Outline 7 Part 2 (Atlantic Revolutions)

Question 1

Who was the British King during the American Revolution?

Answer 1

King George III

Question 2

All of the following are true about the French and Indian War except
(A) Most Native Americans, fearing encroaching white settlers, sided with the British
(B) The war was the result of long-standing border disputes in the Ohio Valley
(C) Great Britain emerged as the dominant colonial power in North America
(D) It was begun by George Washington

Answer 2

(A) Most Native Americans, fearing encroaching white settlers, sided with the British

Question 3

What did Parliament’s Proclamation of 1763 do?
(A) Forbade those living in newly acquired French Canada to settle south of the Great Lakes
(B) Granted the American colonists free settlement rights in the Ohio Valley
(C) Forbade American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
(D) Created a Stamp Tax on all legal documents, licenses, and paper goods

Answer 3

(C) Forbade American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 4

Why did Americans hate the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act?
(A) They were the first revenue taxes Parliament had ever levied on the colonists
(B) Those who failed to pay the new taxes would by tried by vice-admiralty courts
(C) They were based on the theory of virtual representation
(D) All of the above

Answer 4

(D) All of the above

Question 5

“Virtual representation” was the idea that
(A) All members of Parliament, no matter where they came from, represented all British subjects throughout the world equally
(B) Slaves’ interests were represented by their masters in colonial legislatures
(C) Thomas Jefferson was speaking for all oppressed people in the British Empire when he wrote the Declaration of Independence
(D) The physical world is just a representation of the spiritual world

Answer 5

(A) All members of Parliament, no matter where they came from, represented all British subjects throughout the world equally

Question 6

All of the following were consequences of the Stamp Act except
(A) Americans protested and even rioted in cities and towns throughout the colonies
(B) Tax collectors were hanged in effigy and tarred and feathered
(C) Delegates met at the Stamp Act Congress to prepare for war
(D) Americans stopped importing certain goods from Britain

Answer 6

(C) Delegates met at the Stamp Act Congress to prepare for war

Question 7

When Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766, it simultaneously passed
(A) The Declaratory Act
(B) The Currency Act
(C) The Quartering Act
(D) The Townshend Acts

Answer 7

(A) The Declaratory Act

Question 8

The Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts were passed in response to
(A) The Boston Tea Party
(B) The Stamp Act riots
(C) The Boston Massacre
(D) The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 8

(A) The Boston Tea Party

Question 9

British troops were sent to occupy Boston in 1768 after
(A) Bostonians threatened to assassinate the royal governor
(B) The Boston Tea Party
(C) Bostonians vehemently protested the Townshend Acts
(D) Riots broke out in New York and Philadelphia

Answer 9

(C) Bostonians vehemently protested the Townshend Acts

Question 10

The Boston Tea Party took place after
(A) The governor of Massachusetts refused to allow tea ships to leave the harbor before unloading their cargoes
(B) The Dutch East India Company refused to ship tea to the American colonies
(C) British officials increased the price of tea by passing the Townshend Acts
(D) The Continental Association boycotted tea

Answer 10

(A) The governor of Massachusetts refused to allow tea ships to leave the harbor before unloading their cargoes

Question 11

What effect did the passage of the Intolerable, Acts have?
(A) They encouraged colonial leaders to convene the First Continental Congress
(B) They intensified anti-British sentiment throughout the colonies
(C) They prompted many Americans to send food and winter supplies to Boston
(D) All of the above

Answer 11

(D) All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following documents set forth the belief that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”?
(A) The Constitution
(B) The Bill of Rights
(C) The Declaration of Independence
(D) The Articles of Confederation

Answer 12

(C) The Declaration of Independence

Question 13

The term “salutary neglect” refers to
(A) Congress’s consideration for blacks serving in the Continental Army
(B) Britain’s treatment of French Canadians until the passage of the Quebec Act
(C) Britain’s treatment of the American colonies prior to the French and Indian War
(D) Male attitudes toward women and the right to vote prior to 1776

