Give Me Liberty An American History 5Th Edition Volume 1 by Eric Foner - Test Bank

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CHAPTER 5: The American Revolution, 1763-1783

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. The attack by Massachusetts colonists on the home of lieutenant governor and chief justice Thomas Hutchinson:

a.	convinced him that the Stamp Act, which he had previously supported, was unwise.
b.	physically assaulted Hutchinson’s family, an act that prompted Great Britain to clamp down on colonial liberties.
c.	resulted from protests over the Stamp Act.
d.	led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts immediately.
e.	included Samuel and John Adams.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 140

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Introduction         MSC:  Understanding

 

2. After what major event did the British government make the colonies bear part of the cost of the empire?

a.	The Declaration of Independence.
b.	King Philip’s War.
c.	The Seven Years’ War.
d.	The Boston Tea Party.
e.	The appointment of William Pitt as British prime minister.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 141

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Military History | Consolidating the Empire

MSC:  Remembering

 

3. Virtual representation was the idea:

a.	that only those who were elected by a given population could represent that population in a legislative body.
b.	about representation that most politically active American colonists in the 1760s and 1770s embraced.
c.	endorsed by the Stamp Act Congress in 1765.
d.	that each member of Britain’s House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district.
e.	that the king should appoint delegates to represent the colonies in the British House of Commons.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 141

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Consolidating the Empire                      MSC:  Understanding

 

4. The Sugar Act alarmed colonists, in part because it:

a.	increased the tax on molasses and made rum more expensive to produce.
b.	made sugar, a key consumer good, too expensive.
c.	mandated that violators of the act be tried in a court with a jury.
d.	eliminated the admiralty courts, which colonists had long favored.
e.	was an attempt to get them to pay a levy they would otherwise have evaded.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 142

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Economic Development | Taxing the Colonies                   MSC:  Understanding

 

5. The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because:

a.	it raised prices on printed products so much that most colonists no longer could afford to buy books and newspapers.
b.	lawyers were offended that they could be jailed for not using the correct stamp on legal documents.
c.	it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies.
d.	none of the revenue raised would be spent within the colonies themselves.
e.	Benjamin Franklin went public with his opposition to it.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 142

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | The Stamp Act Crisis                            MSC:  Understanding

 

6. What contribution did the Stamp Act episode make to the colonists’ concept of liberty?

a.	The elite became more aware of liberty, but the lower classes remained unconcerned, choosing instead just to follow leaders who encouraged them to riot.
b.	The Stamp Act Congress insisted that the right to consent to taxation was essential to people’s freedom.
c.	It led the Stamp Act Congress to adopt the Declaratory Act, which defined American liberties.
d.	It convinced colonists that revolting against Great Britain was the only way to secure their liberties.
e.	Requiring everyone freed from jail to wear a stamp reminded colonists that they were prisoners of the British empire.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   pp. 142–143

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Taxation and Representation                  MSC:  Understanding

 

7. What was the key political origin of the American Revolution?

a.	The Sugar Act financially hurt New England merchants.
b.	The Stamp Act was a tax that most colonists had to pay.
c.	The colonists did not like a westward barrier to settlements.
d.	The colonists criticized the lack of representation in Parliament.
e.	The colonists did not want the writs of assistance to be used.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 143

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Changes | Taxation and Representation | The Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Understanding

 

8. In regards to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, which statement was true?

a.	The Congress wanted to stop written protests of the tax.
b.	The Congress hoped to end boycotts.
c.	According to the Congress, colonial governors should make decisions unilaterally.
d.	The Congress did not want the colonies to work together.
e.	The Congress did not look to declare independence from England.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 143

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Changes | Taxation and Representation

MSC:  Analyzing

 

9. What impact did the Committees of Correspondence have in America?

a.	They allowed for good communication between the colonists and their Indian allies.
b.	Enforcement of taxes and regulations became more efficient.
c.	These networks allowed slaves to communicate about escaping from their owners.
d.	Colonial leaders were able to spread ideas and information of resistance to taxes more quickly.
e.	The first committee started in Charleston, South Carolina, and more were created in other colonies except New England.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 144

