Deck 7: America Secedes From the Empire

Question 1

The Olive Branch Petition was

A) a plan for peace with Canada
B) a declaration of loyalty to the British crown
C) a petition to lower tariffs
D) a declaration of solidarity between the colonies
E) a pardon for revolutionary war criminals

Answer 1

a declaration of loyalty to the British crown

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Patrick Henry.

Answer 2

His "Give me liberty or give me death" cry before the Virginia Assembly helped sway the colony to join the revolution.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of George Rogers Clark.

Answer 3

A frontiersman whose successful attacks on forts in the Ohio pushed British forces out of the region.

Question 4

Who were the European mercenaries who fought for the British crown?

A) Privateers
B) redcoats
C) Yorkers
D) Hessians
E) Loyalists

Question 5

Why were British forces slaughtered at Bunker Hill?

A) They were outnumbered.
B) They chose to flank the colonists.
C) The colonial forces attacked them at night.
D) They used a full-frontal assault.
E) They ran out of supplies and ammunition.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Richard Montgomery.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Admiral de Grasse.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Comte de Rochambeau.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Nathanael Greene.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Charles Cornwallis.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of George Washington.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of George III.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Thomas Paine.

Question 14

Who was Ethan Allen?

A) Planter from Virginia
B) British General in New York
C) Author of "Common Sense"
D) Colonial Solider
E) French privateer

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Thomas Jefferson.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of John Paul Jones.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of William Howe.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Richard Henry Lee.

Question 19

Why were the French relieved to broker peace between the Americans and British?

A) the Americans were losing
B) the British had threatened to invade Paris
C) the Americans promised the French new land in the West
D) the war was costly for the French
E) the British offered expanded trade opportunities for peace

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of Benedict Arnold.

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the Declaration of Independence.

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the Battle of Saratoga.

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of Bunker Hill.

Question 24

What was the rate at which the American government promised to repay its war debt?

A) 1 cent on the dollar
B) 50 cents on the dollar
C) 25 cents on the dollar
D) 2.5 cents on the dollar
E) 90 cents on the dollar

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the Patriots/Whigs.

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the Hessians.

Question 27

As commander of America's Revolutionary army, George Washington exhibited all of the following EXCEPT

A) unparalled strategic military genius.
B) personal courage.
C) a sense of justice.
D) moral force and self-discipline.
E) patience and loyalty to the Patriot cause.

Question 28

All of these were indictments by Thomas Jefferson of George III EXCEPT:

A) establishing a military dictatorship
B) cutting off trade
C) burning towns
D) ending all private property
E) hiring mercenaries

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the Second Continental Congress.

Question 30

Who wanted the war in America to continue after Yorktown?

A) General Cornwallis
B) Prime Minister North
C) the British soliders
D) George III
E) Admiral de Grasse

Question 31

When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775

A) its members felt a strong desire for independence.
B) it cut off communications with the British government.
C) it continued to stall on the creation of an army and navy.
D) there was no well-defined sentiment for independence.
E) the conservative element was weakened.

Question 32

The Revolutionary War began with fighting in ____; then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in ____; and the fighting concluded in ____.

A) the South, the middle colonies, New England
B) the middle colonies, New England, the South
C) New England, the South, the middle colonies
D) New England, the middle colonies, the South
E) the middle colonies, the South, New England

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the Loyalists/Tories.

Question 34

How long did the war continue after Yorktown?

A) a few days
B) three months
C) three years
D) one year
E) six weeks

Question 35

What percentage of Americans were loyalists?

A) 56 percent
B) 32 percent
C) 81 percent
D) 16 percent
E) 6 percent

Question 36

Who were the Whigs?

A) British soldiers and the opposition party in England.
B) American patriots and the dominate party in England.
C) British loyalists and the dominate party in England.
D) American patriots and the opposition in England.
E) British soldiers and the dominate party in England

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of Common Sense.

Question 38

What was a result of the Treaty of Paris?

