Unit 2 (Chapters 6-8)

Question 1

A persistent source of tensions between Bostonians and British soldiers leading up to the Boston Massacre was competition between_____.

Answer 1

troops and townsmen over jobs.

Question 2

Why did all of the colonies reject the Albany Plan of Union?

Answer 2

they feared they would lose their autonomy

Question 3

Nonimportation was first used by colonists to protest_________.

Answer 3

The sugar act

Question 4

The text argues that this incident in 1773 seemed to be the “smoking gun” of conspiracy theory.

Answer 4

Hutchinson’s letters to the ministry in Britain

Question 5

The First Continental Congress met in response to the_________.

Answer 5

Intolerable Acts

Question 6

The Intolerable Acts were passed by Parliament to punish_______

Answer 6

Boston and the colony of Massachusetts.

Question 7

John Dickinson’s letters in the guise of a Pennsylvania farmer were written in response to the ________.

Answer 7

Townshend duties

Question 8

After repealing the Stamp Act, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, declaring that Parliament had authority to ______________

Answer 8

bind the colonists “in all cases whatsoever”

Question 9

While the Albany Conference originally met to deal with conflicts with New France and the Indians of the interior, Benjamin Franklin took the opportunity to propose _________.

Answer 9

a plan of union for the colonies

Question 10

How did French Canadians respond to the Second Continental Congress’s invitation to join the struggle for liberty?

Answer 10

Canadians, fearing the Americans as much as the British, hesitated to respond.

Question 11

In 1776, Spain began to aid the American cause by selling _______

Answer 11

military supplies to the Americans.

Question 12

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine placed the blame for America’s problems on _________.

Answer 12

King George III.

Question 13

In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, many American colonists began to develop an ___________.

Answer 13

American identity distinct from the British.

Question 14

In objecting to the Sugar Act, James Otis was one of the first to use which phrase?

Answer 14

“Taxation without representation is tyranny.”

Question 15

Which of these was an important difference between British and Colonial forces during the Seven Years’ War?

Answer 15

Colonial forces were composed of volunteer companies.

Question 16

The British Proclamation of 1763 directly led to the_________.

Answer 16

Paxton Boys’ Massacre

Question 17

In 1735, the John Peter Zenger case gave rise to more__________

Answer 17

newspapers and a freer press in America.

Question 18

The conclusion of the Seven Years’ War left most colonists __________

Answer 18

proud of their place in the British Empire.

Question 19

General Thomas Gage’s appointment as governor of Massachusetts was evidence of__________

Answer 19

British resolve to force the colonists into obedience.

Question 20

Why did French Canadians fail to respond positively to American calls for them to join the struggle against Britain?

Answer 20

Americans were their traditional enemies.

Question 21

France’s entry into the Revolutionary War forced Britain to change strategy to protect against attacks on ________.

Answer 21

Caribbean sugar colonies

Question 22

At the end of 1777, what was the result of two years of fighting?

Answer 22

The British strategy for suppressing the Revolution had been a failure.

Question 23

Under the Articles of Confederation, the president was elected ________

Answer 23

annually by Congress.

Question 24

The biggest British defeat before Yorktown occurred at________.

Answer 24

Saratoga

Question 25

During the Revolutionary period, most Americans focused on _______

Answer 25

the governments of their own states.

Question 26

In which area of the United States was there the least support for ending slavery after the Revolution?

Answer 26

Lower South

Question 27

The type of state governments established in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina after the Revolution indicated the_________

Answer 27

amount of control the radical element had seized.

Question 28

Which area of the United States most quickly to abolish slavery after the Revolution?

Answer 28

New England

Question 29

The initial British strategy in the Revolution was to cut off which area from the rest of the colonies?

Answer 29

New England

Question 30

The French committed themselves to recognize American independence after the___________

Answer 30

American victory at Saratoga.

Question 31

Most Indian peoples during the American Revolution________

Answer 31

chose to support the British.

Question 32

The state of Maryland held up ratification of the Articles of Confederation for three years by demanding_______

Answer 32

that other states give up claims to western lands.

Question 33

How did George Washington’s revolutionary experience affect his views of slavery?

Answer 33

He freed his slaves, but only in his will.

Question 34

As a result of the American offensives in the west during 1777-1779, ___________

Answer 34

American-Indian hostilities continued unabated for decades after the war.

Question 35

American migration westward following the Revolution was complicated by Spain’s _____________

Answer 35

refusal to accept the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

Question 36

The battles of Trenton and Princeton in late 1776 and early 1777 _____________

Answer 36

gave the Americans small victories that helped morale.

Question 37

How did Congress seek to spur enlistment in late 1776 and early 1777?

Answer 37

It offered bounties, wages, and free land after the war.

Question 38

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was designed to solve the problems that had occurred in the settlement of ________

Answer 38

Kentucky

Question 39

What state enfranchised both male and female property holders in 1776?

Answer 39

New Jersey

Question 40

Loyalists who fled the United States during and after the American Revolution were _________

Answer 40

generally reluctant and unhappy exiles.

Question 41

Legal tender laws were supposed to ___________

Answer 41

offer financial relief to debaters and ordinary taxpayers.

Question 42

The 1795 Treaty of Greenville was between the United States and __________

Answer 42

western Indians

Question 43

Shays’s Rebellion _____________

Answer 43

was promoted by nationwide economic distress

Question 44

Approval of the Great Compromise at the Philadelphia constitutional convention guaranteed ____________

Answer 44

representation based on population in the House and by state in the Senate

Question 45

The French ambassador whose provocative actions prompted Washington to issue a proclamation of neutrality was ____________

Answer 45

Edmond Genet

Question 46

The Anti-federalists opposed to ratification of the Constitution were most likely to be found in ____________

Answer 46

remote and backcountry sections

Question 47

The main concession the Federalists made to the Anti-federalists in the ratification debates was a promise to ______

Answer 47

add a Bill of Rights

Question 48

The framers of the Constitution believed the country suffered from too much __________

Answer 48

democracy

Question 49

As a consequence of Hamilton’s economic program, __________

Answer 49

the health of the United States’ economy improved significantly

Question 50

In dealing with the Whiskey Rebellion, President Washington ___________

Answer 50

overreacted out of fear of allowing another Shays’s Rebellion to get out of hand

Question 51

How many states had to ratify the Constitution before it would take effect?

Answer 51

nine

Question 52

In the ratification debate, a Federalist would have agreed with which statement?

Answer 52

A strong national government is less susceptible to control by a single faction intent on limiting the rights of others.

Question 53

According to the 1787 Constitution, a member of which of these groups counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in the House of Representatives?

Answer 53

slaves

Question 54

The first ten amendments were quickly added to the newly ratified Constitution to _____________

Answer 54

reassure those who feared the power of the national government to restrict citizens’ rights

Question 55

What did Jefferson consider the greatest danger of the prosecutions under the Sedition Act?

Answer 55

the threat to a free press

Question 56

A response to the problem that emerged in the election of 1800, the Twelfth Amendment created_____________

Answer 56

separate ballots for president and vice president

Question 57

The Constitution was framed by ____________

Answer 57

white male elites.

Question 58

In the election of 1792, ___________

Answer 58

factions contested the vice presidency but not the presidency.

Question 59

The electoral college was created to _____________-

Answer 59

insulate the presidential election from excessive popular influence.

Question 60

The economic crisis that produced Shays’s Rebellion had its origins in ________

Answer 60

the Revolution