ANSWERS 1-a 2-a 3-a 4-d 5-c 6-a 7-b 8-d 9-d 10-d