US History Semester 1 Quiz (2.2.6) Apex – Flashcards
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What were the Sons of Liberty?
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Secret societies of colonists formed to protest British policies
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What did the Committees of Correspondence do?
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-Planned for actions the colonies took together
- Communicated with other colonies
- Contacted foreign governments
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What was a major consequence of the Boston Tea Party?
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Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts.
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Who helped explain the reasons for independence by writing Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Minutemen fought British Regulars for the first time at:
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Lexington and Concord.
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In colonial times, the word "patriots" referred to people who:
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Wanted freedom from Britain.
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What laws closed Boston Harbor and then placed Massachusetts under military rule?
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Coercive Acts
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After the British shut down the Massachusetts legislature, it met in secret under the direction of:
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John Hancock.
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Which of these was an achievement of the Second Continental Congress?
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It issued the Declaration of Independence.
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A role of the Second Continental Congress was to:
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Manage the Revolutionary War.
