Transcript US History Revolutionary History Review

US History Revolutionary
History Review
Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to
enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750s
EXCEPT:
A) military protection from the Indians and
the French
B) political stability
C) British subsidies for colonial industry
D) opportunity for trade
During the fifty years after the Glorious Revolution, the
British policy of neglect of the colonial economy:
dissipated as the kings reasserted their power
in the British government.
B) was lessened by the capabilities of royal
officials in America.
C) was sustained by some Parliamentary leaders
who believed relaxation of restrictions would
spur commerce.
D) was lessened as officials in London learned
more about the colonial economies.
A)
Which of the following was not a step taken by the First
Continental Congress?
It adopted a plan for a colonial union
under British authority.
B) It endorsed a statement of grievances.
C) It called for military preparations.
D) It called for a series of boycotts.
A)
By the 1750s colonial legislatures had come to see
themselves as:
A) little parliaments.
B) agents of the royal governor.
C) powerless.
D) agents for democratic reform.
A conference of colonial leaders gathered in Albany, New
York, in 1754 to discuss a proposal by Benjamin Franklin
to:
A) establish "one general government" for all
of the colonies.
B) negotiate a treaty with the French.
C) expand a system of intercolonial roads.
D) extend the operation of the colonial
postal service.
Both the French and the English were well aware that the
battle for control of North America would be determined in
part by:
A) who had the Dutch on their side.
B) whose king was the best military
commander.
C) which group could win the allegiance of
native tribes.
D) whose armies could best fight "Indian"
fashion.
The British victory in the Great War for the empire:
A) expelled France and Spain from North
America.
 B) gave England control of most the
settled regions of North America.
 C) resulted in the defeat of all North
American Indian tribes.
 D) resulted in less contact between
Britain and America.
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George III influenced the growing strain between the
colonies and Great Britain through:
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A) his alliance with the Whigs led by William Pitt.
B) his psychological illness during the 1760s
and 1770s.
C) his willingness to defer while Parliament
dictated increasingly harsh terms to the colonies.
D) his insecure personality, which contributed
to the instability of the British government during
these years.
In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen and
Indians and provide for a more orderly settlement of the
West, the British government:
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A) forbade settlers from crossing the mountains
that divided the Atlantic coast from the interior.
B) gave Indian tribes and confederations
colonial status.
C) allowed interior settlement only if settlers
bought land from the tribes.
D) put forts in the Ohio Valley to protect settlers
there.
Which of the following was a consequence of the policies of
the Grenville ministry?
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A) British tax revenues in the colonies increased
ten times.
B) Colonists effectively resisted and paid little
tax.
C) Many colonial merchants went out of
business.
D) Colonial assemblies assumed the
responsibility for taxing their individual colonies.
Colonists argued that the Stamp Act was not proper
because:
A) it affected only a few people, so the
burden was not shared.
 B) the money raised would not be spent
in the colonies.
 C) colonies could be taxed only by their
provincial assemblies.
 D) the tax was too high.
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___________ was the author of the
Virginia Resolves.
A)
B)
C)
D)
James Otis
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Patrick Henry
British authorities decided to repeal the Stamp Act primarily
because of the:
A) passage of the "Virginia Resolves."
 B) well-reasoned petitions of the Stamp
Act Congress.
 C) intimidation tactics employed by the
Sons of Liberty.
 D) economic pressure caused by a
colonial boycott of English goods.
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Townshend believed his taxes on the colonists would not
be protested because they were:
A) "external" taxes--taxes on goods
brought from overseas.
 B) not going to be strictly enforced.
 C) lower than the Stamp Act taxes.
 D) to support colonial projects.
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The Boston Massacre:
A) was probably the result of panic and
confusion by British soldiers.
 B) reversed the calming trend that had
occurred after the repeal of the Townshend
Acts.
 C) made John Adams a leader of the
resistance.
 D) killed over thirty members of the
resistance.
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Colonial "committees of correspondence" were created to:
A) keep colonial intellectuals in contact
with each other.
 B) publicize grievances against England.
 C) improve the writing skills of young
gentlemen.
 D) correspond with English radicals who
supported the American cause.
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American complaints concerning lack of representation
made little sense to the English who pointed out that:
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A) over eighty percent of the population of Great
Britain was entitled to vote for members of
Parliament.
B) each colony was represented by an agent
and a designated member of Parliament.
C) each member of Parliament represented the
interests of the whole empire rather than a
particular individual or geographical area.
D) American participation in parliamentary
discussions would bind them to unpopular
decisions.
Which of the following battles marked the turning
point in the war?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Long Island
Colonists felt that when the English constitution was
allowed to function properly, it created the best political
system because it:
A) distributed power among the three
elements of society--the monarchy, the
aristocracy, and the common people.
 B) created a republican government.
 C) created a democracy.
 D) put power in the hands of those best
suited to govern.
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Colonists used the arguments laid out in the
____________ as the basis for their greivances against the
lack of representation.
A)
B)
C)
D)
House of Lords
Olive Branch Petition
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Sir Jeffery Amherst reversed his policy towards the natives
after the _______________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Line of Proclamation
Stono rebellion
Shay’s rebellion
Pontiac’s rebellion
The dispute over the Tea Act:
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A) led to the weakening of the colonial position
by women who refused to support the boycott.
