Chapter 8 Midterm

Question 1

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) fighting at Lexington and Concord, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of Common Sense, (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

A, B, C, D

Question 2

The Revolutionary War began with fighting in ____; then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in ___; and the fighting concluded in the ____

Answer 2

New England, the middle colonies, the South

Question 3

The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were

Answer 3

Short of gunpowder

Question 4

King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after

Answer 4

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 5

The Olive Branch Petition

Answer 5

Professed American loyalty to the crown

Question 6

The colonists’ invasion of Canada in 1775

Answer 6

Contradicted the American claim that they were only fighting defensively

Question 7

The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except

Answer 7

Lack of military victories

Question 8

One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

Answer 8

Explain for the rest of the world why the colonists had revolted

Question 9

Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense

Answer 9

Called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic

Question 10

Thomas Paine argued that all government officials

Answer 10

Should derive their authority from popular consent

Question 11

The feasibility of representative government had been demonstrated in the

Answer 11

Committees of correspondence

Question 12

Most Americans considered which of the following to be fundamental for any successful republican government?

Answer 12

Civic virtue

Question 13

Which individual privately advocated equality for women?

Answer 13

Abigail Adams

Question 14

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except

Answer 14

Offered the British one last chance at reconciliation

Question 15

Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was

Answer 15

A minority movement

Question 16

Many Americans remained loyalists during the revolution for all of the following reasons except

Answer 16

They believed the British would preserve religious toleration

Question 17

All of the following fates befell colonial Loyalists except

Answer 17

Subjection to reign of terror

Question 18

In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America’s military by

Answer 18

Defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British in Princeton

Question 19

The basic strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to

Answer 19

Isolate New England

Question 20

William Howe

Answer 20

Long Island

Question 21

John Burgoyne

Answer 21

Saratoga

Question 22

Charles Cornwallis

Answer 22

Yorktown

Question 23

The basic principles in the “Model Treaty”

Answer 23

We’re self-denying restrictions to the Americans

Question 24

The battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

Answer 24

Brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France

Question 25

George Rogers Clark

Answer 25

Command Patriot troops in the west

Question 26

Nathanael Greene

Answer 26

Command patriot troops in the South

Question 27

John Paul Jones

Answer 27

Commanded patriot naval forces

Question 28

Some Indian nations joined the British during the revolutionary war because

Answer 28

They believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the West

Question 29

Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leases

Answer 29

Were trying to persuade America to abandon its alliance with France

Question 30

Regarding the provisions of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolution,

Answer 30

America broke the assurances regarding treatment of the Loyalists