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Liberty and Resistance                           MSC:  Remembering

 

10. The Sons of Liberty:

a.	enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers.
b.	won widespread support from New York’s upper classes.
c.	opposed any violent response to the Stamp Act.
d.	prompted founder Samuel Adams and his cousin John Adams to break off relations.
e.	caused the Boston Massacre in 1765.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 144

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | Liberty and Resistance

MSC:  Remembering

 

11. The Declaratory Act:

a.	imposed a boycott on all manufactured goods produced in the colonies.
b.	declared that colonists had to house British soldiers in their homes.
c.	closed the Port of Boston because of the Boston Tea Party.
d.	rejected American claims that only their elected representatives could levy taxes.
e.	proclaimed the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 144

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Liberty and Resistance                           MSC:  Analyzing

 

12. What political movement of the seventeenth century resembled the 1760s Regulator movement in South Carolina?

a.	The Salem witch trials.	d.	Dominion of New England.
b.	Leisler’s Rebellion.	e.	Bacon’s Rebellion.
c.	King Philip’s War.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 145

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | Changes | The Regulators

MSC:  Evaluating

 

13. What idea did both the Regulators and Stamp Act Congress share?

a.	There should be no taxes under any circumstances.
b.	Colonists wanted to be represented in the government.
c.	Colonial governors should make decisions unilaterally.
d.	Boycotts did not work as a means of protest.
e.	Native Americans should remain in control of land west of the Appalachians.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 143 | p. 145

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Changes | Taxation and Representation | The Regulators

MSC:  Evaluating

 

14. Which armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina’s county officials, was defeated by the colony’s militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

a.	The Sons of Liberty.	d.	The Association.
b.	The Regulators.	e.	The Rangers.
c.	The Paxton Boys.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 145

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | The Regulators

MSC:  Remembering

 

15. Unlike the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts focused on:

a.	taxing goods imported into the colonies.
b.	taxing legal documents.
c.	sugar and rum.
d.	creating more smuggling opportunities.
e.	raising revenue to pay the salaries of colonial assembly members.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   pp. 145–146

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | The Townshend Crisis

MSC:  Understanding

 

16. The “Daughters of Liberty” was the name given to:

a.	the female children of the Founding Fathers, especially the daughters of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.
b.	New England women who won voting rights in the 1770s.
c.	the brave women who cared for wounded soldiers during the early battles of the Revolution.
d.	women who spun and wove to create their own clothing rather than buy British goods.
e.	the first national women’s patriotic organization, which raised money to provide supplies for the Continental army after Saratoga.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 146

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | The Townshend Crisis

MSC:  Remembering

 

17. The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers:

a.	killed Indians who were raiding frontier towns.
b.	fired into a mob and killed a number of Boston residents.
c.	captured members of the Sons of Liberty involved in the Boston Tea Party.
d.	fired on local minutemen guarding an arsenal.
e.	tried to defend Thomas Hutchinson from an angry mob.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   pp. 146–147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | The Boston Massacre

MSC:  Remembering

 

18. Crispus Attucks:

a.	defended in court the British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre.
b.	organized the boycott of British imports following the Townshend Act.
c.	was the first person of mixed race to serve in the Continental Congress.
d.	was a man of mixed race who was killed at the Boston Massacre.
e.	died bravely at the Battle of Concord.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | The Boston Massacre

MSC:  Remembering

 

19. The expulsion of the journalist John Wilkes from his seat in Parliament:

a.	symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America.
b.	pleased most American colonists because of Wilkes’s pro-Stamp Act editorials.
c.	resulted from a column Wilkes wrote that was sympathetic toward those killed in the Boston Massacre.
d.	came after a London jury convicted him of colluding with pro-independence colonists.
e.	was reversed by the king, which led to a British constitutional crisis that diverted attention from the colonies.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Global Awareness | Wilkes and Liberty

MSC:  Understanding

 

