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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the members of Congress feel about Adams?
(a) He was a major irritant
(b) He was too provincial
(c) He was not intellectual
(d) He was the first among them

2. What was one of the objectives of the Second Continental Congress?
(a) Compose a "Declaration of Independency"
(b) Declare a king for the United States
(c) Vote for a new President of the United States
(d) Declare war on France

3. From which country did the United States hope to receive military aid?
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Canada
(d) Germany

4. What precipitates the British leaving Boston Harbor in 1776?
(a) The king has recalled them
(b) Illness is running rampant
(c) The Battle of Bunker Hill
(d) They ran out of tea

5. Where was John Adams born?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(b) Braintree, Massachusetts
(c) Cambridge, Massachusetts
(d) Groton, Massachusetts

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Abigail think the Southern delegates were hypocritical?

2. What was Adams' role during the debate for independence on July 1, 1776?

3. At what age did John Adams enter Harvard University?

4. At what location are Washington's troops fighting the invading British troops in August 1776?

5. Who defended the British soldiers accused of killing the British citizens?

(see the answer key)

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