Deck 6: Crisis and War, 1765-1781

Question 1

John Dickenson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania declared that

A)colonial farmers suffered the most from British economic policy.
B)current prohibitions on the colonies would,in the end,lead to the impoverishment of the British empire.
C)colonists were slaves because they were taxed without consent.
D)a system of checks and balances was missing from the imperial administration of the North American colonies.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Who of the following was NOT among the new generations of colonial orators or pamphleteers?

A)Ethan Allen
B)Patrick Henry
C)James Otis
D)Samuel Adams

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Quartering Act,part of a new program of raising revenue in the colonies,was instituted by Britain's prime minister

A)William Pitt.
B)Charles Townsend.
C)Lord Rockingham.
D)George Grenville.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The Townshend Duties,introduced in 1767,did not provoke a violent colonial response because

A)they imposed import duties rather than direct taxes.
B)no new taxes were levied.
C)merchants understood that they were simply an effort to regulate trade.
D)while some taxes increased,others on glass,lead,and paint were reduceD.

Question 5

In an attempt to govern its growing empire after the French and Indian War,Britain pursued which of the following strategies?

A)It stationed more troops in America and required American colonists to bear some of the cost of the empire.
B)It stationed more troops in America and limited colonial exports.
C)It required American colonists to bear some of the cost of the empire and expanded westward colonial settlement.
D)It required American colonists to bear some of the cost of the empire and limited colonial exports.

Question 6

One grievance that set off an immediate political crisis following passage of the Stamp Act focused on the

A)suppression of free press.
B)infringement on the prerogatives of elected assemblies.
C)violation of rights to jury trials.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 7

The Stamp Act Congress asserted that the American colonists

A)were not represented in the House of Commons.
B)could be taxed as long as it was not excessive.
C)should not be required to house and feed British soldiers.
D)should not be forced to purchase British-made goods.

Question 8

The reaffirmation of the Declaratory Act

A)quelled most colonial objections for several months.
B)satisfied many colonists but infuriated North American merchants.
C)sparked the formation of Sons of Liberty groups.
D)kept the crisis caused by the Stamp Act alive.

Question 9

The Quartering Act of 1765 was established in large part due to the request of

A)William Pitt.
B)Thomas Gage.
C)Lord Townsend.
D)Lord Rockingham.

Question 10

Which method proved most effective in providing leverage in negotiations with the royal government?

A)petitioning
B)violent protests
C)threat of a boycott
D)defiant speeches

Question 11

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act over

A)pressure from London merchants.
B)concerns about petitioning,defiant speeches,and violent protests.
C)both pressure from London merchants and concerns about petitioning,defiant speeches,and violent protests.
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

The Quartering Act dealt with

A)the coining of colonial money.
B)taxes on sugar.
C)customs on legal documents.
D)the lodging of British soldiers.

Question 13

The Green Mountain Boys began as

A)revolutionary patriots who promoted boycotts of imported British goods.
B)revolutionary patriots who facilitated communication among the Middle Colonies.
C)outlaw warriors enraged over land disputes in New Hampshire.
D)outlaw warriors that policed the frontier and administered extralegal punishments.

Question 14

Colonial resistors formed groups called the Sons of Liberty to defy the

A)Declaratory Act.
B)Quartering Act.
C)Stamp Act.
D)Townsend Duties.

Question 15

Which of the following became the symbol of the patriotic cause?

A)musket
B)elm tree
C)eagle
D)snake

Question 16

By the end of 1765,royal officials quickly concluded that the Stamp Act would be unenforceable after

A)business had been severely hampered by colonial boycotts.
B)most of the British tax agents had resigned.
C)receiving the petition from the Stamp Act Congress.
D)Lord Grenville had been hung in effigy.

Question 17

Colonial Whigs

A)were supporters of the king.
B)encouraged the exercise and appreciated the influence of political power.
C)understood the benefits of luxury consumer goods in a thriving economy.
D)believed that it was best when power lay in the hands of independent landowners.

Question 18

What became known as the Circular Letter was drafted on behalf of the Massachusetts House of Representatives by

A)John Dickenson.
B)Samuel Adams.
C)Patrick Henry.
D)James Otis.

Question 19

Sources for the ideals of liberty formulated by colonial Patriots included all EXCEPT which of the following?

A)English legal precedent
B)Greek and Roman political ideals
C)humanism of the Italian Renaissance
D)Catholic theology

Question 20

The Stamp Act of 1765 was the most controversial law passed by the British because it

A)levied a burdensome tax on imported food items.
B)imposed a direct tax that had nothing to do with the regulation of international commerce.
C)limited westward colonization opportunities.
D)required colonists to open their homes to British soldiers.

Question 21

Which of the following was true of the Continental Army?

A)By the end of 1775 retention and replacement of soldiers became more difficult.
B)Men enlisted because of attractive signing bonuses.
C)Men volunteered out of patriotism.
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 22

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation

A)was a general emancipation order.
B)offered freedom for slaves who took an oath to remain neutral in the conflict.
C)declared liberty for slaves who would join the British Army.
D)intended to undermine the institution of slavery in British America.

Question 23

The fifty-six delegates attending the First Continental Congress represented ________ of the thirteen colonies.

A)most
B)all
C)half
D)only three

Question 24

The political point of no return for the imperial crisis came with

A)King George III's rejection of the Olive Branch Petition.
B)the meeting of the Second Continental Congress.
C)the creation of the Continental Army.
D)the Boston Tea Party.

Question 25

The Boston Massacre was prompted by

A)an urban riot.
B)a tarring and feathering.
C)an assault by the Green Mountain Boys.
D)heckling and snowballs.

Question 26

The Second Continental Congress

A)was an emergency session with a limited agendA.
B)began an ongoing conversation over the formation of a makeshift government for rebellion.
C)immediately cut ties with the British Empire.
D)sustained the approach of the First Congress for peaceful redress of its grievances.

Question 27

The victories at Trenton and Princeton in December of 1776 led by General Washington

A)inflicted heavy damage on British troop levels.
B)marked the beginning of a string of successes for the colonial forces.
C)did nothing to stem the heavy tide of desertion from the Continental Army.
D)boosted American morale.

Question 28

The key factor for the success of colonial mobilization lay in

A)their correspondence,convening,and publishing.
B)the fact that they were well armed.
C)the philosophical strength of their argument.
D)their control of the news media.

Question 29

Members of correspondence committees

A)were elected officials.
B)did not hold conventional political positions.
C)were generally employed by the royal government.
D)were not prominent figures,but rather common,undistinguished men.

Question 30

Colonial soldiers were motivated to invade Quebec in September of 1775

A)by the desire to confront Indians who had been troublesome to them in the past.
B)as this campaign gave them the feeling of a religious crusade against Catholics.
C)by the possibility of financial gain with the fall of the wealthy province.
D)because of its strategic significance in the British Empire.

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT one of the measures discussed at the First Continental Congress?

A)the establishment of a special American Parliament
B)peaceful redress of grievances
C)independence from the British Empire
D)addressing petitions to King George rather than to Parliament

Question 32

Tea shipments were thwarted by activist threats in New York,Philadelphia,and Charleston,but Boston was different because

A)Thomas Hutchinson saw this as a crucial test of imperial authority.
B)colonial activists had overlooked Boston in their planning.
C)colonists there were too attached to their tea.
D)the consignment agents in Boston pushed back aggressively to avoid profit losses.

Question 33

Groups calling themselves Regulators first formed in

A)New York.
B)New England.
C)Pennsylvania.
D)South Carolina.

Question 34

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

A)emboldened colonists.
B)was respectful to the monarchy.
C)barely sold one hundred copies in its first printing.
D)claimed the rights of British subjects.

Question 35

The delegates of the First Continental Congress rallied around which event?

A)the ban on imports to Boston
B)Parliament's attempt to isolate Boston
C)the ban on exports to Britain and Ireland
D)None of these answers is correct.

Question 36

The Coercive Acts of 1774 were passed in response to

A)urban riots in Boston.
B)the Boston Massacre.
C)violence incited by the North Carolina Regulators.
D)the destruction of tea in Boston the previous year.

Question 37

The Battle of Lexington and Concord was precipitated by

A)the creation of the Continental Army.
B)the establishment of the committees of correspondence.
C)Lord North's reaction to the demands of the Continental Congress.
D)the Boston Tea Party.

Question 38

Even though Lord North's Tea Act lowered the price of tea,it was still an issue for the colonists because

A)taxes on other imports were elevated to compensate.
B)it was seen as an assertion that Parliament had the right to tax the unrepresented colonies.
C)the price was scheduled to rise again later that year.
D)most of them had begun the habit of coffee drinking and saw little benefit.

Question 39

The Quebec Act

A)eliminated French forms of civil law.
B)protected royal officials from being tried for crimes in the colonies.
C)was part of the Coercive Acts.
D)granted religious freedom to Catholics.

Question 40

The prominent public role played by women in the colonial boycotts was publicized with gatherings where they

A)cooked meals for New England's Whigs.
B)read aloud patriotic poems.
C)lectured on the need for women's suffrage.
D)spun yarn or thread for clothing.

Question 41

Discuss the role and significance of colonial correspondence,convening,and publishing during the run-up to the Revolutionary War.

Question 42

Enslaved African Americans in New England for the most part saw

A)prospects of freedom on the British side.
B)their only hope in escape from the colonies.
C)great promise in the independence movement.
D)no potential benefit for themselves on either side.

Question 43

Most Loyalists in the thirteen rebellious colonies

A)joined the British Army.
B)were not considered a persecuted minority.
C)emigrated to friendlier locations such as England and Nova Scotia.
D)were concentrated in the Southeast and Middle colonies.

Question 44

Which of the following was true of the effects of the siege at Fort Stanwix?

A)It did not stop the British advance toward Albany.
B)It allowed the British to capture the Hudson.
C)The Continental soldiers and their allies were forced to flee the fort.
D)It illustrated the complex ethnic alignments of the Revolution.

Question 45

Describe the events leading up to the Battle of Lexington and Concord.Why was this considered an irreparable rupture by many of the participants?

Question 46

During the war,a majority of the Iroquois

A)remained neutral until 1777,after which they generally sided with the British.
B)remained neutral until 1777,after which they generally sided with the Americans.
C)for the most part fought alongside the British throughout the war.
D)for the most part fought alongside the Americans throughout the war.

Question 47

Most participants in the wartime slave rebellion

A)escaped to the Caribbean.
B)were returned to their colonial masters.
C)died of disease,illness,or battle wounds.
D)enjoyed elevated status after the siege of Yorktown.

Question 48

Which of the following is NOT true of American women during the Revolutionary War?

A)They were swept into the violence and chaos of the period.
B)They became camp followers,and served as nurses,cooks,and laundresses.
C)They engaged in boycotting,manufacturing,and rioting.
D)They donned military uniforms in significant numbers.

Question 49

Compare and contrast the loyalties,participation,outcomes of both Indians and African slaves during the period of the Revolutionary War.

Question 50

Analyze the intellectual foundation,ideology,and symbolism of the independence movement.

Question 51

The Battle of Saratoga resulted in

A)more American casualties than British.
B)the disastrous end of the Albany invasion.
C)the defeat of the combined forces of Howe and Burgoyne.
D)the decision of King Louis XVI that the colonists' struggle was not viable.

Question 52

Analyze the British motives for the Tea Act,and explain how this action led to the Boston Tea Party,rather than to some other form of protest.

Question 53

Summarize the distinct military advantages held by the British Empire and the rebellious colonists,and assess the effectiveness of those advantages throughout the war.

Question 54

After the British saw success in its southern campaign in Georgia and South Carolina,they

A)were eventually forced to surrender at Yorktown.
B)continued to achieve victories throughout Virginia.
C)decided to redirect their efforts in North Carolina.
D)held the lower South for the remainder of the war.

Question 55

The Carlisle Peace Initiative was intended by the British to

A)entice the French into the conflict.
B)convince the Indians who had sided with the colonists to change their allegiance.
C)negotiate an end to the war before France could become more deeply involved.
D)appeal to the revolutionary colonists on a religious basis.

Question 56

From 1765 to 1767 the British government passed laws in as effort to assert its authority over the colonies.Summarize these laws and the various forms of popular protest that followed in response.

Question 57

During the first two years of the Revolutionary War the position of France could best be described as

A)skepticism with no military aid.
B)skepticism with covert military aid.
C)full support with no military aid.
D)full support with covert military aiD.