20. The treatment of John Wilkes resembled which act of Parliament against the colonies?

a.	Tea Act.	d.	Townshend Duties.
b.	Quebec Act.	e.	Intolerable Acts.
c.	Sugar Act.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | Changes | Wilkes and Liberty

MSC:  Applying

 

21. Why did colonists object to the Tea Act?

a.	Because it would aid a different part of the empire than their own, colonists felt that this was the kind of discriminatory action that violated the concept of liberty.
b.	By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain’s right to tax the colonists.
c.	It granted a monopoly, and the colonists opposed all forms of monopoly.
d.	The British East India Company made inferior tea, and colonists preferred not to drink it.
e.	It raised the tax on tea so much as to make tea prohibitively expensive.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 148

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | The Tea Act

MSC:  Understanding

 

22. Which of the following was associated with the Intolerable Acts?

a.	For the first time, British authorities stationed soldiers in Boston.
b.	Parliament closed all American ports to all trade until the tea destroyed by the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
c.	The Massachusetts Charter of 1691 was changed to curtail town meetings.
d.	The office of governor of Massachusetts became an elected position.
e.	Colonists were prevented from producing items made from glass, paper, or lead.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 148

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | The Intolerable Acts

MSC:  Remembering

 

23. What prevents a law like the Intolerable Acts from occurring in the United States today?

a.	The Declaration of Independence.	d.	State governors.
b.	The Writs of Assistance.	e.	The president.
c.	The Bill of Rights.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 148

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Political History | Changes | The Intolerable Acts

MSC:  Understanding

 

24. The Quebec Act:

a.	granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.
b.	placed a tax on all imported goods from Canada.
c.	removed the Ohio River Valley from the province of Quebec.
d.	called for Canada to join America in the struggle for independence.
e.	created Quebec out of the preexisting provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 149

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Intolerable Acts                              MSC:  Remembering

 

25. What were the Suffolk Resolves?

a.	The peace treaty that ended the Regulator movement in North Carolina.
b.	A list of demands addressed to landlords, made in 1772 by New York tenant farmers.
c.	A group of anti-Tea Act petitions from Boston merchants to the Massachusetts royal governor.
d.	The resolutions pledging the Continental Congress’s loyalty to King George III in 1775.
e.	A set of resolutions made in 1774, urging Massachusetts citizens to prepare for war.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 149

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Continental Congress MSC:              Remembering

 

26. At the first Continental Congress, who declared, “I am not a Virginian, but an American”?

a.	Thomas Jefferson.	d.	Patrick Henry.
b.	George Washington.	e.	Edmund Randolph.
c.	Richard Henry Lee.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 149

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Continental Congress MSC:              Remembering

 

27. The Committees of Safety:

a.	served to warn colonists if the Royal Navy was approaching.
b.	were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty.
c.	killed twenty-eight Loyalists before the Revolutionary War began.
d.	took action against Catholics trying to spread Quebec’s influence.
e.	were designed to protect British officials like Thomas Hutchinson but attracted too small a number of members to succeed.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 150

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Continental Association                  MSC:  Understanding

 

28. In the years immediately before the American Revolution, the concept of natural rights:

a.	greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson’s early writings.
b.	prompted Thomas Jefferson to support independence before the war even began.
c.	caused many American colonists to call for the abolition of the monarchy.
d.	contradicted the argument for colonial resistance.
e.	led to Parliament’s passage of the Declaratory Act of 1766.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 150

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Sweets of Liberty                           MSC:  Understanding

 

29. Which of the following was a significant battle during the first year of the Revolutionary War?

a.	Yorktown, a siege in Virginia.
b.	Monmouth, where the opposing armies fought to a draw.
c.	Bunker Hill, where the British suffered heavy casualties trying to dislodge colonial militiamen.
d.	Saratoga, where a large British army surrendered.
e.	Cowpens, which helped turn the tide of war in the South.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 151

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Chronology | Military History | The Outbreak of War         MSC:  Remembering

 

