Unit 3 Part 2 Social Studies test

Question 1

Why was it that American colonists liked a sense of independence?

Answer 1

Because Great Britain usually left them alone

Question 2

What had the enlightenment helped spread?

Answer 2

Ideas, philosophies, and political thought

Question 3

What did American colonists use to exploit the colonies?

Answer 3

Mercantilism

Question 4

What expanded the already existing gap between colonists and Mother England?

Answer 4

The British clamping down on the colonists previous freedoms

Question 5

Why couldn’t the colonial legislatures meet and keep affairs in order?

Answer 5

Because the British had outlawed the meeting of assemblies

Question 6

What gave rise to the patriots?

Answer 6

When the British had outlawed the meeting of assemblies

Question 7

What did the Patriots begin spreading word of?

Answer 7

Independence

Question 8

Why were the Patriots spreading word of independence?

Answer 8

To persuade all the colonies to their view

Question 9

What did Moderate Patriots want?

Answer 9

A peaceful resolution

Question 10

What did Radical patriots want?

Answer 10

Immediate independence

Question 11

What were loyalists?

Answer 11

People who remain loyal to Great Britain

Question 12

What were most loyalists?

Answer 12

Wealthy

Question 13

Who wrote the book common sense?

Answer 13

Thomas Paine

Question 14

Why was the book common sense written?

Answer 14

To attack the monarchy and support a new democratic style

Question 15

What did the book common sense inspire?

Answer 15

Patriot cause

Question 16

What did radical patriots form?

Answer 16

Militia groups

Question 17

Why were the minutemen a thing?

Answer 17

To protect colonists from British soldiers

Question 18

How did the minutemen earn the name minutemen?

Answer 18

Because they could be ready under a minute

Question 19

Where did the British here that the minutemen were stockpiling weapons?

Answer 19

In Concord

Question 20

Who did they send the illegal weapons to?

Answer 20

700 regulars

Question 21

Who did they arrest if they encountered them?

Answer 21

Patriots

Question 22

Who were the British being watched by?

Answer 22

Patriot spies

Question 23

Who said ¨ The British are coming! The British are coming!¨

Answer 23

Paul Revere

Question 24

How many minutemen met the British at Lexington?

Answer 24

70

Question 25

True or false- Anyone who raised their guns, the soldiers opened fire and cleared their way Concord

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Where did the minutemen attack the British?

Answer 26

The North Bridge

Question 27

True or false- American snipers picked off soldiers along the way to Charles town

Answer 27

True

Question 28

How many of the British soldiers had been killed by the time they reached Charles town?

Answer 28

270

Question 29

Where was the British based?

Answer 29

Boston

Question 30

What was the bunker made out of?

Answer 30

Dirt

Question 31

When did the minutemen fire their guns?

Answer 31

When the British were running for retreat

Question 32

What did they say when ammunition was low?

Answer 32

¨Not to fire until you see the whites of their eyes¨

Question 33

What were the odds against the British?

Answer 33

1,000-100

Question 34

What did the moderate patriots fear?

Answer 34

British retaliation

Question 35

Who did they send they Olive Branch Petition to?

Answer 35

King George III

Question 36

Why did they decide to form a continental army?

Answer 36

To prepare for the British

Question 37

What two accomplishments did the second continental congress write?

Answer 37

Articles of confederation and Deceleration of Independence

Question 38

Who did the continental army appoint as overall commander?

Answer 38

George Washington

Question 39

What was Thomas Paine´s second book?

Answer 39

The Crisis

Question 40

Who was the primary author of the Deceleration of independence?

Answer 40

Thomas Jefferson

Question 41

On what date did the colonial delegates approve the Deceleration?

Answer 41

July 2, 1776

Question 42

What did the Deceleration of Independence established?

Answer 42

The USA

Question 43

Who were disgusted by the Deceleration of Independence?

Answer 43

Loyalists

Question 44

When the British brought in Mercenaries from Germany what were they called?

Answer 44

Hessians