Test 2: American Revolution notes

1.       Americans objected to the Tea Act because

Ø  it was still a tax, even if it was disguised as an importers fee

2.       The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by

Ø  Thomas Jefferson

3.       Which of the following statements best expresses John Locke's view of the relationship between the government and the people?

Ø  In forming governments, people entered into a social contract in order to protect their natural rights.

4.       The most important function of the Committees of Correspondence was to

Ø  link the colonies together through a communications web and enable them to cooperate in actions against the British

5.       Who said "We have it in our power to begin the world over again?"

Ø  Thomas Paine in Common Sense

6.       Which of the following statements about the Revolutionary War is correct?

Ø  The major fighting ended with Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown

7.       The key to the American victory in the Revolutionary War was that

Ø  to win the war, the colonists did not have to destroy the British forces, only to outlast them until British taxpayers lost patience.

8.       The Battle of Saratoga is considered a major turning point of the Revolutionary War because

Ø  only after Saratoga did France and Spain agree to support the American colonists

9.       The individual most responsible for transforming the colonial army into a formidable fighting force was

Ø  Friedrich von Steuben.

10.   Paine's Common Sense was crucial in convincing many Americans that what they should fight for was

Ø  an independent and republican America separate from Britain

11.   The British especially relied on the numerous Loyalists to aid them in fighting the Patriots

Ø  in the Carolinas

12.   Most of the Six Nations of the Iroquois under Joseph Brant fought against the American revolutionaries because

Ø  they believed that a victorious Britain would contain westward American expansion.

13.   During the period of fighting between April 1775, The Battle of Lexington and July 1776,Independence day, the goal of most was:

Ø  the removal of all British troops from America

14.   Under the Articles of Confederation the national government had the power to do all of the following:

Ø  the power to negotiate treaties

Ø  all states had to agree on any amendments to the Confederation

Ø  the power to decide land claims

15.   The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by

Ø  closing the Port of Boston until damages were paid and order restored.

16.   The last major battle of the American Revolution happened where Lord Cornwallis attempted to resupply his troops

Ø  Yorktown

17.   Which of the following statements best characterizes Britain's economic situation after the Seven Years War?

Ø  Britain's national debt had nearly doubled, its citizens were heavily taxed, and many Britons felt that the colonists had not paid their fair share of war costs.

18.   A key British advantage was that they did not have to defeat all the American forces but only fight to a draw in order to crush the Revolution.

Ø  False

19.   The American army that invaded Canada believed that French Canadians would join them in revolt and make Canada the fourteenth state.

Ø  True

20.   An idea from the Enlightenment would be:

Ø  the natural rights of man

21.   The Olive Branch Petition was:

Ø  offered after the Battles of Lexington and Concord and rejected by the King

22.   The Battle of the Cowpens is called a turning point in the war because

Ø  it ended the British strategy of rolling up the southern colonies

23.   The Northwest Ordinance did all of the following

Ø  forbid slavery in the Northwest Territory

Ø  permit the citizens of a territory to elect a legislature that would make laws for the territory

Ø  permit the citizens of a territory to write a Constitution and apply for admission to the country

24.   Shay's Rebellion was provoked by:

Ø  the heavy burden of taxes on the farmers of western Massachusetts

25.   All of the following statements about the Articles of Confederation are accurate

Ø  each state remained sovereign

Ø  all authority of the national government belonged to a unicameral Congress

Ø  its opponents believed it was too weak to meet their needs

26.   All of the following were reasons the British were defeated in American Revolution

Ø  a long supply line to Great Britain to the Americas

Ø  a British war weary public

Ø  with France joining the American Revolution, the war might spread to Europe

27.   The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was a significant achievement because?

Ø  defined the process by which territories could become states

28.   Which of the following is an example of American nationalism after the Revolution

Ø  the publication of an American dictionary

29.   The Land Ordinance of 1785 created:

Ø  a system for setting up towns in the Northwest Territories

30.   The Annapolis Convention was unproductive because

Ø  only 5 states sent representatives

31.   During the Articles of Confederation government all of the following were problems uniting the states

Ø  each state having its own constitution

Ø  trade and tariffs

Ø  lack of respect for each other's culture

Ø  states having their own currency

32.   After the revolution a form of American art developed that:

Ø  showed American heroes like Washington and Franklin as mythical figures

33.   In the Declaratory Act, Parliament stated that

Ø  it had the right to legislate for the colonies in all matters, including taxes.

34.   The chief reason for the repeal of the Stamp Act

Ø  because of violent protests and boycotts the taxes were not achieving the desired result

35.   Which of the following statements best characterizes Britain's economic situation after the Seven Years War?

Ø  Britain's national debt had nearly doubled, its citizens were heavily taxed, and many Britons felt that the colonists had not paid their fair share of war costs.

36.   All of the following statements about the Sugar Act are true

Ø  the purpose of the Sugar Act was to raise revenues for the British government

Ø  Under the Sugar Act, accused smugglers had their trials at the Admiralty Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ø  The Sugar Act's original duty was cut in half to seek more compliance from colonial shippers

37.   Boston became the center of opposition to the Stamp Act because:

Ø  the city suffered from wide spread economic distress generally blamed on the British as well as resentment leftover from King George's War

38.   All of the following were consequences of the Great Awakening

Ø  The widespread use of the Bible

Ø  A growth in religious tolerance

Ø  The establishment of a number of colleges

39.   The Virginia plan for government was:

Ø  a bicameral legislation based on state's population

40.   The chief problem the writers of the Constitution had:

Ø  How to balance the needs of large states and small states