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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) Smallpox
(b) Measles
(c) Bubonic plague
(d) Diptheria

2. In what year is the Second Continental Congress held?
(a) 1776
(b) 1774
(c) 1775
(d) 1800

3. Who defended the British soldiers accused of killing the British citizens?
(a) Thomas Jefferson
(b) Thomas Paine
(c) Samuel Adams
(d) John Adams

4. What does Congress appoint Franklin in September of 1778?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Secretary of the Treasury
(d) Minister Plenipotentiary to France

5. Who accompanied Adams to France?
(a) Nabby Adams
(b) John Quincy Adams
(c) Charles Adams
(d) Abigail Adams

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people of Boston call an event where five citizens were killed by British soldiers?

2. Which American envoy disliked both Adams and Franklin?

3. What was one of the objectives of the Second Continental Congress?

4. What was a critical step for the new country?

5. To what town does Adams move his family in 1771?

(see the answer key)

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