30. When the Second Continental Congress created an official army, how did the British respond?

a.	They removed British troops from Boston.
b.	They declared that the colonies were in a state of rebellion.
c.	They asked the Spanish and French for help to defeat the Americans.
d.	They sent diplomats to negotiate for peace.
e.	They did not take the actions of Congress seriously because to them George Washington was an inexperienced commander.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 151

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Social History | The Outbreak of War                                MSC:  Understanding

 

31. What did Lord Dunmore do that outraged many southerners?

a.	He encouraged Indians to conduct raids against backcountry settlements in the Carolinas.
b.	He issued a proclamation freeing all slaves south of the Ohio River.
c.	He promised freedom to slaves who joined the British cause.
d.	He confiscated property of Loyalists.
e.	He circulated germ-ridden blankets among frontier towns to spread disease.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 152

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Social History | Independence?        MSC:  Remembering

 

32. Who warned that independence would lead to disunity in the colonies?

a.	Ben Franklin.	d.	George Washington.
b.	Sam Adams.	e.	Joseph Galloway.
c.	Ethan Allen.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 152

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Independence?     MSC:  Remembering

 

33. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense:

a.	argued that the British governmental system was perfectly good but that current officials had corrupted it.
b.	made highly original arguments in favor of independence.
c.	sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes.
d.	argued that America would become the home of freedom and “an asylum for mankind.”
e.	led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 153

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Paine’s Common Sense        MSC:  Understanding

 

34. What made Thomas Paine’s Common Sense a unique document?

a.	It was the only document in 1776 calling for American independence.
b.	It was mostly original in its ideas and concepts.
c.	It wanted the United States to form a representative government.
d.	It expanded the size of the public sphere, going beyond the elite.
e.	It talked about how American commerce would flourish even more once it was no longer under British regulations.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 153

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Paine’s Impact                     MSC:  Understanding

 

35. Who wrote the following: “One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule, by giving mankind an ass for a lion”?

a.	Thomas Jefferson.	d.	Ben Franklin.
b.	Jonathan Boucher.	e.	Thomas Paine.
c.	Samuel Seabury.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 157

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Voices of Freedom document | Common Sense

MSC:  Applying

 

36. In what ways was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense similar to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence?

a.	Both Jefferson and Paine discussed how the United States could create a navy.
b.	Both showed how a king can be a tyrant.
c.	Paine used many Latin phrases, which led Jefferson to do the same.
d.	Paine criticized using slaves from Africa, and that same criticism appeared in the Declaration of Independence.
e.	Both documents contradicted the ideas of John Locke.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   pp. 152–153 | p. 157

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Voices of Freedom document | Common Sense | Paine’s Common Sense      MSC:           Evaluating

 

37. Who was Samuel Seabury?

a.	He was a Revolutionary War hero for the Americans.
b.	He served in the Continental Congress from New York.
c.	As a minister, he led colonial protests against British taxes.
d.	He was a British general who chased after Washington’s army.
e.	As a colonial minister, he remained a British Loyalist.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 156

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Voices of Freedom document | Common Sense

MSC:  Applying

 

38. In his document “An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province in New-York,” the minister Samuel Seabury equated freedom with:

a.	religion.	d.	property ownership.
b.	British tyranny.	e.	Indians’ right to use land.
c.	sedition.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 156

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Voices of Freedom document | Common Sense

MSC:  Applying

 

39. Most of the text of the Declaration of Independence:

a.	was originally drafted by Benjamin Franklin and then brilliantly edited by Thomas Jefferson.
b.	consists of a list of grievances against King George III.
c.	is an updated version of John Locke’s classic, The Rights of Man.
d.	specifically attacks the idea that Parliament has a right to enact any laws for the colonies.
e.	is an irrefutable argument for the notion of virtual representation.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 153

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | The Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Understanding

 

40. Why did Jefferson address the Declaration of Independence to the “opinions of mankind”?

a.	He wanted to emphasize free speech.
b.	He was unsure of including women.
c.	He wanted to reach a worldwide audience.
d.	He was actually reiterating that his opinion was the most significant.
e.	He borrowed the phrase from Parliament.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   pp. 154–155

