Chapter 5 Flashcards
After the French and Indian war, Great Britain’s colonial policy:
Attempted to tighten the reins of economic and political authority over the colonies
The coercive acts were a direct response by the Britain to:
The Boston tea party
The stamp act congress of 1763 was intended ti accomplish all of the following except:
Began a pattern of the colonies acting in concert rather than separately
The proclamation of 1763 was intended to accomplish all of the following except:
Provide official sanctions for colonial militia offensives against hostile Indians west of the Appalachians
The declaratory act stipulated that parliament possessed the right to tax the colonies:
In all cases whatsoever
The stamp act provoked opposition from the colonists for all of the following reasons except:
In mandated payment of required fees in scarce paper currency
In 1770 parliament repealed all of the townshed acts, except _______.
Tax on tea
The continental association created by the first continental congress was an organization that:
Supervised and enforced the colonial boycott of British trade, essentially serving as a revolutionary infrastructure
The quartering act required colonists to:
Feed and house British soldiers stationed in their area
The radical Whigs argues that:
The colonists could not be taxed by bodies in which they were not represented
They theory of virtual representation asserted that:
The House of Commons in parliament represented all British subjects
The town shed acts legislated for all of the following except:
New taxes on tobacco, rice, and other agricultural exports
John Dickinson’s letters from a farmer in Pennsylvanian argues that:
Parliament had the right to regulate colonial trade, but not to tax the colonies for revenue purposes
Which if the following groups in the colonies tended to be most supportive of the crown and of parliamentary authority?
Wealthier class
The tea act was intended to accomplish all of the following except:
Raise the price of British tea by attacking a revenue tax to its sale in the colonies
The colonial response to the Quebec act was so hostel because of the laws:
Guarantee of religious freedom to Roman Catholics
Every colony except______ sent a delegation to the first continental congress.
Georgia
The September of 1774, “powder alarm” in Boston demonstrated to royal governor Thomas gage that:
Armed rebels throughout the countryside vastly outnumbered British forces in Boston
The result of the battle of bunker hill was:
Tactical victory got the British , but extremely costly in casualties
The olive branch petition of 1775:
Was ignored by George 3, who saw the colonists as having become too insubordinate already
The American victory at ______, in October 1777,was a major turning point int the war, as it convinced France to ally with the patriot forces against the British.
Saratoga
The most important and influential piece of revolutionary propaganda was common sense,which sold over 150,000 copies; it was written in 1776 by:
Thomas Paine
Which of the following phrases best describes the continental army at the beginning of the revolutionary war?
Ill-equipped, undermanned,and relatively untrained
Which of the following was not among the advantages held by the British at the beginning if the revolutionary war?
The ease of supplying their armies due to a superior system of logistics
The America victory at ______ in late December 1776 had little tactical significance but it helped to significantly boost American moral.
Trenton
The British decided to focus their military efforts on the southern colonies beginning in 1779 for all of the following except:
Superior harbors and port facilities allowed for close naval support, which had not been possible in the north
On October 19 1781, lord cornwalls surrendered the remnants of his army at ______ effectively ending the military phase of the revolution.
Yorktown
George Washington’s 1780 appointment of _____ to lead the continental army in the south proved to be significant contribution to the American victory
Nathaniel Greene
The revolutionary ideals effects on slavery in the south were most evident in the increasing number of:
Manumissions
In 1775, local conflicts and military actions accelerated the process of the revolution in all of the following locations except:
Newport, Rhode Island
In the process of debating the Declaration of Independence, the continental congress removed an argument written by Jefferson that:
Blamed the Britain for imposing slavery on he colonies and for provoking slave rebellion
Adding to the number of casualties during the revolutionary war was the widespread problem of:
Smallpox
Slaves fought on the side of the _______ during the revolutionary war.
British and Americans
Which Native American society the most difficult circumstances in the immediate aftermath of the revolutionary war,having lost over one-third of the population?
Iroquois
