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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Novangelus?
(a) The New Angel
(b) The New Englander
(c) The New Geometry
(d) The November Sun

2. In what year does the book begin?
(a) 1775
(b) 1776
(c) 1821
(d) 1800

3. What did the people of Boston call an event where five citizens were killed by British soldiers?
(a) The final straw
(b) The last insult
(c) The Boston Massacre
(d) A case for vengeance

4. What was the core message of Adam's "Braintree Instructions"?
(a) No taxation without representation
(b) How to plant a field
(c) How to become a lawyer
(d) How to publish a book

5. How old was Benjamin Franklin at the time of the Second Continental Congress?
(a) 75
(b) 65
(c) 70
(d) 50

Short Answer Questions

1. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?

2. What was the Olive Branch Petition?

3. What was one of the objectives of the Second Continental Congress?

4. The congress voted that there should be how many legislative bodies in the new government?

5. What event occurred in May of 1765 that enraged the colonists?

(see the answer key)

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