Deck 5: The American Revolution, 1763-1783

Question 1

The expulsion of the journalist John Wilkes from his seat in Parliament:

A) symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America.
B) pleased most American colonists because of Wilkes's pro-Stamp Act editorials.
C) resulted from a column Wilkes wrote that was sympathetic toward those killed in the Boston Massacre.
D) came after a London jury convicted him of colluding with pro-independence colonists.
E) was reversed by the king, which led to a British constitutional crisis that diverted attention from the colonies.

Answer 1

symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America.

Question 2

The Stamp Act created such a stir in the colonies because:

A) it raised prices on printed products so much that most colonists no longer could afford to buy books and newspapers.
B) lawyers were offended that they could be jailed for not using the correct stamp on legal documents.
C) it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies.
D) none of the revenue raised would be spent within the colonies themselves.
E) Benjamin Franklin went public with his opposition to it.

Answer 2

it was the first direct tax Parliament imposed on the colonies.

Question 3

In regards to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, which statement was true?

A) The Congress wanted to stop written protests of the tax.
B) The Congress hoped to end boycotts.
C) According to the Congress, colonial governors should make decisions unilaterally.
D) The Congress did not want the colonies to work together.
E) The Congress did not look to declare independence from England.

Answer 3

The Congress did not look to declare independence from England.

Question 4

Crispus Attucks:

A) defended in court the British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre.
B) organized the boycott of British imports following the Townshend Act.
C) was the first person of mixed race to serve in the Continental Congress.
D) was a man of mixed race who was killed at the Boston Massacre.
E) died bravely at the Battle of Concord.

Question 5

The Declaratory Act:

A) imposed a boycott on all manufactured goods produced in the colonies.
B) declared that colonists had to house British soldiers in their homes.
C) closed the Port of Boston because of the Boston Tea Party.
D) rejected American claims that only their elected representatives could levy taxes.
E) proclaimed the colonies' independence from Great Britain.

Question 6

What contribution did the Stamp Act episode make to the colonists' concept of liberty?

A) The elite became more aware of liberty, but the lower classes remained unconcerned, choosing instead just to follow leaders who encouraged them to riot.
B) The Stamp Act Congress insisted that the right to consent to taxation was essential to people's freedom.
C) It led the Stamp Act Congress to adopt the Declaratory Act, which defined American liberties.
D) It convinced colonists that revolting against Great Britain was the only way to secure their liberties.
E) Requiring everyone freed from jail to wear a stamp reminded colonists that they were prisoners of the British empire.

Question 7

Virtual representation was the idea:

A) that only those who were elected by a given population could represent that population in a legislative body.
B) about representation that most politically active American colonists in the 1760s and 1770s embraced.
C) endorsed by the Stamp Act Congress in 1765.
D) that each member of Britain's House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district.
E) that the king should appoint delegates to represent the colonies in the British House of Commons.

Question 8

Which armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina's county officials, was defeated by the colony's militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

A) The Sons of Liberty.
B) The Regulators.
C) The Paxton Boys.
D) The Association.
E) The Rangers.

Question 9

What impact did the Committees of Correspondence have in America?

A) They allowed for good communication between the colonists and their Indian allies.
B) Enforcement of taxes and regulations became more efficient.
C) These networks allowed slaves to communicate about escaping from their owners.
D) Colonial leaders were able to spread ideas and information of resistance to taxes more quickly.
E) The first committee started in Charleston, South Carolina, and more were created in other colonies except New England.

Question 10

What was the key political origin of the American Revolution?

A) The Sugar Act financially hurt New England merchants.
B) The Stamp Act was a tax that most colonists had to pay.
C) The colonists did not like a westward barrier to settlements.
D) The colonists criticized the lack of representation in Parliament.
E) The colonists did not want the writs of assistance to be used.

Question 11

After what major event did the British government make the colonies bear part of the cost of the empire?

