Question 1

What advantage did Britain have over its American colonies as the American Revolutionary War began?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overwhelming national wealth and naval power 
B)  An alliance with Spain and Holland 
C)  A well-organized and united home government and population 
D)  First-rate generals and a well-supplied professional army 
E)  A well-formed strategic military plan 
A)  Overwhelming national wealth and naval power 
B)  An alliance with Spain and Holland 
C)  A well-organized and united home government and population 
D)  First-rate generals and a well-supplied professional army 
E)  A well-formed strategic military plan

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Admiralty Courts

Accepted Answer

Admiralty Courts, also known as maritime

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-propagandist

Accepted Answer

A propagandist is an individual or organ

Question 4

Who offered freedom to any slave in Virginia who joined the British army in fighting the rebel colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Hutchinson 
B)  George Grenville 
C)  Lord Dunmore 
D)  William Franklin 
E)  Robert Townshend 
A)  Thomas Hutchinson 
B)  George Grenville 
C)  Lord Dunmore 
D)  William Franklin 
E)  Robert Townshend

Question 5

Match each individual on the left with the correct description.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-2 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-3 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-2 
A)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-2 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-3 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-2

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stamp Act Congress

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act Congress, also known as th

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sons of Liberty

Accepted Answer

The Sons of Liberty was a secret organiz

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Continental"

Accepted Answer

"Continental" refers to the Continental

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-committees of correspondence

Accepted Answer

The Committees of Correspondence were a

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Quartering Act

Accepted Answer

The Quartering Act refers to a series of

Question 11

Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  To raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense 
B)  To enable the British government to cut taxes at home 
C)  To impose tighter control on documents printed in America 
D)  To provide subsidies for British and American merchants 
E)  To provide funds for developing an American postal system 
A)  To raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense 
B)  To enable the British government to cut taxes at home 
C)  To impose tighter control on documents printed in America 
D)  To provide subsidies for British and American merchants 
E)  To provide funds for developing an American postal system

Question 12

Which taxes were almost entirely repealed by the British government because they produced little revenue and were difficult to enforce?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sugar 
B)  Stamp 
C)  Tea 
D)  Intolerable 
E)  Townshend 
A)  Sugar 
B)  Stamp 
C)  Tea 
D)  Intolerable 
E)  Townshend

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles ("Champagne Charley")Townshend

Accepted Answer

Charles Townshend, also known as "Champa

Question 14

When it came to the Revolution,it could be said that the American colonists

Accepted Answer

A)  were perpetually hostile to authority. 
B)  believed that revolution was a necessary step in human progress. 
C)  based their revolt on working class hostility to British aristocracy. 
D)  revolted against the cultural domination of the mother country. 
E)  were reluctant revolutionaries. 
A)  were perpetually hostile to authority. 
B)  believed that revolution was a necessary step in human progress. 
C)  based their revolt on working class hostility to British aristocracy. 
D)  revolted against the cultural domination of the mother country. 
E)  were reluctant revolutionaries.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-radical Whigs

Accepted Answer

The Radical Whigs were a group of Britis

Question 16

Discuss the ideologies of republicanism and mercantilism.How do both come to shape colonists' ideas about their destiny?

Accepted Answer

Republicanism and mercantilism were two

Question 17

How did women contribute to protests against the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  They organized committees of correspondence. 
B)  They made signs and other materials for their husbands to use at protests. 
C)  They threw British tea in city harbors. 
D)  They hanged colonial tax officials in effigy. 
E)  They held spinning bees and wore homespun cloth. 
A)  They organized committees of correspondence. 
B)  They made signs and other materials for their husbands to use at protests. 
C)  They threw British tea in city harbors. 
D)  They hanged colonial tax officials in effigy. 
E)  They held spinning bees and wore homespun cloth.

Question 18

At what point in the chain of events between 1763 and 1775 did the American War for Independence become inevitable? In the same connection,what was the last possible point at which a compromise between the British government and the colonies might have avoided war?

Accepted Answer

The American War for Independence became

Question 19

Why did colonists most resent the Boston Port Act of all the Intolerable Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)  It forced them to provide housing for British soldiers stationed along the Boston seaport. 
B)  It seemed to unfairly single out Massachusetts for punishment when other colonies protested British policies, too. 
C)  It allowed British officers who killed protesting colonists to be tried in England and not in America. 
D)  It required that all tea coming to the colonies pass through Boston ports, where taxes would be assessed. 
E)  It closed Boston harbor until damages caused by the Tea Party were repaid. 
A)  It forced them to provide housing for British soldiers stationed along the Boston seaport. 
B)  It seemed to unfairly single out Massachusetts for punishment when other colonies protested British policies, too. 
C)  It allowed British officers who killed protesting colonists to be tried in England and not in America. 
D)  It required that all tea coming to the colonies pass through Boston ports, where taxes would be assessed. 
E)  It closed Boston harbor until damages caused by the Tea Party were repaid.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Navigation Law of 1650

Accepted Answer

The Navigation Law of 1650, also known a

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

What advantage did Britain have over its American colonies as the American Revolutionary War began?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Admiralty Courts

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -propagandist

Who offered freedom to any slave in Virginia who joined the British army in fighting the rebel colonists?

Match each individual on the left with the correct description.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stamp Act Congress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sons of Liberty

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Continental"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -committees of correspondence

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Quartering Act

Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

Which taxes were almost entirely repealed by the British government because they produced little revenue and were difficult to enforce?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles ("Champagne Charley")Townshend

When it came to the Revolution,it could be said that the American colonists

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -radical Whigs

Discuss the ideologies of republicanism and mercantilism.How do both come to shape colonists' ideas about their destiny?

How did women contribute to protests against the Stamp Act?

At what point in the chain of events between 1763 and 1775 did the American War for Independence become inevitable? In the same connection,what was the last possible point at which a compromise between the British government and the colonies might have avoided war?

Why did colonists most resent the Boston Port Act of all the Intolerable Acts?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Navigation Law of 1650

New World Beginnings

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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