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Global Awareness | An Asylum for Mankind

MSC:  Understanding

 

41. In today’s world, more than ________________of the countries have issued declarations of independence.

a.	10 percent	d.	40 percent
b.	20 percent	e.	50 percent
c.	30 percent

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 155

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Global Awareness | The Global Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Remembering

 

42. What was one important legacy of the Declaration of Independence?

a.	It immediately resulted in Great Britain granting independence to its colonies.
b.	Spain welcomed the document, printing multiple copies for its citizens.
c.	It inspired future revolutions against despotic governments.
d.	It led to an immediate alliance with France.
e.	It weakened the resolve of British military commanders fighting against the Patriots.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 155

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Global Awareness | The Global Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Analyzing

 

43. In the same year the Declaration of Independence was signed,:

a.	the Spanish established a mission at San Diego.
b.	the Lakota Sioux settled in the Black Hills.
c.	the French and Indian War ended.
d.	the steam engine was invented.
e.	the Boston Massacre occurred.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 155

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Global Awareness | The Global Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Remembering

 

44. Ultimately, what led to the colonies’ victory in the American Revolution?

a.	George Washington’s major assaults on New York City.
b.	The French invasion of England.
c.	The French blockade of Philadelphia.
d.	Washington’s ability to keep an army together.
e.	An alliance with Spain.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 158

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The Balance of Power                            MSC:  Analyzing

 

45. What ultimately led to the Americans using black recruits in the Continental army?

a.	Washington did not want the British to gain an advantage by using ex-slaves.
b.	Washington felt they were superior soldiers.
c.	The Continental Congress stated black soldiers would not be given any compensation.
d.	The French insisted that the Continental army be a diverse fighting force.
e.	Washington saw black enlistment as the quickest way to end slavery in the colonies.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 155

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Civil Rights | Military History | Blacks in the Revolution    MSC:  Analyzing

 

46. During the eight years of war, approximately how many Americans bore arms in the Continental army and state militias?

a.	80,000.	d.	350,000.
b.	125,000.	e.	500,000.
c.	200,000.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 158

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The Balance of Power                            MSC:  Remembering

 

47. The main point of The American Crisis is:

a.	that the Continental Congress should agree to peaceful reunification with Britain.
b.	to inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses.
c.	that independence was too costly a goal for the colonies.
d.	to encourage European powers to provide military assistance to the cause of American independence.
e.	a prediction that the war would end unhappily for supporters of independence.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 160

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | Primary Document Analysis | The First Years of the War

MSC:  Understanding

 

48. In the winter of 1776–1777, Washington won important victories that improved American morale. These battles were at:

a.	Saratoga and Albany, New York.
b.	Morristown and East Orange, New Jersey.
c.	Long Island and White Plains, New York.
d.	Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
e.	Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 160

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The First Years of the War                     MSC:  Remembering

 

49. A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was:

a.	France becoming an ally to the United States.
b.	the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.
c.	the immediate surrender of all British troops to the Continental army.
d.	British commanders taking the war into the heart of New England for the first time.
e.	General Washington’s decision to retreat to Valley Forge for the winter.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 160 | p. 162

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Military History | The Battle of Saratoga

MSC:  Remembering

 

50. In 1778, the focus of the war shifted:

a.	from minor skirmishes of fewer than 100 men to major battles, each involving thousands of soldiers.
b.	from fighting in the southern states to fighting in New York and New England.
c.	to an emphasis on the Continental army’s trying to capture British strongholds in the Ohio Valley.
d.	to the South, where the British captured Savannah that year.
e.	to emancipation, when General Washington declared that all slaves who fought for American independence should be free.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 162

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The War in the South                             MSC:  Understanding

 

51. During the Revolutionary War, tensions between backcountry farmers and wealthy planters:

a.	enabled the British to turn around their previously unsuccessful performance during the war.
b.	prompted several mutinies within colonial ranks.
c.	gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.
d.	led Benedict Arnold to defect to the British.
e.	caused Francis Marion’s eventual defeat at the Battle of Cowpens.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 162