A) The Declaration of Independence.
B) King Philip's War.
C) The Seven Years' War.
D) The Boston Tea Party.
E) The appointment of William Pitt as British prime minister.

Question 12

What idea did both the Regulators and Stamp Act Congress share?

A) There should be no taxes under any circumstances.
B) Colonists wanted to be represented in the government.
C) Colonial governors should make decisions unilaterally.
D) Boycotts did not work as a means of protest.
E) Native Americans should remain in control of land west of the Appalachians.

Question 13

The Sons of Liberty:

A) enjoyed support from New York craftsmen and laborers.
B) won widespread support from New York's upper classes.
C) opposed any violent response to the Stamp Act.
D) prompted founder Samuel Adams and his cousin John Adams to break off relations.
E) caused the Boston Massacre in 1765.

Question 14

Unlike the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts focused on:

A) taxing goods imported into the colonies.
B) taxing legal documents.
C) sugar and rum.
D) creating more smuggling opportunities.
E) raising revenue to pay the salaries of colonial assembly members.

Question 15

The treatment of John Wilkes resembled which act of Parliament against the colonies?

A) Tea Act.
B) Quebec Act.
C) Sugar Act.
D) Townshend Duties.
E) Intolerable Acts.

Question 16

The Sugar Act alarmed colonists, in part because it:

A) increased the tax on molasses and made rum more expensive to produce.
B) made sugar, a key consumer good, too expensive.
C) mandated that violators of the act be tried in a court with a jury.
D) eliminated the admiralty courts, which colonists had long favored.
E) was an attempt to get them to pay a levy they would otherwise have evaded.

Question 17

The "Daughters of Liberty" was the name given to:

A) the female children of the Founding Fathers, especially the daughters of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.
B) New England women who won voting rights in the 1770s.
C) the brave women who cared for wounded soldiers during the early battles of the Revolution.
D) women who spun and wove to create their own clothing rather than buy British goods.
E) the first national women's patriotic organization, which raised money to provide supplies for the Continental army after Saratoga.

Question 18

What political movement of the seventeenth century resembled the 1760s Regulator movement in South Carolina?

A) The Salem witch trials.
B) Leisler's Rebellion.
C) King Philip's War.
D) Dominion of New England.
E) Bacon's Rebellion.

Question 19

The attack by Massachusetts colonists on the home of lieutenant governor and chief justice Thomas Hutchinson:

A) convinced him that the Stamp Act, which he had previously supported, was unwise.
B) physically assaulted Hutchinson's family, an act that prompted Great Britain to clamp down on colonial liberties.
C) resulted from protests over the Stamp Act.
D) led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts immediately.
E) included Samuel and John Adams.

Question 20

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers:

A) killed Indians who were raiding frontier towns.
B) fired into a mob and killed a number of Boston residents.
C) captured members of the Sons of Liberty involved in the Boston Tea Party.
D) fired on local minutemen guarding an arsenal.
E) tried to defend Thomas Hutchinson from an angry mob.

Question 21

What made Thomas Paine's Common Sense a unique document?

A) It was the only document in 1776 calling for American independence.
B) It was mostly original in its ideas and concepts.
C) It wanted the United States to form a representative government.
D) It expanded the size of the public sphere, going beyond the elite.
E) It talked about how American commerce would flourish even more once it was no longer under British regulations.

Question 22

Who was Samuel Seabury?

A) He was a Revolutionary War hero for the Americans.
B) He served in the Continental Congress from New York.
C) As a minister, he led colonial protests against British taxes.
D) He was a British general who chased after Washington's army.
E) As a colonial minister, he remained a British Loyalist.

Question 23

The Quebec Act:

A) granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.
B) placed a tax on all imported goods from Canada.
C) removed the Ohio River Valley from the province of Quebec.
D) called for Canada to join America in the struggle for independence.
E) created Quebec out of the preexisting provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick.

