The Declaration of Independce

1) Which of the following was not one the "Intolerable Acts" passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colony for defying British policy?

Closing the port of Boston to trade

Taking away the right of colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

Forbidding town meetings

Requiring the colonists to house British soldiers

2) What were the armed volunteers in New England who fought for the colonists' rights called?

Redcoats

Federalists

Minutemen

Loyalists

3) Which one of Thomas Jefferson's writings convinced the Committee of Five that he was an eloquent writer (and the best person to draft the Declaration of Independence)?

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Autobiography

A Summary View of the Rights of British Americans

To the Citizens of the Southern States

4) According to John Adams, how long did it take Thomas Jefferson to write a draft of the Declaration of Independence?

A day or two

A week or two

A month or two

A year or two

5) Which of the following sections was not deleted from Thomas Jefferson's original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress?

A derogatory reference to the English people

A derogatory reference to the British Parliament

A denunciation of the slave trade

A denunciation of King George III for cutting off the colonists' trade with all parts of the world

6) Which two key signers of the Declaration of Independence died within a few hours of each other on July 4, 1826?

John Adams and Benjamin Franklin

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

John Hancock and Roger Sherman

Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

7) Which bill depicts the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

$2

$5