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Question 1

What was the first continental congress?

Answer 1

First general congress of the colonies

Question 2

What compromise did the First Continental Congress reach?

Answer 2

Independence wasn’t declared but new governments recognized

Question 3

What was one way all Americans were now politically involved in aftermath of First C. Congress

Answer 3

Enforcement groups ensured Congress polices adhered to

Question 4

Which of these statements is accurate about Britain by early 1775?

Answer 4

Britain was mobilized for war

Question 5

What was the second continental congress?

Answer 5

The congress that declared independence

Question 6

In what way did the first continental congress differ from the second?

Answer 6

Georgia did not send representatives

Question 7

Who was the leader of the reconciliationist congressional faction?

Answer 7

John Dickinson

Question 8

What was the olive branch petition?

Answer 8

1 final attempt to reconcile with Britain before independence

Question 9

What was the declaration of the causes and necessities of taking up arms?

Answer 9

Most complete and authoritative American case against Britain

Question 10

Who were the minutemen?

Answer 10

MA citizens who answered call to arms with great rapidity

Question 11

What was one reason America proved victorious at Lexington and concord?

Answer 11

Fought unconventionally against foe that underestimated them

Question 12

What was the significance of the battle of bunker hill?

Answer 12

Demonstrated war against America would be long and bloody

Question 13

What did Lexington, concord, and bunker hill force the second continental congress to do?

Answer 13

Assume powers of a central government

Question 14

Which was not a reason George Washington was selected to lead the “American Continental Army”?

Answer 14

Had soldiered at highest levels of British army

Question 15

Which of the following was a reason George Washington selected to lead American continental army?

Answer 15

Had served both in government and military

Question 16

Which was not of the consequential events of the late summer, fall, and winter of 1775?

Answer 16

America declared independence

Question 17

What was the significance of the common sense

Answer 17

Rallied highest # of Americans behind independence cause

Question 18

Who was a Tory?

Answer 18

American who sided with Britain

Question 19

Who were the hessians?

Answer 19

Germanic mercenaries hired to augment British army

Question 20

Why was hiring hessians considered “the last extremity” by Americans?

Answer 20

Most accomplished, but most brutal, European soldiers

Question 21

Why did several states resist independence, despite fighting taking place in MA?

Answer 21

Fear of unrestrained excess from irrational mob populace

Question 22

What was john Adams’s thoughts on government?

Answer 22

Conservative alternate to what America could be

Question 23

What did Richard Henry Lee of Virginia propose on June 7, 1776?

Answer 23

Resolution calling for American independence

Question 24

What was the committee of five?

Answer 24

Committee responsible for drafting a Declaration of Independence

Question 25

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 25

Thomas Jefferson

Question 26

Why is July 2, 1776, of significance in American history?

Answer 26

Congress declared independence

Question 27

Why is July 4, 1776, of significance in American history?

Answer 27

Congress ratified Declaration of Independence

Question 28

What is the significance to te Declaration’s references to God?

Answer 28

Important to justify actions to God and gain his favor

Question 29

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 29

State America’s intention and reasons for it to rest of world

Question 30

Why is the American revolution conceptually difficult?

Answer 30

Was revolution about what might happen in the future

Question 31

What sort of government did Americans hope to create after independence was defended?

Answer 31

Republican state

Question 32

What was the goal/object of the various new governments created in America in 1776?

Answer 32

To limit executive power or eliminate executive entirely

Question 33

What old word “vice” did Americans hope to eradicate in the independent America?

Answer 33

Hereditary titles and positions

Question 34

Which doesn’t explain why Americans viewed property holding part of being a “virtuous” citizen?

Answer 34

Property was not part of American definition of “virtue”

Question 35

Which phrase/word best characterizes wha Americans meant when they spoke of “equality”?

Answer 35

All have inherent worth, but not same capacities

Question 36

What was the American conception of a “constitution”?

Answer 36

Referred to written document outlining what government can/not do

Question 37

What was the articles of confederation?

Answer 37

America’s first national government

Question 38

Where did power and authority reside under the articles of confederation?

Answer 38

The various states

Question 39

Which was not a flaw of the articles of confederation?

Answer 39

Created a national executive to act in emergencies

Question 40

Which modern arrangement is and apt analogy for the articles of confederation?

Answer 40

The European Union

Question 41

Which was not a point of contention under the articles of confederation?

Answer 41

Whether national judiciary created law