Chapter 5

Question 1

All of the following were advantages enjoyed by the British during the American Revolution EXCEPT?

Answer 1

An intimate knowledge of the terrain

Question 2

The Sugar Act alarmed colonists, in part because it?

Answer 2

Threatened the profits of colonial merchants already in economic trouble

Question 3

In the winter of 1776-1777, Washington won important victories that improved American morale, These battles were at?

Answer 3

Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey

Question 4

In 1778, the focus of the war shifted

Answer 4

To the South, where the British captured Savannah that year

Question 5

The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris of 1783

Answer 5

Began only after the Battle of Yorktown

Question 6

Crispus Attucks

Answer 6

Has been called the first martyr of the American Revolution

Question 7

Which of the following is true of the soldiers who fought for American independence?

Answer 7

During the war’s later years, the Continental army relied increasingly on young men with limited economic prospects

Question 8

The expulsion of the journalist John Wilkes from his seat in Parliament

Answer 8

Symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America

Question 9

What did Lord Dunmore do that horrified many southerners?

Answer 9

He promised freedom to slaves who joined the British cause

Question 10

John Adams recommended George Washington as commander of the Continental army because

Answer 10

The fact that Washington was from Virginia could help unify the colonists

Question 11

Violent social turmoil in rural areas during the 1760s

Answer 11

Involved events in both northern and southern colonies

Question 12

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson’s biggest influence with regard to natural rights came from?

Answer 12

John Locke

Question 13

All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT

Answer 13

Its arguments made it uniquely American document with little relevance to other nations

Question 14

Most of the text of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 14

Consists of a list of grievances against King George III

Question 15

The Declaration Act

Answer 15

Rejected American claims that only their elected representatives could levy taxes

Question 16

In Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, John Dickinson

Answer 16

Argued for reconciliation with Great Britain along with the same rights as Englishment

Question 17

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers

Answer 17

Fired into a mob and killed a number of Boston residents

Question 18

Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown because?

Answer 18

He had no land or water escape route

Question 19

The Townshend Acts did all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 19

Reaffirm Boston’s decision to abide by the Quartering Act

Question 20

A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was?

Answer 20

France became an ally to the United States

Question 21

Which statement about Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is FALSE?

Answer 21

It was breathtakingly original in its ideas

Question 22

The main point of The American Crisis is?

Answer 22

To inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses

Question 23

Who argued that “true liberty” could only be achieved by remaining in the British empire?

Answer 23

Joseph Galloway

Question 24

By the time of Thomas Jefferson’s death in 1826 about _____ other declarations of independence had been issued in Europe and the Western Hemisphere

Answer 24

20

Question 25

During the eight years of war, approximately how many Americans bore arms in the Continental army and state militias?

Answer 25

200,000

Question 26

In the years immediately before the American Revolution, the concept of natural rights

Answer 26

Greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson’s early writings

Question 27

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

Answer 27

Argued that America would become the home of freedom and “an asylum for mankind.”

Question 28

The “Daughters of Liberty” was the name given to?

Answer 28

Women who spun and wove to create their own clothing rather than buy British goods

Question 29

The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because?

Answer 29

It was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies

Question 30

Virtual representation was the idea?

Answer 30

That each member of Britain’s House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district

Question 31

Why did colonists object to the Tea Act?

Answer 31

By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain’s right to tax the colonists

Question 32

British possessions in the West Indies

Answer 32

Remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution because their leaders feared slave uprisings

Question 33

The Committees of Safety

Answer 33

Were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty

Question 34

What were the Suffolk Resolves?

Answer 34

A set of resolutions made in 1774, urging Massachusetts citizens to prepare for war

Question 35

The Treaty of Paris did NOT?

Answer 35

Sever the alliance between the United States and France

Question 36

Which armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina’s county officials, was defeated by the colony’s militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

Answer 36

The Regulators

Question 37

Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys?

Answer 37

Fought intrusions by New York landlords into what became Vermont

Question 38

The Sons of Liberty

Answer 38

Enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers

Question 39

The attack by Massachusetts colonists on the home of lieutenant governor and chief justice Thomas Hutchinson?

Answer 39

Led Hutchinson to believe that effective British rule would require the loss of some liberties for the colonists

Question 40

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with?

Answer 40

The Intolerable Acts

Question 41

Which of the following was NOT a significant battle during the first year of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 41

Cowpens, which helped turn the tide of war in the South

Question 42

Which of the following statements regarding black soldiers during the American Revolution is FALSE?

Answer 42

No southern state allowed blacks to serve in its militia

Question 43

All of the following were attempts to regulate colonial trade before the Seven Years’ War EXCEPT for the?

Answer 43

Proclamation Line

Question 44

During the Revolutionary War, tensions between backcountry farmers and wealthy planters?

Answer 44

Gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists

Question 45

Washington’s defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown?

Answer 45

Destroyed British public support for the war

Question 46

What contribution did the Stamp Act episode make to the colonists’ concept of liberty

Answer 46

The Stamp Act Congress insisted that the right to consent to taxation was essential to people’s freedom

Question 47

The Quebec Act

Answer 47

Granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada

Question 48

The Olive Branch Petition

Answer 48

Was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown

Question 49

Which one of the following did NOT specifically provide for direct or indirect taxes on the colonies?

Answer 49

The Declaratory Act

Question 50

Which major event first led the British government to seek ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost of the empire?

Answer 50

The Seven Years’ War

Question 51

Which of the following was associated with the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 51

The Massachusetts Charter of 1691 was changed to curtail town meetings