Unit 2 - Test

Question 0

What were the Declaratory Acts?
A. A response to the stamp act congress and to reassert authority over the colonies
B. To reinforce the sugar act and banned settlements west of the Mississippi River
C. To force the colonist to buy English exports and help English merchants who were losing money

Answer 0

A. A response to the stamp act congress and to reassert authority over the colonies

Question 1

What was the import tax on foreign products - such as sugar and molasses?
A. Tea Act
B. Townshend Act
C. Sugar Act

Answer 1

C. Sugar Act

Question 2

Why did the British merchants take the side of the colonists against the Stamp Act?
A. They hated the British government
B. They thought that the colonist were being treated unfairly
C. The merchants were losing money

Answer 2

C. The merchants were losing money

Question 3

How were the colonist able to resist the taxes that were imposed by the British parliament?
A.  Boycotts
B.  Protests and demonstrations
C.  Violence
D.  All of them

Answer 3

D. All of them

Question 4

What was the tax on all printed material?
A. Stamp Act
B. Tea Act
C. Townshend Act

Answer 4

A. Stamp Act

Question 5

Tell me three things about the Proclamation Act of 1763.

Answer 5

1) . It was supposed to separate the Colonist and Indians
2) . It was hard to enforce
3) . It barred settlements west of Appalachia

Question 6

What document was used to enforce the Townshend Acts?
A. Judge ordered search warrants
B. Writs of Assistance
C. Writs of Passage

Answer 6

B. Writs of Assistance

Question 7

Which act was a tax break for the British East India Company?
A. Intolerable Acts
B. Quartering Acts
C. Tea Acts

Answer 7

C. Tea Acts

Question 8

What does George III mean when he says, “there will always be one tax to keep up the right”?
A. There will always be one tax to help Parliament keep control of the colonies
B. There will always be one tax to help maintain righteousness
C. There will always be one tax so that the colonies will not expand

Answer 8

A. There will always be one tax to help Parliament keep control of the colonies

Question 9

What act collected taxes at the ports instead of within the colonies?
A. Intolerable Acts
B. Townshend Acts
C. Quartering Acts

Answer 9

B. Townshend Acts

Question 10

What act allowed the British Troops to be placed in the colonist homes?
A. Quartering Act
B. Townshend Acts
C. Intolerable Acts

Answer 10

A. Quartering Acts

Question 11

What was the Boston Massacre?
A. The Sons of Liberty killed several Redcoats in an ambush
B. Native Americans attacked a small group of British soldiers in Boston
C. A small group of colonists harassed and battered a group of British soldiers until they opened fire killing 5 colonists

Answer 11

C. A small group of colonists harassed and battered a group of British soldiers until they opened fire killing 5 colonists

Question 12

What did the Intolerable acts do?

Answer 12

1) . Closed the ports of Boston
2) . A new Quartering Act was imposed
3) . It revoked the Massachusetts Charter

Question 13

What did General Washington do at Dorchester Height?
A. Forced the British forces to surrender
B. Captured 1,400 Hessian soldiers
C. Maneuvered cannons to the heights to threaten to bombard the Redcoats

Answer 13

C. Maneuvered cannons to the heights to threaten to bombard the Redcoats

Question 14

What were three conditions of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 14

1) . Americans gain independence
2) . Americans control the land between the Great Lakes and Florida
3) . Colonist have to pay back debt to England

Question 15

What were colonist who supported independence called?

Answer 15

Patriots

Question 16

What were colonist who supported England called?

Answer 16

Loyalist

Question 17

What was the solution that the 1st Continental Congress came to called?
A. Declaration of Freedom
B. Declaration of Independence
C. Declaration of Resolves

Answer 17

C. Declaration of Resolves

Question 18

The colonist lost the Battle of Breed’s Hill - but why was it considered a MORAL VICTORY?
A. The colonists inflicted so many casualties on the Redcoats
B. The colonists discovered a flaw in the Redcoats tactics
C. It proved that the colonists had the courage to fight and stand their ground against a superior enemy
D. Both A & B
E. Both B & C
F. Both A & C

Answer 18

F. Both A &C

Question 19

How was General Washington able to defeat the British forces at Trenton?
A. Ignored the Holiday halt and crossed the Delaware River catching them off guard
B. Ambushed them on Thanksgiving morning
C. Surrounded them - cutting off their supplies from the ports

Answer 19

A. Ignored the holiday halt and crossed the Delaware River catching them off guard

Question 20

What was the colonists ADVANTAGES when fighting the war?
A. Better marksmen because of the hunting
B. They were fighting on familiar land
C. They were fighting for THEIR OWN CAUSE
D. Both A & B
E. Both B & C

Answer 20

E. Both B & C

Question 21

Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. George Washington
C. Thomas Paine

Answer 21

A. Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

Why was the 2nd continental congress such a weak central government?
A. They were unorganized and inexperienced
B. They had no real authority over the colonies
C. They were poor leaders

Answer 22

B. They had no real authority over the colonies

Question 23

What does the Introduction of the Declaration of Independence state?

Answer 23

States the purpose of the document - why we want separation

Question 24

What does the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence state?

Answer 24

1) . That ALL men are created equal and have rights

2) . That the government must protect those rights

Question 25

What does the Middle Section of the Declaration of Independence state?

Answer 25

A list of grievances - justifying why we want to be separate

Question 26

What does the Conclusion of the Declaration of Independence state?

Answer 26

If there is no peaceful solution - then the colonist were left with no choice but to revolt

Question 27

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Answer 27

July 4th 1776

Question 28

Identify and explain Lexington and Concord

Answer 28

1) . Known as the shot heard round the world
2) . The minutemen waited in Concord
3) . The British marched to Lexington and were hit on their way back
4) . Colonist success
5) . Redcoats casualties - 273
6) . Colonists casualties - less than 100

Question 29

Identify and explain the Battle of Saratoga

Answer 29

1) . It was the turning point in the war
2) . The French officially come to the aide of the colonists
3) . The French provide the colonist with supplies, troops, naval support, and military skill

Question 30

Identify and explain the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 30

1) . December 16,1773
2) . Boston Harbor
3) . Colonists were afraid of a monopoly by the British India company - Tea Act of 1773
4) . Colonist pledged a boycott
5) . Colonists dressed as Indians and stormed the ship and threw the shipment into the harbor

Question 31

Identify and define Yorktown

Answer 31

1) . British General Cornwallis was surrounded and cut off from supplies
2) . October 19, 1781
3) . Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown

Question 32

Identify and explain Thomas Paine

Answer 32

1) . Author of Common Sense

2) . Used His pamphlet, Common Sense to stir up public support for Independence

Question 33

Identify and explain the Stamp Act Congress

Answer 33

1) . After Parliament passed the Stamp Act
2) . The Congress pledged to remain loyal to England - but they were dissatisfied with the taxation without representation of the colonies
3) . They denied that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies
4) . This was an important set toward a unified resistance