Question 1

Which statement about the Second Continental Congress is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delegates attended from all thirteen colonies. 
B)  There was strong sentiment for declaring independence from Britain. 
C)  It adopted measures to raise money and create an army and navy. 
D)  It sent new written appeals to the king and the British people. 
E)  The conservatives remained a strong force. 
A)  Delegates attended from all thirteen colonies. 
B)  There was strong sentiment for declaring independence from Britain. 
C)  It adopted measures to raise money and create an army and navy. 
D)  It sent new written appeals to the king and the British people. 
E)  The conservatives remained a strong force.

Question 2

What was significant about the Battle of Charleston in 1780?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American suffered their worst losses of the war. 
B)  The British retreated from the battle all but doomed to defeat. 
C)  French naval support proved nearly useless to the Americans. 
D)  It was the final, decisive battle of the war. 
E)  It resulted in the freeing of many slaves. 
A)  The American suffered their worst losses of the war. 
B)  The British retreated from the battle all but doomed to defeat. 
C)  French naval support proved nearly useless to the Americans. 
D)  It was the final, decisive battle of the war. 
E)  It resulted in the freeing of many slaves.

Question 3

What happened at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in May 1775?

Accepted Answer

A)  A tiny force led by Benedict Arnold and George Washington attempted an unsuccessful assault on a larger British garrison. 
B)  George Washington´s Continental Army stumbled into a British trap and suffered heavy losses. 
C)  Colonial forces under the "Fighting Quaker" Nathanael Greene finally brought the warfare on the northern frontier to an end with an American victory. 
D)  A tiny force led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the British garrisons there, securing much-needed powder and artillery. 
E)  A Loyalist regiment surprised and defeated Patriot troops, helping to secure the Canadian border for Britain. 
A)  A tiny force led by Benedict Arnold and George Washington attempted an unsuccessful assault on a larger British garrison. 
B)  George Washington´s Continental Army stumbled into a British trap and suffered heavy losses. 
C)  Colonial forces under the "Fighting Quaker" Nathanael Greene finally brought the warfare on the northern frontier to an end with an American victory. 
D)  A tiny force led by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the British garrisons there, securing much-needed powder and artillery. 
E)  A Loyalist regiment surprised and defeated Patriot troops, helping to secure the Canadian border for Britain.

Question 4

The 1783 Treaty of Paris included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  British recognition of American independence. 
B)  establishment of the boundaries of the new United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida. 
C)  British collection of prewar American debts. 
D)  guaranteed freedom for slaves who served the British cause. 
E)  restoration of confiscated property to Loyalists. 
A)  British recognition of American independence. 
B)  establishment of the boundaries of the new United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida. 
C)  British collection of prewar American debts. 
D)  guaranteed freedom for slaves who served the British cause. 
E)  restoration of confiscated property to Loyalists.

Question 5

Which was the more fateful loss for Britain: their defeat at Saratoga in 1777 or at Yorktown in 1781? Explain the importance of both before justifying your choice.

Accepted Answer

The defeat at Yorktown in 1781 was the m

Question 6

What were the motivations of the various groups who sided with the Loyalists? Were some of the Loyalists fighting against tyranny just as much as the Patriots?

Accepted Answer

The motivations of the various groups wh

Question 7

On which day was Richard Henry Lee´s resolution for independence proposed to the Philadelphia Congress,and on which day was it adopted?

Accepted Answer

A)  July 7 and July 4, 1776 
B)  May 10, 1775, and July 4, 1776 
C)  July 4 and July 10, 1776 
D)  June 7 and July 2, 1776 
E)  June 7 and June 2, 1783 
A)  July 7 and July 4, 1776 
B)  May 10, 1775, and July 4, 1776 
C)  July 4 and July 10, 1776 
D)  June 7 and July 2, 1776 
E)  June 7 and June 2, 1783

Question 8

George Rogers Clark's frontier force

Accepted Answer

A)  was large and well armed. 
B)  spent most of their time fighting Indians. 
C)  flirted with the idea of a separate western nation. 
D)  captured key British forts in the Ohio country. 
E)  depended on the French for weapons and reinforcements. 
A)  was large and well armed. 
B)  spent most of their time fighting Indians. 
C)  flirted with the idea of a separate western nation. 
D)  captured key British forts in the Ohio country. 
E)  depended on the French for weapons and reinforcements.