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | Social History | The War in the South     MSC:  Understanding

 

52. Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown because:

a.	he had no land or water escape route.
b.	he was overwhelmed by Washington’s much larger and better-trained army.
c.	General Clinton had withdrawn from Yorktown, leaving Cornwallis vulnerable.
d.	most of his troops were cold, starving, and ready to surrender.
e.	King George III ordered an end to the war.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | Victory at Last      MSC:  Understanding

 

53. The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris of 1783:

a.	ignored those who had been loyal to the British empire.
b.	was a masterful bit of diplomacy by Thomas Jefferson.
c.	gave the new American nation control of Florida.
d.	led to the British government receiving compensation for anything the Continental Congress had taken from British citizens.
e.	began only after the Battle of Yorktown.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Military History | Victory at Last         MSC:  Remembering

 

54. British possessions in the West Indies:

a.	were handed over to the new United States in the Treaty of Paris.
b.	issued their own declarations of independence in the late 1770s.
c.	remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution because their leaders feared slave uprisings.
d.	all fell into the hands of the French, either through conquest or treaty, as a result of the American Revolution.
e.	were divided during the American Revolution: some islands sent regiments to the Continental army, while others proudly fought for the king.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Victory at Last                                   MSC:  Remembering

 

55. Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Paris in 1783 is true?

a.	Mexico would be independent from Spain.
b.	Trading concessions were most important to the United States.
c.	France and England could work together in spreading Catholicism.
d.	Canada wanted to be part of the United States.
e.	Native Americans were not given a role in shaping the eastern half of North America.

 

 

ANS:  E                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Victory at Last                                   MSC:  Analyzing

 

56. Next to national independence, what was the second most significant concession the United States gained in the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

a.	Canadian territory.
b.	Spanish Florida.
c.	A large piece of territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.
d.	Property from Loyalists.
e.	Exclusive trading rights with Spain.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Victory at Last                                   MSC:  Evaluating

 

MATCHING

 

TEST 1

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

 

a.	offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
b.	American traitor in command of West Point
c.	lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
d.	British chancellor of the Exchequer
e.	Massachusetts lieutenant governor
f.	wrote Common Sense
g.	commander of the Continental army
h.	author of the Declaration of Independence
i.	British commander
j.	sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
k.	declared “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
l.	leader of the Green Mountain boys

 

 

1. Thomas Hutchinson

 

2. Thomas Paine

 

3. George Washington

 

4. Charles Townshend

 

5. Crispus Attucks

 

6. Thomas Jefferson

 

7. Lord Dunmore

 

8. Sir William Howe

 

9. Patrick Henry

 

10. Benedict Arnold

 

11. Ethan Allen

 

12. John Adams

 

1. ANS:  E

 

2. ANS:  F

 

3. ANS:  G

 

4. ANS:  D

 

5. ANS:  J

 

6. ANS:  H

 

7. ANS:  A

 

8. ANS:  I

 

9. ANS:  K

 

10. ANS:  B

 

11. ANS:  L

 

12. ANS:  C

 

TEST 2

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

 

a.	first significant American victory
b.	beneficiary of the Tea Act
c.	religious tolerance for Catholics
d.	colonists who were loyal to Britain
e.	black Loyalist forces
f.	pamphlet that argued for American independence
g.	each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
h.	exchanged ideas about resistance
i.	street protesters
j.	wealthy South Carolina backcountry
k.	refusal to buy British goods
l.	viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

 

 

13. Stamp Act

 

14. Sons of Liberty

 

15. Common Sense

 

16. Committee of Correspondence

 

17. Quebec Act

 

18. virtual representation

 

19. Regulators

 

20. East India Company

 

21. Saratoga

 

22. Loyalists

 

23. homespun virtue

 

24. Ethiopian regiment residents

 

13. ANS:  L

 

14. ANS:  I

 

15. ANS:  F

 

16. ANS:  H

 

17. ANS:  C

 

18. ANS:  G

 

19. ANS:  J

 

20. ANS:  B

 

21. ANS:  A

 

22. ANS:  D

 

