Chapter 4

Question 0

Colonial farmers liked paper money because it

Answer 0

Lost value

Question 1

In the French and Indian war Spain sided with the

Answer 1

French

Question 2

The _____ were intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston tea party

Answer 2

Coercive act

Question 3

Delegates to the first continental congress mostly agreed that it was time for the colonies to fight for their rights. True or false?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

To win the revolutionary war the United States simply had to

Answer 4

Survive until the British got tired of paying for the war

Question 5

_____ became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation

Answer 5

France

Question 6

The British troops could not escape from Yorktown because

Answer 6

The French fleet was in the Chesapeake bay

Question 7

The concept of the ____ conflicted with traditional beliefs about slavery

Answer 7

Ideal Republican Society

Question 8

John Adams argued that government needed “checks and balances” to prevent minority groups from taking away the rights of the majority. True or false?

Answer 8

False

Question 9

After the revolution, men no longer needed to own a certain amount of property to hold elective office. True or false?

Answer 9

False

Question 10

The first skirmish of the French and Indian war occurred because

Answer 10

Both the French and British wanted the Ohio valley

Question 11

The Albany plan of union proposed that the

Answer 11

colonies join together to form a federal government

Question 12

In response to the sugar act some colonists argued that the British had no right to tax Americans

Answer 12

To raise money

Question 13

Wearing homespun

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Showed patriotism

Question 14

In the gaspee affair

Answer 14

Colonists burned a British customs ship that had run aground

Question 15

The continental army was first formed from

Answer 15

The militia surrounded the British in Boston

Question 16

King George ||| declared the colonies “open and avowed enemies” after

Answer 16

Attack on British troops in Quebec

Question 17

Washington’s decision to attack in New Jersey was a surprise because

Answer 17

It was winter

Question 18

American forces suffered their greatest defeat of the revolutionary war at

Answer 18

Charlestown

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson considered ___ to be critical to the republic’s success calling it the “keystone of our arch of the government”

Answer 19

An educated public

Question 20

The purpose of the Albany conference was to negotiate

Answer 20

An alliance with the Indians

Question 21

The British gained all of the following territory except

Answer 21

New Orleans

Question 22

The colonists protested the stamp Act by

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Refusing to buy goods from Britain

Question 23

After the Boston massacre, the British brought peace to the colonies temporarily by repealing the

Answer 23

Townsend acts

Question 24

At the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson the colonies formed

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committees of correspondence

Question 25

The laws known as the “intolerable acts” we’re the coercive act and

Answer 25

Quebec act

Question 26

Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental congress because

Answer 26

It lacked the power to tax

Question 27

In the battle for New York City early in the revolutionary war the British made a mistake

Answer 27

Moving to slowly , allowing american troops to escape

Question 28

The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because

Answer 28

It convinced France to commit troops to the American cause

Question 29

The turning point of the revolutionary war in the south was the battle of

Answer 29

Kings mountain

Question 30

French and Indian war eventually spread to Europe

Answer 30

Seven years war

Question 31

The turning point of the French and Indian war in North America was

Answer 31

Quebec

Question 32

No taxation without-

Answer 32

Representation

Question 33

General search warrants that enabled officials to enter any location

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Writs of assistance

Question 34

Trained and ready to fight in a minutes notice

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Minutemen

Question 35

The American Revolution was not only war between the Americans and the British but a civil war between the

Answer 35

Patriots and loyalists

Question 36

The continental congress issued paper money known as ___ that become worthless very quickly

Answer 36

Continentals

Question 37

British headquarters for the revolutionary war

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New York City

Question 38

License authorizing private ship owners to attack British merchant ships

Answer 38

Letters of marque

Question 39

The voluntary freezing mg of enslaved persons

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Manumission