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

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Student answers will vary.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Comte de Rochambeau

Answer 2

Student answers will vary.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 3

Student answers will vary.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Rogers Clark

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Paul Jones

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Richard Henry Lee

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Burgoyne

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Richard Montgomery

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George III

Question 10

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

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Patrick Henry

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nathanael Greene

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Horatio Gates

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Thomas Paine

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Howe

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Benedict Arnold

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
George Washington

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Abigail Adams

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Jay

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
popular consent

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Battle of Yorktown

Question 23

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Long Island

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
privateering

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Second Continental Congress

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
natural aristocracy

Question 27

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

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
mercenaries

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Bunker Hill

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Declaration of Independence

Question 31

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Bunker Hill

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Loyalists/Tories

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
civic virtue

Question 34

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
republicanism

Question 35

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

Question 36

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Ticonderoga

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Patriots/Whigs

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Hessians

Question 39

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

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Treaty of Paris of 1783

Question 41

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 42

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) professed American loyalty to the crown.

Question 43

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Trenton

Question 44

In May 1775,a tiny American force under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured the British garrisons at Ft.Ticonderoga and Crown Point in upper New York.What did the Americans secure as a result of this victory?

A) The best military unit fighting under the British flag was taken out of commission.
B) A priceless store of gunpowder and artillery for the siege of Boston was secured.
C) A large supply of military clothing and rations
D) This was the event that pushed the French to declare war against the British.
E) It was a strategic victory as the Americans were now in position for their assault on Canada.

Question 45

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Newport

Question 46

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Princeton

Question 47

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 48

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Valley Forge

Question 49

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Charleston

Question 50

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Yorktown

Question 51

In 1775,once fighting between the colonies and Great Britain began

A) America immediately declared its independence.
B) the tempo of warfare diminished.
C) the colonists denounced the Parliament.
D) the colonists affirmed their loyalty to the King.
E) the French declared war on Great Britain.

Question 52

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 53

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

A) military genius.
B) courage.
C) a sense of justice.
D) moral force.
E) patience.

Question 54

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Philadelphia

Question 55

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-
E) the conservative element was weakened.

Question 56

All of the following statements are true regarding Washington's selection to head up the Continental army except

A) congress strongly perceived his qualities of leadership.
B) his choice was largely political.
C) sections of the country were becoming jealous of New England, and prudence suggested a commander from Virginia.
D) as a man of wealth, he could not be accused of being a fortune-seeker.
E) as an aristocrat, he could be counted on by his peers to check "the excesses of the masses."

Question 57

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Albany

Question 58

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Saratoga

Question 59

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A)fighting at Lexington and Concord,(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 60

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 61

Which individual privately advocated equality for women?

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

Question 62

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 63

Patriots responded to Paine's vision of an ultra democratic republic in all of the following ways except

A) some enthusiastically embraced this as the ideal form of government.
B) some favored a republic ruled by a "natural aristocracy" of talented elites.
C) some feared the fervor for liberty would overwhelm the stability of the social order.
D) some wanted to see only the lower orders of farmers and workers as the base of political power
E) some worried that a republic would have a radical leveling effect on the social classes.

Question 64

With the American invasion of Canada in 1775

A) the French Canadians took the opportunity to revolt against British control.
B) Benedict Arnold seized the occasion to desert to the British.
C) contradicted the colonials' claim that they were merely fighting defensively for a redress of grievances.
D) the Revolution became a world war.
E) George III declared the colonies in rebellion.

Question 65

When it came to supporting the Revolution,most colonists were

A) neutral or apathetic.
B) patriots.
C) loyalists.
D) militiamen.
E) None of these

Question 66

Like many revolutions,the American Revolution was

A) a majority movement.
B) a minority movement.
C) started by forces outside the country.
D) one in which little attention was given to those civilians who remained neutral.
E) one that produced a minimum of violence.

Question 67

When America became a republic and political power no longer rested with an all-powerful king,

A) the American colonies were able to gain their independence.
B) England experienced the Glorious Revolution.
C) individuals needed to sacrifice their own self-interest to the public good.
D) chaos gripped the nation.
E) the country had to have a quick and decisive military victory.

Question 68

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 69

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 70

In a republic,power

A) comes from the aristocrats.
B) comes from a select few based on religion.
C) comes from the people themselves.
D) resides in property owners.
E) belongs only to the educated.

Question 71

Thomas Paine argued that all government officials

A) were corrupt.
B) should derive their authority from popular consent.
C) should be part of a "natural aristocracy."
D) need not listen to the voice of the uneducated.
E) should not be paid for their service.

Question 72

Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled ____ or ____,and the independence-seeking Patriots were also known as ____.

A) Tories, Whigs, Loyalists
B) Loyalists, Tories, Whigs
C) Whigs, Tories, Loyalists
D) Loyalists, Whigs, Tories
E) Sons of Liberty, Tories, Whigs

Question 73

One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

A) warn other nations to stay out of the Revolution.
B) ask for an end to slavery.
C) appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament.
D) explain to the rest of the world why the colonies had revolted.
E) condemn Parliament for its actions.

Question 74

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 75

Thomas Paine's pamphlet,Common Sense

A) was published before any fighting took place between the colonists and the British.
B) remained unpopular for several years before being accepted by the public.
C) called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic.
D) called on the British people to overthrow the king.
E) led to Paine's eventual arrest and imprisonment in America.

Question 76

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 77

The feasibility of representative government had been demonstrated in the

A) militia movement.
B) Olive Branch Petition.
C) Declaration of Independence.
D) committees of correspondence.
E) colonial constitutions.

Question 78

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 79

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 80

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

A) a smart strategy.
B) with complete shock that they would enlist outsiders.
C) a pathetic way to build an army.
D) a sign of British desperation.
E) None of these