A) Americans surrendered Canadian conquests to France.
B) The French surrendered Canadian territories to America.
C) The British surrendered Quebec to France.
D) The British recoginized American independence.
E) The British recognized Canadian independence.

Question 39

Perhaps the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress was to

A) select George Washington to head the army.
B) draft new appeals to the king.
C) adopt measures to raise money.
D) postpone an immediate demand for independence.
E) support independence.

Question 40

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Battle of Bunker Hill, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of Common Sense, and (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

A) B, C, A, D
B) A, B, C, D
C) A, C, D, B
D) C, D, A, B
E) A, B, D, C

Question 41

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

A) invoke the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt.
B) catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III.
C) argue that royal tyranny justified revolt.
D) offer the British one last chance at reconciliation.
E) accuse the British of violating the natural rights of the Americans.

Question 42

The Loyalists who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be all of the following EXCEPT

A) well educated.
B) from among the older generation.
C) affiliated with the Anglican Church.
D) from New England.
E) wealthy.

Question 43

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

A) outnumbered.
B) short of gunpowder.
C) poorly organized.
D) poor shots.
E) lacking in courage.

Question 44

In March 1776, this event is still celebrated today and it is known as Evacuation Day.What happened on this day?

A) Capture of Ft. Ticonderoga
B) Retreat of Bunker Hill
C) Signing of the Olive Branch Petition
D) Capture of Quebec
E) British evacuation of Boston

Question 45

The Olive Branch Petition

A) was passed by Parliament.
B) was an expression of King George III's desire for peace.
C) promised no treason charges if colonists stopped fighting.
D) was an attempt by the colonists to gain support of Native Americans.
E) was an effort by the Continental Congress to seek a political accommodation with King George III and prevent further hostilities with British military authorities.

Question 46

General William Howe did not pursue and defeat George Washington's army after the Battle of Long Island for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) he remembered the slaughter of Bunker Hill.
B) the country was rough.
C) supplies were slow in coming.
D) he did not relish the rigors of a winter campaign.
E) he lacked sufficient naval support.

Question 47

The Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution in all of the following ways EXCEPT

A) taking up the task of political education.
B) raising funds to support the war effort.
C) convincing people that the British army was an unreliable friend.
D) mercilessly harassing small British detachments.
E) as effective agents of Revolutionary ideas.

Question 48

Which individual privately advocated equality for women?

A) Betsy Ross
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Martha Washington
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) Abigail Adams

Question 49

What group was more likely to support Britain as a loyalist?

A) Women
B) Educated adults
C) Merchants
D) Older people
E) Younger

Question 50

The resolution that "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states..." was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate

A) Patrick Henry.
B) Thomas Jefferson.
C) Richard Henry Lee.
D) Thomas Paine.
E) John Adams.

Question 51

To help the British, colonial Loyalists did all of the following EXCEPT

A) fight for the British.
B) serve as spies.
C) pay extra taxes to fund the war.
D) keep Patriot soldiers at home to protect their families.
E) galvanized support for the British cause from Indian tribes.

Question 52

King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after

A) the armed clash at Lexington and Concord.
B) the First Continental Congress convened.
C) the Battle of Bunker Hill.
D) Benedict Arnold's forces' captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
E) hiring Hessian solders to fight in America.

Question 53

Most Americans considered which of the following to be fundamental for any successful republican government?

A) A wealthy class to govern
B) The primacy of the property rights of individuals
C) Primacy of the interests of individuals
D) Retention of a constitutional monarchy
E) Civic virtue

Question 54

The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) lack of military victories.
B) support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire.
C) the realization that the colonies were not united.
D) fear of British military reprisals.
E) a continued belief that America was part of the transatlantic community.

Question 55

Examples of colonial experience with self-governance, which prepared Americans for a republic, included all of the following EXCEPT

A) New England town meetings.
B) committees of correspondence.
C) militia service.
D) the relative equality of landowning farmers.
E) the absence of a hereditary aristocracy.