Question 24

When the Second Continental Congress created an official army, how did the British respond?

A) They removed British troops from Boston.
B) They declared that the colonies were in a state of rebellion.
C) They asked the Spanish and French for help to defeat the Americans.
D) They sent diplomats to negotiate for peace.
E) They did not take the actions of Congress seriously because to them George Washington was an inexperienced commander.

Question 25

Thomas Paine's Common Sense:

A) argued that the British governmental system was perfectly good but that current officials had corrupted it.
B) made highly original arguments in favor of independence.
C) sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes.
D) argued that America would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind."
E) led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position.

Question 26

Who warned that independence would lead to disunity in the colonies?

A) Ben Franklin.
B) Sam Adams.
C) Ethan Allen.
D) George Washington.
E) Joseph Galloway.

Question 27

In his document "An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province in New-York," the minister Samuel Seabury equated freedom with:

A) religion.
B) British tyranny.
C) sedition.
D) property ownership.
E) Indians' right to use land.

Question 28

At the first Continental Congress, who declared, "I am not a Virginian, but an American"?

A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) George Washington.
C) Richard Henry Lee.
D) Patrick Henry.
E) Edmund Randolph.

Question 29

Who wrote the following: "One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule, by giving mankind an ass for a lion"?

A) Thomas Jefferson.
B) Jonathan Boucher.
C) Samuel Seabury.
D) Ben Franklin.
E) Thomas Paine.

Question 30

Which of the following was associated with the Intolerable Acts?

A) For the first time, British authorities stationed soldiers in Boston.
B) Parliament closed all American ports to all trade until the tea destroyed by the Boston Tea Party was paid for.
C) The Massachusetts Charter of 1691 was changed to curtail town meetings.
D) The office of governor of Massachusetts became an elected position.
E) Colonists were prevented from producing items made from glass, paper, or lead.

Question 31

In what ways was Thomas Paine's Common Sense similar to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence?

A) Both Jefferson and Paine discussed how the United States could create a navy.
B) Both showed how a king can be a tyrant.
C) Paine used many Latin phrases, which led Jefferson to do the same.
D) Paine criticized using slaves from Africa, and that same criticism appeared in the Declaration of Independence.
E) Both documents contradicted the ideas of John Locke.

Question 32

Which of the following was a significant battle during the first year of the Revolutionary War?

A) Yorktown, a siege in Virginia.
B) Monmouth, where the opposing armies fought to a draw.
C) Bunker Hill, where the British suffered heavy casualties trying to dislodge colonial militiamen.
D) Saratoga, where a large British army surrendered.
E) Cowpens, which helped turn the tide of war in the South.

Question 33

Why did colonists object to the Tea Act?

A) Because it would aid a different part of the empire than their own, colonists felt that this was the kind of discriminatory action that violated the concept of liberty.
B) By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain's right to tax the colonists.
C) It granted a monopoly, and the colonists opposed all forms of monopoly.
D) The British East India Company made inferior tea, and colonists preferred not to drink it.
E) It raised the tax on tea so much as to make tea prohibitively expensive.

Question 34

Most of the text of the Declaration of Independence:

A) was originally drafted by Benjamin Franklin and then brilliantly edited by Thomas Jefferson.
B) consists of a list of grievances against King George III.
C) is an updated version of John Locke's classic, The Rights of Man.
D) specifically attacks the idea that Parliament has a right to enact any laws for the colonies.
E) is an irrefutable argument for the notion of virtual representation.

Question 35

The Committees of Safety:

A) served to warn colonists if the Royal Navy was approaching.
B) were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty.
C) killed twenty-eight Loyalists before the Revolutionary War began.
D) took action against Catholics trying to spread Quebec's influence.
E) were designed to protect British officials like Thomas Hutchinson but attracted too small a number of members to succeed.

Question 36

What were the Suffolk Resolves?