23. ANS:  K

 

24. ANS:  E

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

1. Prior to the Seven Years’ War, Britain had not tried to regulate the colonies’ economy.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 141

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Consolidating the Empire                      MSC:  Understanding

 

2. Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 142

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Taxing the Colonies                              MSC:  Remembering

 

3. American colonists widely believed that Britain had no authority to tax the colonists since the colonists had no elected representative in Parliament.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 143

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Taxation and Representation                  MSC:  Understanding

 

4. The Sons of Liberty enforced a boycott of British goods.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 144

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Social History | Liberty and Resistance                              MSC:  Remembering

 

5. Both North Carolina and South Carolina had Regulator movements.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 145

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Political History | The Regulators     MSC:  Remembering

 

6. Homespun clothing became a symbol of American resistance during the American boycott on British goods.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 146

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | The Townshend Crisis

MSC:  Remembering

 

7. Paul Revere created an engraving that distorted the Boston Massacre.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Social History | The Boston Massacre

MSC:  Remembering

 

8. John Wilkes was expelled from his seat in Parliament for his scandalous writings about the king; this caused many colonists to rally to his side with the call “Wilkes and Liberty.”

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 147

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.                         TOP:              Global Awareness | Wilkes and Liberty

MSC:  Remembering

 

9. To resist the Intolerable Acts, a Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 149

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | The Continental Congress MSC:              Remembering

 

10. Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as a response to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 152

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Paine’s Common Sense        MSC:  Understanding

 

11. Common Sense sold 150,00 copies, making Thomas Paine wealthy.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 153

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Primary Document Analysis | Paine’s Common Sense        MSC:  Understanding

 

12. American exceptionalism meant that no other nation would be able to help the colonies win the Revolution.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 154

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Social History | An Asylum for Mankind                           MSC:  Understanding

 

13. Over time, the biggest influence the Declaration of Independence has had is the idea of forming an independent state rather than a list of rights that a government could not take away.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 155

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Global Awareness | The Global Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Remembering

 

14. Blacks who fought under George Washington did so in segregated units.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 159

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Civil Rights | Military History | Blacks in the Revolution    MSC:  Remembering

 

15. Slaves fighting on either the British or American side during the Revolutionary War could potentially receive their freedom.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 159

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Civil Rights | Blacks in the Revolution                              MSC:  Remembering

 

16. Washington for the most part avoided direct battlefield confrontations with the British army.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 160

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The First Years of the War                     MSC:  Remembering

 

17. Poor communication between generals contributed to the British defeat at the Battle of Saratoga.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 160

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The Battle of Saratoga                           MSC:  Analyzing

 

18. The American victory at Trenton convinced the French to join the American cause.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 160

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | The Battle of Saratoga                        MSC:  Remembering

 

19. Benedict Arnold almost succeeded in turning over to the British the important Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Difficult         REF:   p. 162

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The War in the South                             MSC:  Remembering

 

20. British commanders were never able to consolidate their hold on the South.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 162

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The War in the South                             MSC:  Remembering

 

21. The French played a significant role in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

 

ANS:  T                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Military History | Victory at Last         MSC:  Remembering

 

22. During the American Revolution, Canada was eager to join the American independence movement.

 

ANS:  F                    DIF:    Moderate       REF:   p. 164

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Global Awareness | Victory at Last                                   MSC:  Remembering

 

SHORT ANSWER

 

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.

 

1. Stamp Act

 

ANS:

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2. Sons of Liberty

 

ANS:

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3. Thomas Paine

 

ANS:

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4. Declaratory Act

 

ANS:

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5. Treaty of Paris (1783)

 

ANS:

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6. Dunmore’s Proclamation

 

ANS:

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7. Continental Association

 

ANS:

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8. East India Company

 

ANS:

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9. virtual representation

 

ANS:

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10. Battle of Yorktown

 

ANS:

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11. Thomas Jefferson

 

ANS:

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12. Daughters of Liberty

 

ANS:

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ESSAY

 

1. What problems did the British government face after the Seven Years’ War, and what solutions did it propose? How reasonable were London’s solutions, and in what ways did the colonists view them as an attack on their liberty?