Question 56

The following were purposes of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence EXCEPT

A) enlist other British colonies in the Americas to support the cause of American independence.
B) ask for an end to slavery throughout America.
C) invite assistance from foreign nations.
D) explain to the rest of the world why the colonies had revolted.
E) rally military, political, and economic resistance to British rule in America.

Question 57

Colonists considered the British use of European mercenaries, Hessians, as paid soldiers

A) a smart strategy.
B) to be an extreme, unwarranted, and unpatriotic utilization of foreign nationals in this conflict between American colonists and their British cousins.
C) a pathetic way to build an army.
D) a sign of British desperation.
E) none of these choices are correct.

Question 58

Which of these is not a true statement about African Americans' support of the Loyalist cause?

A) Some believed the British would grant them freedom from slavery.
B) Those who fled to British lines served as soldiers, servants, workers and spies.
C) The British used them in all-black regiments battling the Patriots.
D) Thousands of black Loyalist supporters were promised and given parcels of land in exchange for service.
E) Some were sold back into slavery after the war ended.

Question 59

Some Patriots responded to Paine's vision of an ultra-democratic American republic in all of the following ways EXCEPT

A) by enthusiastically embracing civic virtue fundamental to realizing Paine's republican vision for America.
B) by favoring the creation of a republic ruled by a "natural aristocracy" of talented elites.
C) by cautioning that the fervor for liberty would overwhelm the stability of the social order.
D) by affirming that the collective overall good of the "people" should matter more than the private rights and interests of individuals.
E) by wholly supporting a radical upheaval on the social classes, leaving poorer farmers, tenants, and laboring classes with enhanced political and economic influence.

Question 60

Jefferson was selected to draft the Declaration of Independence because

A) he volunteered.
B) he was already recognized as a brilliant writer.
C) the other members of the Continental Congress were all busy with other tasks.
D) he believed the colonies' independence should be celebrated with fireworks each year.
E) he was a renowned Virginia newspaperman.

Question 61

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in

A) the ceding of most of the Iroquois' land.
B) an end to the practice of scalping.
C) the slowing of the westward movement of pioneers.
D) the renunciation by the Oneidas and the Tuscaroras of their support for the British.
E) turning over the hair buyers for prosecution.

Question 62

The Armed Neutrality League was started by

A) Louis XIV of France.
B) Charles V of Spain.
C) Catherine the Great of Russia.
D) King Leopold of Belgium.
E) George III of Britain.

Question 63

The basic principles in the Model Treaty

A) were considered old-fashioned and outdated.
B) were viewed as naive, highly idealistic, and utopian by experienced practicioners of international diplomacy in Great Britain and Europe.
C) were not popular among most enlightened figures in America.
D) held that military conflict would still determine international relations among countries.
E) infused an element of realism into American attitudes toward international affairs that proved short-sighted and inconsistent.

Question 64

France came to America's aid in the Revolution because

A) French officials supported the cause of democracy.
B) it hoped to gain access to the American fur trade.
C) it perceived that succesfully assisting the American cause could lead to achieving their ultimate goal of breaking up the British Empire.
D) it could use America to test new military tactics.
E) its new alliance with Britain would be a surprise to both militaries.

Question 65

French aid to the colonies did all of the following EXCEPT

A) greatly aided America's struggle for independence.
B) was motivated by what the French considered to be their own national interests.
C) forced the British to change their military strategy in America.
D) helped them protect their own West Indies islands.
E) allowed American forces to focus only on the southern theater.

Question 66

The colonists suffered their heaviest losses of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of

A) Charleston.
B) Cowpens.
C) Valley Forge.
D) Long Island.
E) Brandywine Creek.