A) The peace treaty that ended the Regulator movement in North Carolina.
B) A list of demands addressed to landlords, made in 1772 by New York tenant farmers.
C) A group of anti-Tea Act petitions from Boston merchants to the Massachusetts royal governor.
D) The resolutions pledging the Continental Congress's loyalty to King George III in 1775.
E) A set of resolutions made in 1774, urging Massachusetts citizens to prepare for war.

Question 37

In the years immediately before the American Revolution, the concept of natural rights:

A) greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson's early writings.
B) prompted Thomas Jefferson to support independence before the war even began.
C) caused many American colonists to call for the abolition of the monarchy.
D) contradicted the argument for colonial resistance.
E) led to Parliament's passage of the Declaratory Act of 1766.

Question 38

What did Lord Dunmore do that outraged many southerners?

A) He encouraged Indians to conduct raids against backcountry settlements in the Carolinas.
B) He issued a proclamation freeing all slaves south of the Ohio River.
C) He promised freedom to slaves who joined the British cause.
D) He confiscated property of Loyalists.
E) He circulated germ-ridden blankets among frontier towns to spread disease.

Question 39

Why did Jefferson address the Declaration of Independence to the "opinions of mankind"?

A) He wanted to emphasize free speech.
B) He was unsure of including women.
C) He wanted to reach a worldwide audience.
D) He was actually reiterating that his opinion was the most significant.
E) He borrowed the phrase from Parliament.

Question 40

What prevents a law like the Intolerable Acts from occurring in the United States today?

A) The Declaration of Independence.
B) The Writs of Assistance.
C) The Bill of Rights.
D) State governors.
E) The president.

Question 41

A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was:

A) France becoming an ally to the United States.
B) the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.
C) the immediate surrender of all British troops to the Continental army.
D) British commanders taking the war into the heart of New England for the first time.
E) General Washington's decision to retreat to Valley Forge for the winter.

Question 42

During the eight years of war, approximately how many Americans bore arms in the Continental army and state militias?

A) 80,000.
B) 125,000.
C) 200,000.
D) 350,000.
E) 500,000.

Question 43

Next to national independence, what was the second most significant concession the United States gained in the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

A) Canadian territory.
B) Spanish Florida.
C) A large piece of territory west of the Appalachian Mountains.
D) Property from Loyalists.
E) Exclusive trading rights with Spain.

Question 44

British possessions in the West Indies:

A) were handed over to the new United States in the Treaty of Paris.
B) issued their own declarations of independence in the late 1770s.
C) remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution because their leaders feared slave uprisings.
D) all fell into the hands of the French, either through conquest or treaty, as a result of the American Revolution.
E) were divided during the American Revolution: some islands sent regiments to the Continental army, while others proudly fought for the king.

Question 45

Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown because:

A) he had no land or water escape route.
B) he was overwhelmed by Washington's much larger and better-trained army.
C) General Clinton had withdrawn from Yorktown, leaving Cornwallis vulnerable.
D) most of his troops were cold, starving, and ready to surrender.
E) King George III ordered an end to the war.

Question 46

In the winter of 1776-1777, Washington won important victories that improved American morale. These battles were at:

A) Saratoga and Albany, New York.
B) Morristown and East Orange, New Jersey.
C) Long Island and White Plains, New York.
D) Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
E) Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey.

Question 47

In the same year the Declaration of Independence was signed,:

A) the Spanish established a mission at San Diego.
B) the Lakota Sioux settled in the Black Hills.
C) the French and Indian War ended.
D) the steam engine was invented.
E) the Boston Massacre occurred.

Question 48

The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris of 1783:

A) ignored those who had been loyal to the British empire.
B) was a masterful bit of diplomacy by Thomas Jefferson.
C) gave the new American nation control of Florida.
D) led to the British government receiving compensation for anything the Continental Congress had taken from British citizens.
E) began only after the Battle of Yorktown.