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate        OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Consolidating the Empire | Taxing the Colonies | Taxation and Representation   MSC:           Evaluating

 

2. Discuss the debates that occurred over virtual representation. How did the leaders in London and the leaders in America view participation in governing the empire differently?

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate        OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy.

TOP:   Political History | Taxation and Representation | Liberty and Resistance

MSC:  Analyzing

 

3. Describe how Common Sense, “An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province in New-York,” and the Declaration of Independence dealt with the concept of liberty.

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate

OBJ:   2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s.

TOP:   Political History | Primary Document Analysis | The Townshend Crisis | Common Sense | Paine’s Impact | The Declaration of Independence | An Asylum for Mankind

MSC:  Understanding

 

4. Revolution is a dynamic process with consequences no one can anticipate. Explain the initial goals of the colonists in 1765 at the time of the Stamp Act and the evolution of their ultimate decision to declare independence in 1776.

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Difficult

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy. | 2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s. | 3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Social History | Taxation and Representation | The Continental Congress | The Sweets of Liberty | The Outbreak of War | Independence? | Common Sense | The Declaration of Independence | An Asylum for Mankind | The Global Declaration of Independence

MSC:  Understanding

 

5. What were the political and social consequences of the Revolution that had emerged by 1783?

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Social History | The Coming of Independence

MSC:  Analyzing

 

6. Many students believe that the Revolutionary War was a short and relatively painless war. However, for Americans, only the Vietnam War lasted longer than the Revolutionary War. In a thoughtful essay, describe why the war was so lengthy and what the costs involved were for the British and for the Americans.

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | Global Awareness | The First Years of the War | The Battle of Saratoga | The War in the South | Victory at Last         MSC:  Understanding

 

7. Compare the relative advantages of the American and the British militaries. How was George Washington able to secure a victory over the most powerful nation in the world?

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Difficult

OBJ:   4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Military History | The Balance of Power | The First Years of the War | The Battle of Saratoga | The War in the South | Victory at Last          MSC:             Analyzing

 

8. Discuss the ways in which both supporters and opponents of independence used the concepts of “freedom” and “slavery” during the American Revolution. Be sure to consider the perspectives of Thomas Paine and Samuel Seabury (both in “Voices of Freedom”), the slaves who fought for both sides, and others whose ideas you consider significant.

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Difficult

OBJ:   3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Primary Document Analysis | Liberty and Resistance | Wilkes and Liberty | The Sweets of Liberty | Common Sense | Voices of Freedom | The Declaration of Independence | An Asylum for Mankind | Blacks in the Revolution                     MSC:             Analyzing

 

9. How did the colonists justify their protests and ultimate rebellion? What sources did they call on? What philosophies were influential? How was the language of freedom and liberty used?

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Moderate

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy. | 2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s. | 3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence.

TOP:   Political History | Primary Document Analysis | The Stamp Act Crisis | Taxation and Representation | Liberty and Resistance | The Intolerable Acts | The Continental Congress | The Continental Association | The Sweets of Liberty | Common Sense | The Declaration of Independence | An Asylum for Mankind                  MSC:   Applying

 

10. As the imperial crisis deepened in the late 1760s and into the 1770s, Americans increasingly based their claims not simply on the historical rights of Englishmen but on the more abstract language of natural rights and universal freedom. Thinking back to previous chapters, chronicle this evolution from the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution to the Great Awakening and Enlightenment and finally to the events of the 1760s and 1770s. Your essay should demonstrate the various definitions of freedom and liberty from the mid-seventeenth century until the Revolutionary era.

 

ANS:

Answers will vary

 

DIF:    Difficult

OBJ:   1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy. | 3. Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence. | 4. Explain how American forces were able to prevail in the Revolutionary War.

TOP:   Political History | Global Awareness | Taxation and Representation | Liberty and Resistance | The Sweets of Liberty | Common Sense | The Declaration of Independence | An Asylum for Mankind

MSC:  Analyzing