Question 67

The basic military strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to

A) control the entire Delaware Valley.
B) to cede the West as a minor, unimportant geographical region which lacked Indian allies who could help cause difficulties for Americans in the western areas.
C) sever New England from the rest of the states and paralyze the American cause.
D) hold all the colonial cities and let colonists control the countryside.
E) isolate the South with an early, lightning invasion of all of the southern colonies.

Question 68

When the alliance with France was formalized, the Americans were able to gain all of the following EXCEPT

A) access to large sums of money.
B) double the size of their fighting forces.
C) avail themselves of French naval strength.
D) immense amounts of equipment.
E) a negotiated peace treaty with the British.

Question 69

Arrange these battles in chronological order: (A) Trenton, (B) Saratoga, (C) Long Island, and (D) Charleston.

A) B, C, A, D
B) C, A, B, D
C) C, B, A, D
D) C, B, D, A
E) A, B, C, D

Question 70

Who was the American diplomat that negotiated the Model Treaty with France?

A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Thomas Paine
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) Patrick Henry

Question 71

Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders

A) realized that they had been beaten badly.
B) wanted to help Spain as well.
C) had changed from Whig to Tory.
D) were trying to persuade America to abandon its alliance with France.
E) feared continued war might lead to a loss of their Latin American colonies.

Question 72

Some Indian nations joined the British during the Revolutionary War because

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) the British hired them as mercenaries.
D) they were bound by treaties.
E) they believed that the British would restore them to their original territorial possessions.

Question 73

American diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to

A) accept any British offer that would essentially return British-American relations to their pre-1763 status.
B) demand British cession of the trans-Allegheny West to the colonies.
C) get the colonies out of their obligations under the Franco-American alliances.
D) consult with the colonies' French allies and make no separate peace arrangements with the British.
E) follow the lead of Spain, not France.

Question 74

The commander of French troops in America was

A) Rochambeau.
B) Lafayette.
C) de Grasse.
D) Burgoyne.
E) Howe.

Question 75

During the Revolution, the western frontier saw much fighting, which

A) slowed the westward advance of the pioneers.
B) caused most of the Indians to join the colonists' cause against the British.
C) led to George Rogers Clark's downfall as a military leader.
D) failed to stem the tide of westward-moving pioneers.
E) ultimately led Benedict Arnold to go over to the British.

Question 76

The Indian chief who fought for the British in New York and Pennsylvania was

A) Seneca.
B) Pontiac.
C) Joseph Brant.
D) King Philip.
E) Cowpens.

Question 77

The basic principles of the Model Treaty and the new philosophy behind American international affairs entailed all of the following EXCEPT

A) an idealistic hope that the bonds of mutual commercial interests would guarantee peaceful relations among nations.
B) an idealistic hope that the American Revolution would mark a turning point in history that would signal the end of military conflict among nations, which would heretofore focus on fostering commerical relations among each other.
C) a rejection of the realpolitik system of political diplomacy practiced by Great Britain and the European states.
D) an attempt to downplay and deemphasize the importance of building and sustaining economic connections in international diplomacy.
E) an idealistic effort to uphold the rule of law, free trade, and freedom of the seas as guiding principles in international affairs.

Question 78

After the British defeat at Yorktown

A) the fighting continued for more than a year.
B) the war ended within a month.
C) the French withdrew their assistance as it was no longer needed.
D) King George III decided to end the struggle.
E) Spain finally entered the war on the U.S. side.

Question 79

The most important contribution of the seagoing privateers during the Revolutionary War was that they

A) gained control of the sea for the colonists.
B) successfully invaded the British West Indies.
C) captured hundreds of British merchant ships.
D) fought the British navy to a standstill.
E) made reliance on the French unnecessary.

Question 80

Shortly after French troops arrived in America, the resulting improvement in morale staggered when

A) America discovered the true reasons motivating France's assistance.
B) General Benedict Arnold turned traitor.
C) General Nathanael Greene lost Georgia to the British.
D) the French began to win battles that the Americans had been unable to win.
E) the Armed Neutrality League sided with Britain.