Question 9

What was the essential cause of the American victory in the War for Independence? Did the Americans (and French)really win the war on the battlefield,or was it more the loss of British political will that led to independence?

Accepted Answer

The essential cause of the American vict

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"political education"

Accepted Answer

Political education refers to the proces

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Battle of Saratoga

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Saratoga refers to a serie

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-natural rights

Accepted Answer

Natural rights are a set of moral princi

Question 13

Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense

Accepted Answer

A)  was published before any fighting took place between the colonists and the British. 
B)  focused on the legal case against British taxation. 
C)  stirred Americans to acknowledge their disloyalty to the British king. 
D)  called on the British people to overthrow the monarch. 
E)  led to Paine's arrest. 
A)  was published before any fighting took place between the colonists and the British. 
B)  focused on the legal case against British taxation. 
C)  stirred Americans to acknowledge their disloyalty to the British king. 
D)  called on the British people to overthrow the monarch. 
E)  led to Paine's arrest.

Question 14

The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops

Accepted Answer

A)  were tactically outmaneuvered. 
B)  ran out of gunpowder. 
C)  were poorly led. 
D)  were unable to stop the final British charge. 
E)  lacked adequate naval and artillery support. 
A)  were tactically outmaneuvered. 
B)  ran out of gunpowder. 
C)  were poorly led. 
D)  were unable to stop the final British charge. 
E)  lacked adequate naval and artillery support.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Barry St.Leger

Accepted Answer

Barry St. Leger (1733–1789) was a Britis

Question 16

Why did most of the Iroquois nations side with the British during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British threatened them with destruction if they did not help. 
B)  They believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the West. 
C)  They disliked American revolutionary rhetoric. 
D)  They sought revenge for American atrocities. 
E)  They wanted international recognition of their own independence. 
A)  The British threatened them with destruction if they did not help. 
B)  They believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the West. 
C)  They disliked American revolutionary rhetoric. 
D)  They sought revenge for American atrocities. 
E)  They wanted international recognition of their own independence.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ethan Allen

Accepted Answer

Ethan Allen was a farmer, businessman, l

Question 18

Why did the British choose New York as their base of operations after evacuating Boston?

Accepted Answer

A)  New York offered a central location, splendid seaport, and strong Loyalist presence. 
B)  New York provided well-organized commerce and a malleable Dutch population. 
C)  New York was a hotbed of rebellion, and the British wanted to show their might in subduing the city. 
D)  New York was the largest and most important city in the colonies. 
E)  New York provided easy connections to supply lines in Canada and a strong shipbuilding industry to support naval operations. 
A)  New York offered a central location, splendid seaport, and strong Loyalist presence. 
B)  New York provided well-organized commerce and a malleable Dutch population. 
C)  New York was a hotbed of rebellion, and the British wanted to show their might in subduing the city. 
D)  New York was the largest and most important city in the colonies. 
E)  New York provided easy connections to supply lines in Canada and a strong shipbuilding industry to support naval operations.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Common Sense

Accepted Answer

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by T

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lord Charles Cornwallis

Accepted Answer

Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738–1805) was

Exam 8: America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

Which statement about the Second Continental Congress is FALSE?

What was significant about the Battle of Charleston in 1780?

What happened at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in May 1775?

The 1783 Treaty of Paris included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

Which was the more fateful loss for Britain: their defeat at Saratoga in 1777 or at Yorktown in 1781? Explain the importance of both before justifying your choice.

What were the motivations of the various groups who sided with the Loyalists? Were some of the Loyalists fighting against tyranny just as much as the Patriots?

On which day was Richard Henry Lee´s resolution for independence proposed to the Philadelphia Congress,and on which day was it adopted?

George Rogers Clark's frontier force

What was the essential cause of the American victory in the War for Independence? Did the Americans (and French)really win the war on the battlefield,or was it more the loss of British political will that led to independence?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"political education"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Saratoga

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -natural rights

Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense

The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Barry St.Leger

Why did most of the Iroquois nations side with the British during the Revolutionary War?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ethan Allen

Why did the British choose New York as their base of operations after evacuating Boston?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Common Sense

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lord Charles Cornwallis

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

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

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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