B) derived from a doubling of the tax on tea.
C) led to a resistance similar in scale to earlier
protests.
D) caused the implementation of the Intolerable
Acts.
What did Abigail Adams seek in the
new “America”?
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Right for women to divorce their
husbands
Equal status for women as citizens under
the law
Religious tolerance in all the new states
End of slavery
The Coercive Acts or "Intolerable Acts":
A) isolated Massachusetts from the other
colonies.
 B) made Massachusetts a martyr in the
eyes of other colonies.
 C) created no concern among any group
other than merchants.
 D) increased the power of colonial
assemblies.
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At the time of the American Revolution approximately,
______ Americans were sympathetic to Great Britain’s
point of view.
A)
B)
C)
D)
1/3
1/5
1/4
1/6
After Lexington and Concord:
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A) independence immediately became an
American war aim.
B) Congress rejected the "Olive Branch Petition"
that was an effort at reconciliation with Britain.
C) it took almost a year for independence to
become a primary war aim.
D) people immediately viewed independence as
a war aim, but it took Congress over a year to
concur.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense is
an important work because it:
helped Americans reconcile their
differences with England.
B) persuaded Americans that no
reconciliation with Britain was possible.
C) supported the concept of the English
constitution.
D) argued that Parliament, not the King, was
the enemy.
A)
The Declaration of Independence stated that governments
were formed to:
give men an opportunity to exert power.
B) reward loyal servants of the state.
C) promote democracy.
D) protect a person's life, freedom, and right
to pursue happiness.
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After the initial surge of patriotism,
American troops:
came primarily from volunteers.
B) immediately came under the control of
the federal government.
C) came from both conscription and
payment of bounties.
D) were primarily paid substitutes.
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Most of America's war materials
came from:
American manufacturers.
B) the seizure of British forts and the
surrender of British armies.
C) the capture of supply ships by American
privateers.
D) foreign aid.
A)
Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages in the
Revolution except:
the greatest navy and the best-equipped
army in the world.
B) superior industrial resources.
C) greater commitment to the conflict.
D) a coherent structure of command.
A)
The Articles of Confederation
actually:
confirmed the weak, decentralized
system of government already in
operation.
B) drew the stages together into a strong
government.
C) put power in the hands of the military.
D) put power in the hands of the executive
and his appointees.
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The choice of George Washington as commander in chief
was a good one because of his:
knowledge of military affairs.
B) image among the people, who trusted
and respected him.
C) successful military experience in the
Great War for the empire.
D) relaxed, informal way with his men
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After a year of war, the British
realized:
they had a better chance of success in the
South where Tory support was stronger.
B) the war had become more than just a local
phenomenon around Boston.
C) the American invasion of Canada had taken
away a substantial amount of British territory.
D) that they could win the war by taking Boston.
A)
John Burgoyne's surrender at
Saratoga:
convinced the French that they should
help the Americans.
B) caused the British to consider giving up
the fight.
C) made George Washington a military hero.
D) had little effect on the war in the long run.
A)
After 1777 the British decided to focus their efforts in the
South because:
there was less population there.
B) they believed there were more Loyalists
there.
C) they thought slaves would help them.
D) they had more Indian allies there.
A)
The treason of Benedict Arnold:
shocked George Washington.
B) came as no surprise since he was not
highly regarded.
C) led to the surrender of the fort at West
Point.
D) resulted in Arnold's hanging.
A)
The British were forced to
surrender at Yorktown because:
French troops and a French fleet helped
trap the British.
B) Washington was able to defeat the British
in the field.
C) Americans were finally better trained than
the British.
D) the British commander underestimated
the size of Washington's army
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Native Americans:
generally fought in the war on the side of
the British.
B) generally fought in the war on the side of
the Americans.
C) generally stayed neutral in the war.
D) saw their position improved by the results
of the Revolution.
A)
During the Revolution women took on new responsibilities.
After the war:
things generally went back to the way
they were before and few concrete
reforms occurred in the status of women.
B) women were able to translate wartime
gains into peacetime reforms.
C) women were recognized and honored for
their contributions with new careers.
D) women got the right to vote in most
northern colonies.
A)
In spite of rhetoric proclaiming "all men are created equal,"
slavery survived in America for nearly a century after the
Revolution because whites:
harbored racist assumptions about the
natural inferiority of blacks.
B) never considered it immoral or wrong.
C) feared free blacks would return to Africa.
D) refused to consider plans to compensate
slaveholders for gradual emancipation of
slaves.
A)
Under the Articles of Confederation, the only institution of
national authority was the:
Supreme Court.
B) Congress.
C) President of the United States.
D) Senate.
A)
In order to protect the colonists from increased Indian aggression from Canada after the
Seven Years’ War, Great Britain sent an additional 10,000 troops to the colonies. The
colonies were expected to provide food, beer, and shelter within their own homes through
the ___________________.
Suffolk Resolves
B) Stamp Act
C) Quartering Act
D) Quebec Act
A)