Chapter 5

Question 1

After the French and Indian war, Great Britain’s colonial policy:

Answer 1

Attempted to tighten the reins of economic and political authority over the colonies

Question 2

The coercive acts were a direct response by the Britain to:

Answer 2

The Boston tea party

Question 3

The stamp act congress of 1763 was intended ti accomplish all of the following except:

Answer 3

Began a pattern of the colonies acting in concert rather than separately

Question 4

The proclamation of 1763 was intended to accomplish all of the following except:

Answer 4

Provide official sanctions for colonial militia offensives against hostile Indians west of the Appalachians

Question 5

The declaratory act stipulated that parliament possessed the right to tax the colonies:

Answer 5

In all cases whatsoever

Question 6

The stamp act provoked opposition from the colonists for all of the following reasons except:

Answer 6

In mandated payment of required fees in scarce paper currency

Question 7

In 1770 parliament repealed all of the townshed acts, except _______.

Answer 7

Tax on tea

Question 8

The continental association created by the first continental congress was an organization that:

Answer 8

Supervised and enforced the colonial boycott of British trade, essentially serving as a revolutionary infrastructure

Question 9

The quartering act required colonists to:

Answer 9

Feed and house British soldiers stationed in their area

Question 10

The radical Whigs argues that:

Answer 10

The colonists could not be taxed by bodies in which they were not represented

Question 11

They theory of virtual representation asserted that:

Answer 11

The House of Commons in parliament represented all British subjects

Question 12

The town shed acts legislated for all of the following except:

Answer 12

New taxes on tobacco, rice, and other agricultural exports

Question 13

John Dickinson’s letters from a farmer in Pennsylvanian argues that:

Answer 13

Parliament had the right to regulate colonial trade, but not to tax the colonies for revenue purposes

Question 14

Which if the following groups in the colonies tended to be most supportive of the crown and of parliamentary authority?

Answer 14

Wealthier class

Question 15

The tea act was intended to accomplish all of the following except:

Answer 15

Raise the price of British tea by attacking a revenue tax to its sale in the colonies

Question 16

The colonial response to the Quebec act was so hostel because of the laws:

Answer 16

Guarantee of religious freedom to Roman Catholics

Question 17

Every colony except______ sent a delegation to the first continental congress.

Answer 17

Georgia

Question 18

The September of 1774, “powder alarm” in Boston demonstrated to royal governor Thomas gage that:

Answer 18

Armed rebels throughout the countryside vastly outnumbered British forces in Boston

Question 19

The result of the battle of bunker hill was:

Answer 19

Tactical victory got the British , but extremely costly in casualties

Question 20

The olive branch petition of 1775:

Answer 20

Was ignored by George 3, who saw the colonists as having become too insubordinate already

Question 21

The American victory at ______, in October 1777,was a major turning point int the war, as it convinced France to ally with the patriot forces against the British.

Answer 21

Saratoga

Question 22

The most important and influential piece of revolutionary propaganda was common sense,which sold over 150,000 copies; it was written in 1776 by:

Answer 22

Thomas Paine

Question 23

Which of the following phrases best describes the continental army at the beginning of the revolutionary war?

Answer 23

Ill-equipped, undermanned,and relatively untrained

Question 24

Which of the following was not among the advantages held by the British at the beginning if the revolutionary war?

Answer 24

The ease of supplying their armies due to a superior system of logistics

Question 25

The America victory at ______ in late December 1776 had little tactical significance but it helped to significantly boost American moral.

Answer 25

Trenton

Question 26

The British decided to focus their military efforts on the southern colonies beginning in 1779 for all of the following except:

Answer 26

Superior harbors and port facilities allowed for close naval support, which had not been possible in the north

Question 27

On October 19 1781, lord cornwalls surrendered the remnants of his army at ______ effectively ending the military phase of the revolution.

Answer 27

Yorktown

Question 28

George Washington’s 1780 appointment of _____ to lead the continental army in the south proved to be significant contribution to the American victory

Answer 28

Nathaniel Greene

Question 29

The revolutionary ideals effects on slavery in the south were most evident in the increasing number of:

Answer 29

Manumissions

Question 30

In 1775, local conflicts and military actions accelerated the process of the revolution in all of the following locations except:

Answer 30

Newport, Rhode Island

Question 31

In the process of debating the Declaration of Independence, the continental congress removed an argument written by Jefferson that:

Answer 31

Blamed the Britain for imposing slavery on he colonies and for provoking slave rebellion

Question 32

Adding to the number of casualties during the revolutionary war was the widespread problem of:

Answer 32

Smallpox

Question 33

Slaves fought on the side of the _______ during the revolutionary war.

Answer 33

British and Americans

Question 34

Which Native American society the most difficult circumstances in the immediate aftermath of the revolutionary war,having lost over one-third of the population?

Answer 34

Iroquois