Answer 13

(C) Britain’s treatment of the American colonies prior to the French and Indian War

Question 14

Why was the 1777 Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?
(A) It forced Britain to recognize its former colonies as an independent nation
(B) It was the first American victory and boosted morale in the Continental Army
(C) It convinced the French to ally themselves with the United States against Britain
(D) It convinced British commanders that the war was futile and a waste of time

Answer 14

(C) It convinced the French to ally themselves with the United States against Britain

Question 15

With which country did the United States forge a military alliance in 1778 after Saratoga?
(A) Spain
(B) France
(C) Russia
(D) Austria

Answer 15

B) France

Question 16

What did the Peace of Paris do?
(A) Ended the French and Indian War
(B) Ended the Revolutionary War
(C) Ended the War of 1812
(D) Ended Shays’s Rebellion

Answer 16

(B) Ended the Revolutionary War

Question 17

Under the reign of King George III, there was:
A) no consistent colonial policy, and taxation became a colonial issue
B) a consistent colonial policy that placed fair taxes on the colonies
C) peace between Great Britain and the colonies
D) B and C

Answer 17

A) no consistent colonial policy, and taxation became a colonial issue

Question 18

In 1765, the vague reform that was issued by King George III for North America consisted of:
A) a demand to take settle the Native Americans land in the west
B) A closed frontier and taxes on the colonies
C) A release from the taxes on tea
D) A new judicial system that allowed the colonies to rule themselves

Answer 18

B) A closed frontier and taxes on the colonies

Question 19

What did delegates at the First Continental Congress do?
(A) Petitioned King George III and Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts
(B) Declared the American colonies in a state of rebellion against Great Britain
(C) Asked Parliament for home rule
(D) Declared the Intolerable Acts null and void

Answer 19

(A) Petitioned King George III and Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts

Question 20

The armies were not fully assembled in North America until ______.

Answer 20

1777

Question 21

When it first convened in 1775, the Second Continental Congress did all of the following except
(A) Sign the Olive Branch Petition
(B) Declare war on Great Britain
(C) Create a national army and navy
(D) Designate George Washington commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

Answer 21

(B) Declare war on Great Britain

Question 22

The “shot heard round the world” refers to
(A) The first shot fired by victorious farmers at Lexington and Concord against British troops
(B) Aaron Burr’s lethal bullet that killed Alexander Hamilton in duel
(C) The gunshot that assassinated John F. Kennedy
(D) Babe Ruth’s “called shot” at Wrigley Field on October 1, 1932

Answer 22

(A) The first shot fired by victorious farmers at Lexington and Concord against British troops

Question 23

During the Revolutionary War, black slaves
(A) Mostly supported the United States
(B) Mostly supported Britain
(C) Were divided over whom they should support
(D) Did not care who won

Answer 23

(B) Mostly supported Britain

Question 24

In the Declaration, Jefferson argued that government should only be overthrown when it
(A) Fails repeatedly to act in the interests of its people
(B) Uses military force against its own people
(C) When it levies unfair taxes on the people
(D) All of the above

Answer 24

(A) Fails repeatedly to act in the interests of its people

Question 25

Jefferson argued in the Declaration that governments derive their power from
(A) God
(B) Parliament
(C) The people
(D) The military

Answer 25

(C) The people

Question 26

Britain’s lack of enforcement of the Navigation Acts from 1650 until 1763 is an example of
(A) Virtual representation
(B) Mercantilism
(C) Salutary neglect

Answer 26

(C) Salutary neglect

Question 27

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued primarily in response to
(A) French protests that Americans from the British colonies were encroaching on their territory
(B) Native American attacks on white American settlers along the western frontier
(C) Appeals made by the Albany Congress
(D) Protests that American cities were becoming too crowded

Answer 27

(B) Native American attacks on white American settlers along the western frontier

Question 28

The Brittish surrender at Yorktown in 1781, under the command of General _______, led to the treaty of Paris being signed, and Independence being granted to the colonies in 1783

Answer 28

Cornwallis