History unit 3

Question 1

What did King George hope would result from the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 1

The British government would be able to spend less money protecting the colonies

Question 2

Which factor contributed most to the outbreak of Pontiac’s Rebellion?

Answer 2

the hostile actions of the American settlers who began moving into the Ohio River Valley after the British won the French and Indian War

Question 3

How were the Virginia House of Burgesses and the British Parliament similar?

Answer 3

both shared their power with the king

Question 4

What historical even ultimately caused Chief Pontiac to make this emotional pledge?

Answer 4

British victory in the French and Indian War

Question 5

After the passage of the Navigation Acts, some colonists continued to trade with non English islands in the Caribbean. Some colonial merchants became very wealthy as a result.

This statement illustrates which aspect of Great Britain’s relationship with the colonies?

Answer 5

the difficulty for British officials to monitor colonial activity and enforce laws

Question 6

The French and Indian War broke out because of conflicts between France and Britain over control of which region?

Answer 6

the Ohio Valley

Question 7

The Magna Carta…..

Answer 7

limited the power of the English king

Question 8

The Proclamation of 1763 would most likely have upset?

Answer 8

farmers living in western Pennsylvania

Question 9

Which is true of the Sugar Act?

Answer 9

It made it easier to collect tax on molasses

Question 10

“The Boston Massacre in 1770 resulted in the deaths of five Americans”

Which conclusion can most likely be drawn from this statement?

Answer 10

The label “Boston Massacre” is inaccurate

Question 11

What was the main effect of the Intolerable Acts on the colonies?

Answer 11

More colonists became convinced that the British government was treating them unfairly

Question 12

Who carried out the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 12

Sons of Liberty

Question 13

“To preserve liberty it is essential……how to use them” - Richard Henry Lee

Which event is most likely to have inspired this comment?

Answer 13

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 14

“We supporters of the non importation agreement….” - handbill c.

Who was most likely a leader of the group that produced this handbill?

Answer 14

Samuel Adams

Question 15

What is a boycott?

Answer 15

refusal to buy a good or service

Question 16

Which phrase became popular after the passage of the Stamp Act?

Answer 16

no taxation without representation

Question 17

Which best describes an outcome of the First Continental Congress?

Answer 17

Colonists pushed Great Britain to repeal its laws to restore favorable relations between Britain and the colonies

Question 18

Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts

How was the Tea Act different from these laws?

Answer 18

It did not increase prices

Question 19

These quotations show that King George and the colonists had different ideas about

Answer 19

when colonies are justified in fighting for independence

Question 20

Which group of North American would have most likely supported the message of this excerpt?

Answer 20

British colonists in eastern Ohio

Question 21

The words life liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration of Independence are based on John Locke’s ideas about which principle of government?

Answer 21

natural rights

Question 22

According to John Locke, all people are entitled to certain things simply because they are human. John Locke referred to these things as

Answer 22

natural rights

Question 23

“He has waged cruel war agains human…..”

What does the deleted clause reveal about Thomas Jefferson?

Answer 23

Jefferson believed the slave trade was immoral

Question 24

Why was it risky for the leaders of Virginia to declare independence from Great Britain?

Answer 24

If unsuccessful, the leaders would be punished by Great Britain as traitors

Question 25

According to the Declaration of Independence, people have the right to create a new government when the government

Answer 25

interfere’s with people’s rights

Question 26

What did the authors of the Declaration of Independence hope to achieve by publishing this document?

Answer 26

To get recognition and support from the international community

Question 27

How did the colonists use their knowledge of the territory to gain a moral victory in the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 27

by setting snipers in trees and behind rocks

Question 28

British general John Burgoyne was defeated….

General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to Washington….

Which statement best describes the similarities of the two events?

Answer 28

British general underestimated the strategies and speed of American leaders

Question 29

Phillis Wheatly was successful as a writer…..

This information best supports which conclusion about the Revolutionary War?

Answer 29

Poetry and artistry continued to be valued by the colonists during a time of war.

Question 30

Which statement correctly describes limitations on national power established by the Articles of Confederation?

Answer 30

Under the Articles, Congress could wage war but lacked the authority to require the states to support the military

Question 31

Some Native American groups supported the colonists in the revolutionary war.

which statement describes the most common type of assistance Native Americans provided the colonists?

Answer 31

they provided ideas about fighting strategies

Question 32

“We may destory all the men and we still have to defeat the women….”

The quotation above best applies to which statement about the revolutionary war

Answer 32

during the war, colonial family farms and businesses remained in operation

Question 33

what strategy did the colonists use to fight thomas gage and general william how at the battle of bunker hill

Answer 33

building a redoubt

Question 34

why did the british want to capture breed’s hill and bunker hill

Answer 34

to control the harbor

Question 35

which founding father was involved in securing france’s support for the americans during the revolutionary war

Answer 35

benjamin franklin

Question 36

which statement best explains why supporters of great britain left the united states after the revolutionary war

Answer 36

although the treaty of paris recommended fair treatment for supporters of great britain, many faced discrimination from their states and neighbors

Question 37

“a rabble in arms flushed with success and insolence”

“Justice and wrath await them…”

What do the quotations likely indicate about general burgoyne’s position at saratoga?

Answer 37

he believed the colonists could be defeated easily

Question 38

george washington’s successes after the battles of trenton and princeton were viewed by the citizens as

Answer 38

strategic triumphs in the revolutionary war

Question 39

which factor best explains why it was difficult for the british to replace soldiers lost on the field of battle?

Answer 39

the soldiers usually had to travel all the way from great britain

Question 40

The southern campaign of the British army…. however failed

Which best explains the British failure in the South?

Answer 40

The british were never able to win control of much land beyond the coasts

Question 41

many enslaved people who fought with the americans in the revolutionary war received

Answer 41

homesteads

Question 42

which words from geroge washington to his troops best summarize why the colonists were fighting the revolutionary war

Answer 42

your country is at stake, your wives, your houses, and all that you hold dear

Question 43

The new nation’s main economic problem after the revolutionary war was caused by

Answer 43

borrowing

Question 44

Which statement best describes how native americans in ohio responded to the outbreak of the revolutionary war

Answer 44

they supported the british

Question 45

which political change was a result of the revolutionary war

Answer 45

the united states became an independent country

Question 46

how did sybil luddington further the patriot cause?

Answer 46

she mustered troops

Question 47

what was the purpose of the dunmore proclamation

Answer 47

to persuade enslaved africans americans to fight on the british side in the revolutionary war

Question 48

in what way did the country become more democratic immediately after the revolutionary war?

Answer 48

taxation without representation was ended

Question 49

Why would the author of this letter most likely support the american independence?

Answer 49

he believed British slaveholders would be cruel

Question 50

Which of these headlines would most likely have appear din an american newspaper during the revolutionary war

Answer 50

virginia women raise money to support american troops