True/False
1. The First Continental Congress met in the city of Philadelphia.
True
6. The first shots for the War for Independence were fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, _____.
1775
2. British protection was removed from the colonies through the Quartering Act.
False
Prohibitory Act
7. Leader of the Green Mountain Boys was _______?
Ethan Allen
3. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1774.
False
1776
8. The author of Common Sense is _______?
Thomas Paine
4. A major turning point in the War for Independence was the Battle of Saratoga.
True
9. The committee that prepared the Declaration of Independence was led by ________?
Thomas Jefferson
5. Washington and the Patriot army spent the winter of 1777-1778 in Philadelphia.
False
Valley Forge
10. The first major battle of the War for Independence was the Battle of _______?
Bunker Hill