Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which action by British Parliament was labeled an "Intolerable Act" by Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliament closed the port of Charleston to all trade until the coffee dumped in the harbor was paid for. 
B)  Parliament altered the Virginia Charter to curtail town meetings. 
C)  Parliament increased the number of elected officials in Massachusetts. 
D)  Parliament jailed the delegates to the Continental Congress. 
E)  Parliament empowered military commanders to lodge soldiers in private homes. 
A)  Parliament closed the port of Charleston to all trade until the coffee dumped in the harbor was paid for. 
B)  Parliament altered the Virginia Charter to curtail town meetings. 
C)  Parliament increased the number of elected officials in Massachusetts. 
D)  Parliament jailed the delegates to the Continental Congress. 
E)  Parliament empowered military commanders to lodge soldiers in private homes.

Question 3

Washington's army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1778, the focus of the war shifted

Accepted Answer

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 freed all slaves who fought for American independence. 
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 freed all slaves who fought for American independence.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 6

What prompted the British to declare that the colonies were in a state of rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  signing of the Declaration of Independence 
B)  creation of a standing army by the Second Continental Congress 
C)  formation of the Stamp Act Congress 
D)  the Battle of Bunker Hill 
E)  the Olive Branch Petition 
A)  signing of the Declaration of Independence 
B)  creation of a standing army by the Second Continental Congress 
C)  formation of the Stamp Act Congress 
D)  the Battle of Bunker Hill 
E)  the Olive Branch Petition

Question 7

Which is true of John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a direct refutation of the ideas of the Enlightenment and showed that these ideas had not yet made it to America. 
B)  It explicitly appealed to laborers and craftsmen and showed that they were the center of political debate. 
C)  It was the first published document proposing independence from Great Britain. 
D)  It argued that colonists should reconcile with Britain and focus on securing the same rights as Englishmen. 
E)  It reflected many of the ideas later expressed in the Declaration of Independence. 
A)  It was a direct refutation of the ideas of the Enlightenment and showed that these ideas had not yet made it to America. 
B)  It explicitly appealed to laborers and craftsmen and showed that they were the center of political debate. 
C)  It was the first published document proposing independence from Great Britain. 
D)  It argued that colonists should reconcile with Britain and focus on securing the same rights as Englishmen. 
E)  It reflected many of the ideas later expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

Question 8

The Declaratory Act

Accepted Answer

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 on account 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. 
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 on account 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.

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

The relative advantages of the American

Question 10

The Olive Branch Petition

Accepted Answer

A)  was meant to ease tensions among the organized political parties within the Continental Congress. 
B)  enabled northern and southern colonies to work together. 
C)  convinced Thomas Paine that he had enough support to write Common Sense. 
D)  was Parliament's final attempt to explain virtual representation to the colonists. 
E)  was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown. 
A)  was meant to ease tensions among the organized political parties within the Continental Congress. 
B)  enabled northern and southern colonies to work together. 
C)  convinced Thomas Paine that he had enough support to write Common Sense. 
D)  was Parliament's final attempt to explain virtual representation to the colonists. 
E)  was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown.

Question 11

At the first Continental Congress, who declared, "I am not a Virginian, but an American"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  George Washington 
C)  Richard Henry Lee 
D)  Patrick Henry 
E)  Edmund Randolph 
A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  George Washington 
C)  Richard Henry Lee 
D)  Patrick Henry 
E)  Edmund Randolph

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 14

Which group was initially reluctant to boycott British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)  the wives of farmers and craftsmen 
B)  Chesapeake planters 
C)  the Committee of Correspondence 
D)  Philadelphia and New York City merchants 
E)  urban artisans 
A)  the wives of farmers and craftsmen 
B)  Chesapeake planters 
C)  the Committee of Correspondence 
D)  Philadelphia and New York City merchants 
E)  urban artisans

Question 15

Which one of the following statements accurately describes the results or duration of the nonimportation movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It lasted through the outbreak of the Revolutionary War and was crucial in helping to establish a strong American manufacturing sector. 
B)  It resulted in the creation of a powerful group of smugglers who sided with the British during the Revolutionary War. 
C)  American merchants largely abandoned it when Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts at the urging of British merchants. 
D)  Soon after it began, colonial leaders urged the colonists to abandon it because they felt that it was too harmful to the local economy. 
E)  It resulted in an economic recession in England that led many British citizens to reject the crown and openly support the colonists. 
A)  It lasted through the outbreak of the Revolutionary War and was crucial in helping to establish a strong American manufacturing sector. 
B)  It resulted in the creation of a powerful group of smugglers who sided with the British during the Revolutionary War. 
C)  American merchants largely abandoned it when Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts at the urging of British merchants. 
D)  Soon after it began, colonial leaders urged the colonists to abandon it because they felt that it was too harmful to the local economy. 
E)  It resulted in an economic recession in England that led many British citizens to reject the crown and openly support the colonists.

Question 16

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.

Accepted Answer

During the American Revolution, both sup

Question 17

The sales of Common Sense made Thomas Paine, who came from a poor background, wealthy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Britain intervened in the colonies in new ways in the 1760s

Accepted Answer

A)  because the colonial leaders asked it to. 
B)  because the colonial economies were in chaos. 
C)  because it sought to abolish slavery. 
D)  to raise funds to pay for the debts incurred by the Seven Years' War. 
E)  to redistribute wealth from the elite planter class to the working class. 
A)  because the colonial leaders asked it to. 
B)  because the colonial economies were in chaos. 
C)  because it sought to abolish slavery. 
D)  to raise funds to pay for the debts incurred by the Seven Years' War. 
E)  to redistribute wealth from the elite planter class to the working class.

Question 19

Washington's troops successfully defeated Hessians-German soldiers paid to fight for the British-at Trenton, New Jersey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The American Revolution, 1763-1783

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

Which action by British Parliament was labeled an "Intolerable Act" by Americans?

Washington's army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.

In 1778, the focus of the war shifted

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

What prompted the British to declare that the colonies were in a state of rebellion?

Which is true of John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania?

The Declaratory Act

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?

The Olive Branch Petition

At the first Continental Congress, who declared, "I am not a Virginian, but an American"?

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

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers

Which group was initially reluctant to boycott British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts?

Which one of the following statements accurately describes the results or duration of the nonimportation movement?

The sales of Common Sense made Thomas Paine, who came from a poor background, wealthy.

Britain intervened in the colonies in new ways in the 1760s

Washington's troops successfully defeated Hessians-German soldiers paid to fight for the British-at Trenton, New Jersey.

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

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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