Chapter 4

Question 0

T or F: Colonial farmers lied paper money because it lost value, making loans easier to pay.

Answer 0

True

Question 1

T or F: In the French and Indian War, Spain sides with the British.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

T or F: The Coercive Acts were intended to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

Answer 2

True

Question 3

T or F: Delegates to the First Continental Congress mostly agreed that it was time for the colonies to fight for their rights.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

T or F: To win the revolutionary war, the United States simply had to survive until the British became tired of paying for the war.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

T or F: Spain became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

T or F: TheBritish troops could not escape from Yorktown because the French fleet was in the Chesapeake Bay.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The French skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because

Answer 7

Both the French and the British wanted the Ohio River Valley

Question 8

The Albany Plan of Union proposed…

Answer 8

That the Colonies join together to form a federal government

Question 9

In response to the sugar act, some colonies argued that the British had no right to tax Americans..:

Answer 9

To raise money

Question 10

In the Gaspee Affair, …

Answer 10

The colonist burned a British ship tht had run aground

Question 11

The Continental Army was first formed from…

Answer 11

The militia surrounding the British in Boston

Question 12

King George III declared the colonies “open and avowed enemies” after…

Answer 12

The attack on British troops in Quebec

Question 13

Washington’s decision to attack in New Jersey was a surprise because …

Answer 13

It was winter

Question 14

American forces suffered their greatest defeat of the Revolutionary War at..

Answer 14

Charles Town

Question 15

In the treaty that ended the French and Indian war, the British gained all the following territory except ..:

Answer 15

New Orleans

Question 16

The colonist protested the stamp act by…

Answer 16

Refusing the buy goods from Britain

Question 17

After the Boston Massacre, the British brought peace to the colonies temporarily by repealing the …

Answer 17

Townshend acts

Question 18

At the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, the colonies formed …

Answer 18

A committee of correspondence

Question 19

The laws known as the “Intolerable Acts” were the Coercive Acts and the…

Answer 19

Quebec Act

Question 20

Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental Congress because …

Answer 20

It lacked the power to tax

Question 21

In the Battle for New York City early in the Revolutionary War, the British made a mistake by…

Answer 21

Moving to slowly, allowing American troops to escape

Question 22

The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because..

Answer 22

It convinced France to commit troops to the American cause

Question 23

The turning point of the Revolutionary War in the South was the Battle of..

Answer 23

Kings Mountain

Question 24

The fighting between the French and British during the French and Indian War eventually spread to Europe, where it later became known as the_____ war.

Answer 24

7 years

Question 25

The British Victory at _____ was the turning point of the French and Indian War in North America.

Answer 25

Quebec

Question 26

"No taxation with out___"

Answer 26

Representation

Question 27

To help customs officers in arresting smugglers, the British authorized the use of _______, which were general search warrants that enabled officials to enter any location

Answer 27

Writs of assistance

Question 28

The town of Concord created a special unit of men called____, who were trained and ready to fight at moments notice

Answer 28

Minutemen

Question 29

The British captured _____ and used it as their headquarters for the rest of the Revolutionary War

Answer 29

New York

Question 30

To disrupt British trade, the Continental Congress issued letter of ____, or licenses, authorizing private ship owners to attack British merchant ships

Answer 30

Marque

Question 31

-led troops that defeated the British along the Ohio River, leaving the United States in control of the region

Answer 31

George Rogers Clark

Question 32

-Warned Concord that the British were coming

Answer 32

Samuel Prescott

Question 33

-Surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown

Answer 33

Charles Cornwallis

Question 34

-"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country"

Answer 34

Nathan Hale

Question 35

-commanded the British troops landing in New York at the start of the Revolutionary War

Answer 35

William Howe

Question 36

-helped Washington improve discipline and morale among his weary troops at Valley Forge

Answer 36

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 37

-pledged large amounts of money and arranged for foreign loans to finance the American War effort

Answer 37

Robert Morris

Question 38

-nicknames the Swamp Fox; guerrilla leader based in South Carolina

Answer 38

Francis Marion

Question 39

-American traitor

Answer 39

Benedict Arnold

Question 40

-"I have not yet begun to fight"

Answer 40

John Paul Jones