Chapter 8 Study Guide

Who organized the first Committee of Correspondence in Boston and was thought by many people to have planned the Boston Tea Party?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Richard Henry Lee

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• King George III

• Thomas Paine

• John Dickinson

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the head of the committee for the Articles of Confederation?

• Thomas Paine

• John Dickinson

• Richard Henry Lee

• Samuel Adams

 Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

Who called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain?

• Richard Henry Lee

• John Dickinson

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

What is one effect that the Articles of Confederation had on the new nation?

• The states were held together as a nation during the Revolutionary War

• The states were held together as a nation during the Civil War

• The states turned against each other during the Revolutionary War.

• The states turned against each other during the Civil War.

What was the first plan of government for the United States called?

• First Continental Congress

• Declaration of Indepedence

• The Articles of Confederation

• Second Continental Congress

1. What happened on July 4, 1776, that makes it such an important date in American history?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• Congress voted to accept the Articles of Confederation

• Congress voted to go to war with King George III

• Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence

Why were the battles at Lexington and Concord important?

• It marked the beginning of the American Revolution

• They were cool

• It marked the end of the American Revolution

• They were interesting

When did the British realize that fighting the colonists would not be easy?

• After the Boston Tea Party

• After the Battle of Bunker Hill

• After the American Revolution

• After the Battle at Lexington and Concord