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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major disease was running rampant in 1776?
(a) Diptheria
(b) Bubonic plague
(c) Measles
(d) Smallpox

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

3. When was the Boston Tea Party?
(a) October 1774
(b) December 1774
(c) December 1773
(d) January 1774

4. Which American envoy was sending secret messages to London?
(a) David Heartley
(b) Arthur Lee
(c) Edward Bancroft
(d) William Pierce

5. What event causes Congress to flee from Philadelphia?
(a) A smallpox epidemic
(b) The Battle of Brandywine Creek
(c) The Battle of Saratoga
(d) The Battle of Bunker Hill

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Benjamin Franklin at the time of the Second Continental Congress?

2. What is the one thing that Adams does not like about Paris?

3. When was the last signature affixed to the Declaration of Independence?

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

5. Why did John Adams go to Philadelphia in 1774?

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