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1Samuel Adams came from which prominent Massachusetts family?

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2Samuel Adams's father ran what type of business?

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3Adams held what political office for eight years?

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4As the situation worsened in the colonies, colonists promised to remain peaceful if Britain granted them the liberties they had possessed under which Massachusetts governor?

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5What newspaper did Adams help found in 1748?

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6The objections of Adams's Puritan mother prevented him from entering which profession?

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7Thomas Hutchinson was once known as the "Prime Minister" of what political party?

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8Adams married how many times?

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9What was Adams' first public office?

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10At the height of the controversy over the Townshend Acts, Adams arranged for British goods to be returned to England aboard which vessels?

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11Stamp masters who tried to perform their duties were threatened with a trip to which Boston landmark?

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12How much were Adams's tax collections short in 1767?

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13Prior to the Sugar Act, what had British taxes done?

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14What group did Adams establish to handle communications?

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15How many colonies did not attend the Stamp Act Congress?

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16Britain repealed what in 1766?

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17An August fourteen, 1765 mob leveled what Boston building?

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18How many children did Adams' have?

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19What allowed customs agents to search at will?

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20Which of the following posts did Hutchinson NOT hold:

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21Massachusetts merchants made better profits by trading with whom other than the British?

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22When Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts, they left which duty in place?

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23In 1761, who assumed control of the Country Party?

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24Who helped defend the soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre?

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25In 1765, Adams's supporters managed to force Hutchinson from what post?

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26What prompted Adams to warn in 1784 that Boston might collapse like Rome?

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27What group reprimanded Adams in 1778 for opposing the Constitution?

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28In 1765, Adams was elected to what post?

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29Adams served on which group responsible for rigging elections in the 1740s?

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30Put these Acts in the Correct Order:

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31How long did Adams serve as governor of Massachusetts

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32The nonimportation agreements banned trade with what country?

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33The Stamp Act required stamps on the following EXCEPT:

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34How many people died in the Boston Massacre?

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35How many soldiers were convicted in the Massacre?

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36Adams held what nickname?

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37What act did Parliament pass in response to the Boston Tea Party?

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38When Governor Bernard fled Boston, what did he leave behind?

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39The Sons of Liberty, who threw 342 boxes of tea into Boston Harbor, were dressed as what?

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40The Sugar Act lowered taxes on what item?

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41In 1771, Britain began to pay colonial governors with the proceeds of what bill?

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42Who did Philadelphia declare to be "public enemies" in October 1773?

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43Adams borrowed money to attend which conference?

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44Who arrived in Boston in 1768?

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45What Massachusetts resolution did the First Continental Congress adopt?

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46At Harvard College, a portrait of whom was destroyed just before the Boston Massacre?

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47John Adams wrote all of the Massachusetts Constitution except:

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48Adams supported whom as commander-in-chief of the Continental forces?

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49Adams tried to block what from coming to Boston in the 1790s?

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50What event reinspired Adams and helped him get elected governor?

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