Question 49

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Thomas Hutchinson

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 50

Ultimately, what led to the colonies' victory in the American Revolution?

A) George Washington's major assaults on New York City.
B) The French invasion of England.
C) The French blockade of Philadelphia.
D) Washington's ability to keep an army together.
E) An alliance with Spain.

Question 51

Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Paris in 1783 is true?

A) Mexico would be independent from Spain.
B) Trading concessions were most important to the United States.
C) France and England could work together in spreading Catholicism.
D) Canada wanted to be part of the United States.
E) Native Americans were not given a role in shaping the eastern half of North America.

Question 52

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Charles Townshend

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 53

What was one important legacy of the Declaration of Independence?

A) It immediately resulted in Great Britain granting independence to its colonies.
B) Spain welcomed the document, printing multiple copies for its citizens.
C) It inspired future revolutions against despotic governments.
D) It led to an immediate alliance with France.
E) It weakened the resolve of British military commanders fighting against the Patriots.

Question 54

During the Revolutionary War, tensions between backcountry farmers and wealthy planters:

A) enabled the British to turn around their previously unsuccessful performance during the war.
B) prompted several mutinies within colonial ranks.
C) gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.
D) led Benedict Arnold to defect to the British.
E) caused Francis Marion's eventual defeat at the Battle of Cowpens.

Question 55

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
George Washington

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 56

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Thomas Paine

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 57

The main point of The American Crisis is:

A) that the Continental Congress should agree to peaceful reunification with Britain.
B) to inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses.
C) that independence was too costly a goal for the colonies.
D) to encourage European powers to provide military assistance to the cause of American independence.
E) a prediction that the war would end unhappily for supporters of independence.

Question 58

In today's world, more than ________________of the countries have issued declarations of independence.

A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 40 percent
E) 50 percent

Question 59

What ultimately led to the Americans using black recruits in the Continental army?

A) Washington did not want the British to gain an advantage by using ex-slaves.
B) Washington felt they were superior soldiers.
C) The Continental Congress stated black soldiers would not be given any compensation.
D) The French insisted that the Continental army be a diverse fighting force.
E) Washington saw black enlistment as the quickest way to end slavery in the colonies.

Question 60

In 1778, the focus of the war shifted:

A) from minor skirmishes of fewer than 100 men to major battles, each involving thousands of soldiers.
B) from fighting in the southern states to fighting in New York and New England.
C) to an emphasis on the Continental army's trying to capture British strongholds in the Ohio Valley.
D) to the South, where the British captured Savannah that year.
E) to emancipation, when General Washington declared that all slaves who fought for American independence should be free.

Question 61

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
John Adams

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 62

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
homespun virtue

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 63

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Sir William Howe

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 64

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Patrick Henry

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 65

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Benedict Arnold

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 66

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Committee of Correspondence

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 67

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Sons of Liberty

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 68

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Stamp Act

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 69

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Ethiopian regiment residents

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 70

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Loyalists

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 71

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
virtual representation

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 72

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Common Sense

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 73

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Regulators

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 74

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
East India Company

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 75

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Quebec Act

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty

Question 76

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Ethan Allen

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 77

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Thomas Jefferson

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 78

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Crispus Attucks

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 79

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Lord Dunmore

A)offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B)American traitor in command of West Point
C)lawyer defending British soldiers at Boston Massacre
D)British chancellor of the Exchequer
E)Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F)wrote Common Sense
G)commander of the Continental army
H)author of the Declaration of Independence
I)British commander
J)sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K)declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L)leader of the Green Mountain boys

Question 80

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Saratoga

A)first significant American victory
B)beneficiary of the Tea Act
C)religious tolerance for Catholics
D)colonists who were loyal to Britain
E)black Loyalist forces
F)pamphlet that argued for American independence
G)each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H)exchanged ideas about resistance
I)street protesters
J)wealthy South Carolina backcountry
K)refusal to buy British goods
L)viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty