US History Revolutionary History Review

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US History Revolutionary History Review
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Each of the following was a reason for the
colonists to enjoy their membership in the
British Empire in the 1750s EXCEPT

• A) military protection from the Indians and the
  French
• B) political stability
• C) British subsidies for colonial industry
• D) opportunity for trade

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During the fifty years after the Glorious
Revolution, the British policy of neglect of the
colonial economy

• dissipated as the kings reasserted their power in
  the British government.
• B) was lessened by the capabilities of royal
  officials in America.
• C) was sustained by some Parliamentary leaders
  who believed relaxation of restrictions would
  spur commerce.
• D) was lessened as officials in London learned
  more about the colonial economies.

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Which of the following was not a step taken by
the First Continental Congress?

• It adopted a plan for a colonial union under
  British authority.
• It endorsed a statement of grievances.
• C) It called for military preparations.
• D) It called for a series of boycotts.

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By the 1750s colonial legislatures had come to
see themselves as

• A) little parliaments.
• B) agents of the royal governor.
• C) powerless.
• D) agents for democratic reform.

6
A conference of colonial leaders gathered in
Albany, New York, in 1754 to discuss a proposal
by Benjamin Franklin to

• A) establish "one general government" for all of
  the colonies.
• B) negotiate a treaty with the French.
• C) expand a system of intercolonial roads.
• D) extend the operation of the colonial postal
  service.

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Both the French and the English were well aware
that the battle for control of North America
would be determined in part by

• A) who had the Dutch on their side.
• B) whose king was the best military commander.
• C) which group could win the allegiance of native
  tribes.
• D) whose armies could best fight "Indian"
  fashion.

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The British victory in the Great War for the
empire

• A) expelled France and Spain from North America.
• B) gave England control of most the settled
  regions of North America.
• C) resulted in the defeat of all North American
  Indian tribes.
• D) resulted in less contact between Britain and
  America.

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George III influenced the growing strain between
the colonies and Great Britain through

• A) his alliance with the Whigs led by William
  Pitt.
• B) his psychological illness during the 1760s
  and 1770s.
• C) his willingness to defer while Parliament
  dictated increasingly harsh terms to the
  colonies.
• D) his insecure personality, which contributed
  to the instability of the British government
  during these years.

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In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen
and Indians and provide for a more orderly
settlement of the West, the British government

• A) forbade settlers from crossing the mountains
  that divided the Atlantic coast from the
  interior.
• B) gave Indian tribes and confederations
  colonial status.
• C) allowed interior settlement only if settlers
  bought land from the tribes.
• D) put forts in the Ohio Valley to protect
  settlers there.

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Which of the following was a consequence of the
policies of the Grenville ministry?

• A) British tax revenues in the colonies increased
  ten times.
• B) Colonists effectively resisted and paid
  little tax.
• C) Many colonial merchants went out of
  business.
• D) Colonial assemblies assumed the
  responsibility for taxing their individual
  colonies.

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Colonists argued that the Stamp Act was not
proper because

• A) it affected only a few people, so the burden
  was not shared.
• B) the money raised would not be spent in the
  colonies.
• C) colonies could be taxed only by their
  provincial assemblies.
• D) the tax was too high.

13
___________ was the author of the Virginia
Resolves.

1. James Otis
2. Samuel Adams
3. John Adams
4. Patrick Henry

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British authorities decided to repeal the Stamp
Act primarily because of the

• A) passage of the "Virginia Resolves."
• B) well-reasoned petitions of the Stamp Act
  Congress.
• C) intimidation tactics employed by the Sons of
  Liberty.
• D) economic pressure caused by a colonial
  boycott of English goods.

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Townshend believed his taxes on the colonists
would not be protested because they were

• A) "external" taxes--taxes on goods brought from
  overseas.
• B) not going to be strictly enforced.
• C) lower than the Stamp Act taxes.
• D) to support colonial projects.

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The Boston Massacre

• A) was probably the result of panic and confusion
  by British soldiers.
• B) reversed the calming trend that had occurred
  after the repeal of the Townshend Acts.
• C) made John Adams a leader of the resistance.
• D) killed over thirty members of the
  resistance.

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Colonial "committees of correspondence" were
created to

• A) keep colonial intellectuals in contact with
  each other.
• B) publicize grievances against England.
• C) improve the writing skills of young
  gentlemen.
• D) correspond with English radicals who
  supported the American cause.

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American complaints concerning lack of
representation made little sense to the English
who pointed out that

• A) over eighty percent of the population of Great
  Britain was entitled to vote for members of
  Parliament.
• B) each colony was represented by an agent and
  a designated member of Parliament.
• C) each member of Parliament represented the
  interests of the whole empire rather than a
  particular individual or geographical area.
• D) American participation in parliamentary
  discussions would bind them to unpopular
  decisions.

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Which of the following battles marked the turning
point in the war?

1. Battle of Cowpens
2. Battle of Trenton
3. Battle of Saratoga
4. Battle of Long Island

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Colonists felt that when the English constitution
was allowed to function properly, it created the
best political system because it

• A) distributed power among the three elements of
  society--the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the
  common people.
• B) created a republican government.
• C) created a democracy.
• D) put power in the hands of those best suited
  to govern.

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Colonists used the arguments laid out in the
____________ as the basis for their greivances
against the lack of representation.

1. House of Lords
2. Olive Branch Petition
3. Magna Carta
4. Declaration of Independence

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Sir Jeffery Amherst reversed his policy towards
the natives after the _______________.

1. Line of Proclamation
2. Stono rebellion
3. Shays rebellion
4. Pontiacs rebellion

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The dispute over the Tea Act

• A) led to the weakening of the colonial position
  by women who refused to support the boycott.
• B) derived from a doubling of the tax on tea.
• C) led to a resistance similar in scale to
  earlier protests.
• D) caused the implementation of the Intolerable
  Acts.

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What did Abigail Adams seek in the new America?

1. Right for women to divorce their husbands
2. Equal status for women as citizens under the law
3. Religious tolerance in all the new states
4. End of slavery

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The Coercive Acts or "Intolerable Acts"

• A) isolated Massachusetts from the other
  colonies.
• B) made Massachusetts a martyr in the eyes of
  other colonies.
• C) created no concern among any group other
  than merchants.
• D) increased the power of colonial assemblies.

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At the time of the American Revolution
approximately, ______ Americans were sympathetic
to Great Britains point of view.

1. 1/3
2. 1/5
3. 1/4
4. 1/6

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After Lexington and Concord

• A) independence immediately became an American
  war aim.
• B) Congress rejected the "Olive Branch Petition"
  that was an effort at reconciliation with
  Britain. C) it took almost a year for
  independence to become a primary war aim.
• D) people immediately viewed independence as a
  war aim, but it took Congress over a year to
  concur.

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense is an important work
because it

• helped Americans reconcile their differences with
  England.
• B) persuaded Americans that no reconciliation
  with Britain was possible.
• C) supported the concept of the English
  constitution.
• D) argued that Parliament, not the King, was the
  enemy.

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The Declaration of Independence stated that
governments were formed to

• give men an opportunity to exert power.
• B) reward loyal servants of the state.
• C) promote democracy.
• D) protect a person's life, freedom, and right to
  pursue happiness.

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After the initial surge of patriotism, American
troops

• came primarily from volunteers.
• B) immediately came under the control of the
  federal government.
• C) came from both conscription and payment of
  bounties.
• D) were primarily paid substitutes.

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Most of America's war materials came from

• American manufacturers.
• B) the seizure of British forts and the surrender
  of British armies.
• C) the capture of supply ships by American
  privateers.
• D) foreign aid.

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Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages
in the Revolution except

• the greatest navy and the best-equipped army in
  the world.
• B) superior industrial resources.
• C) greater commitment to the conflict.
• D) a coherent structure of command.

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The Articles of Confederation actually

• confirmed the weak, decentralized system of
  government already in operation.
• B) drew the stages together into a strong
  government.
• C) put power in the hands of the military.
• D) put power in the hands of the executive and
  his appointees.

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The choice of George Washington as commander in
chief was a good one because of his

• knowledge of military affairs.
• B) image among the people, who trusted and
  respected him.
• C) successful military experience in the Great
  War for the empire.
• D) relaxed, informal way with his men

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After a year of war, the British realized

• they had a better chance of success in the South
  where Tory support was stronger.
• B) the war had become more than just a local
  phenomenon around Boston.
• C) the American invasion of Canada had taken away
  a substantial amount of British territory.
• D) that they could win the war by taking Boston.

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John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga

• convinced the French that they should help the
  Americans.
• B) caused the British to consider giving up the
  fight.
• C) made George Washington a military hero.
• D) had little effect on the war in the long run.

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After 1777 the British decided to focus their
efforts in the South because

• there was less population there.
• B) they believed there were more Loyalists there.
  
• C) they thought slaves would help them.
• D) they had more Indian allies there.

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The treason of Benedict Arnold

• shocked George Washington.
• B) came as no surprise since he was not highly
  regarded.
• C) led to the surrender of the fort at West
  Point.
• D) resulted in Arnold's hanging.

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The British were forced to surrender at Yorktown
because

• French troops and a French fleet helped trap the
  British.
• B) Washington was able to defeat the British in
  the field.
• C) Americans were finally better trained than the
  British.
• D) the British commander underestimated the size
  of Washington's army

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Native Americans

• generally fought in the war on the side of the
  British.
• B) generally fought in the war on the side of the
  Americans.
• C) generally stayed neutral in the war.
• D) saw their position improved by the results of
  the Revolution.

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During the Revolution women took on new
responsibilities. After the war

• things generally went back to the way they were
  before and few concrete reforms occurred in the
  status of women.
• B) women were able to translate wartime gains
  into peacetime reforms.
• C) women were recognized and honored for their
  contributions with new careers.
• D) women got the right to vote in most northern
  colonies.

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In spite of rhetoric proclaiming "all men are
created equal," slavery survived in America for
nearly a century after the Revolution because
whites

• harbored racist assumptions about the natural
  inferiority of blacks.
• B) never considered it immoral or wrong.
• C) feared free blacks would return to Africa.
• D) refused to consider plans to compensate
  slaveholders for gradual emancipation of slaves.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the only
institution of national authority was the

• Supreme Court.
• B) Congress.
• C) President of the United States.
• D) Senate.

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In order to protect the colonists from increased
Indian aggression from Canada after the Seven
Years War, Great Britain sent an additional
10,000 troops to the colonies. The colonies were
expected to provide food, beer, and shelter
within their own homes through the
___________________.

• Suffolk Resolves
• Stamp Act
• C) Quartering Act
• D) Quebec Act