Question 1

Britain's hiring soldiers from ____ to fight the colonists infuriated North Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) Canada 
B) Germany 
C) France 
D) Spain 
E) Portugal 
A) Canada 
B) Germany 
C) France 
D) Spain 
E) Portugal

Question 2

The Stamp Act was never enforced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the causes and significance of the Boston Massacre in 1770.

Accepted Answer

Problems between British troops statione

Question 4

Describe the intellectual movement toward independence in 1776.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 5

The unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts,whose home was destroyed by a crowd in 1765,was Daniel Dulany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Reasons for the colonists' anger over the Tea Act included

Accepted Answer

A) the monopolization rights given to certain merchants. 
B) the attempt to tax the colonists with cheaper tea. 
C) many tea merchants would be hurt by the act. 
D) fear that it would lead to further destruction of liberty. 
E) all of these choices 
A) the monopolization rights given to certain merchants. 
B) the attempt to tax the colonists with cheaper tea. 
C) many tea merchants would be hurt by the act. 
D) fear that it would lead to further destruction of liberty. 
E) all of these choices

Question 7

The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by

Accepted Answer

A) John Adams. 
B) Benjamin Franklin. 
C) Thomas Jefferson. 
D) James Madison. 
E) Patrick Henry. 
A) John Adams. 
B) Benjamin Franklin. 
C) Thomas Jefferson. 
D) James Madison. 
E) Patrick Henry.

Question 8

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act primarily because of pressure from British merchants and manufacturers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The only colony not to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress was

Accepted Answer

A) Georgia. 
B) Vermont. 
C) Rhode Island. 
D) South Carolina. 
E) Massachusetts. 
A) Georgia. 
B) Vermont. 
C) Rhode Island. 
D) South Carolina. 
E) Massachusetts.

Question 10

____________________,a Philadelphia lawyer,authored Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania in which he argued that all parliamentary taxation for revenue violated individual rights.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________,a Philadelphia lawyer,authored Letters from a Farmer...

Question 11

The Sugar Act,for Grenville,launched a war against

Accepted Answer

A) artisans. 
B) the elites. 
C) the colonial poor. 
D) physicians. 
E) smugglers. 
A) artisans. 
B) the elites. 
C) the colonial poor. 
D) physicians. 
E) smugglers.

Question 12

Describe the state of British politics in the critical decade of the 1760s.

Accepted Answer

If British policy in the years between 1

Question 13

The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to

Accepted Answer

A) establish a republican regime. 
B) avoid paying taxes. 
C) restore the empire to what it had been before 1763. 
D) establish a radically new vision of the future. 
E) fight the Indians. 
A) establish a republican regime. 
B) avoid paying taxes. 
C) restore the empire to what it had been before 1763. 
D) establish a radically new vision of the future. 
E) fight the Indians.

Question 14

The Quartering Act of 1765 successfully resolved the vexing problem of how to house British troops in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Lord Dunmore offered which of the following to slaves who fought for the British?

Accepted Answer

A) freedom 
B) money 
C) gold 
D) land 
E) silver 
A) freedom 
B) money 
C) gold 
D) land 
E) silver

Question 16

The principal reform envisioned by the Townshend Revenue Act was to

Accepted Answer

A) raise revenue. 
B) unload tea from the East India Company. 
C) establish the power of the King to tax. 
D) hurt colonial trade. 
E) pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges. 
A) raise revenue. 
B) unload tea from the East India Company. 
C) establish the power of the King to tax. 
D) hurt colonial trade. 
E) pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges.

Question 17

The idea that the British Parliament represented the needs and interests of all the empire's subjects was known as virtual representation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the army to quarter its soldiers in public buildings rather than private homes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-John Hancock

Accepted Answer

Boston merchant who

Question 20

The First Continental Congress met in

Accepted Answer

A) New York. 
B) Boston. 
C) Philadelphia. 
D) Charleston. 
E) Washington. 
A) New York. 
B) Boston. 
C) Philadelphia. 
D) Charleston. 
E) Washington.

Exam 5: Reform, resistance, revolution

Britain's hiring soldiers from ____ to fight the colonists infuriated North Americans.

The Stamp Act was never enforced.

Describe the causes and significance of the Boston Massacre in 1770.

Describe the intellectual movement toward independence in 1776.

The unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts,whose home was destroyed by a crowd in 1765,was Daniel Dulany.

Reasons for the colonists' anger over the Tea Act included

The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act primarily because of pressure from British merchants and manufacturers.

The only colony not to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress was

____________________,a Philadelphia lawyer,authored Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania in which he argued that all parliamentary taxation for revenue violated individual rights.

The Sugar Act,for Grenville,launched a war against

Describe the state of British politics in the critical decade of the 1760s.

The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to

The Quartering Act of 1765 successfully resolved the vexing problem of how to house British troops in the Americas.

Lord Dunmore offered which of the following to slaves who fought for the British?

The principal reform envisioned by the Townshend Revenue Act was to

The idea that the British Parliament represented the needs and interests of all the empire's subjects was known as virtual representation.

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the army to quarter its soldiers in public buildings rather than private homes.

IDENTIFICATIONS -John Hancock

The First Continental Congress met in

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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