Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
By late 1774, colonial Committees of Safety had begun transferring effective power from established colonial governments (under British control) to grassroots bodies; by 1775, some 7,000 men were serving on local committees throughout the colonies.
|
True
|
|
By the time of the Stamp Act crisis, "natural rights" had eclipsed the "rights of freeborn Englishmen" in the language of colonial protest.
|
False
|
|
Opposition to the Stamp Act was the first great drama of the revolutionary era.
|
True
|
|
The Stamp Act crisis was, in part, a battle to define and extend liberty in colonial America.
|
True
|
|
In the 1760s, "liberty" became the foremost slogan of colonial resistance.
|
True
|
|
During the War for Independence five percent of U.S. males aged sixteen to forty-five died.
|
True
|
|
More Americans than Frenchmen participated in George Washington's decisive victory at Yorktown.
|
False
|
|
By "unalienable rights" Thomas Jefferson meant rights so basic that no government could take them away.
|
True
|
|
By 1780, demoralization within the patriots' ranks was widespread.
|
True
|
|
Urban merchants had particular reservations about colonial boycotts of British goods.
|
True
|
|
As tensions between Britain and the colonies mounted, social conflict within the colonies faded.
|
False
|
|
By substituting "pursuit of happiness" for "property," Jefferson's Declaration of Independence significantly broadened the American conception of freedom.
|
True
|
|
During the Revolution, the British took great care not to disrupt the lives of American civilians.
|
False
|
|
"Liberty" was the foremost popular rallying cry in the Age of Revolution that began in British North America and spread to Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
|
True
|
|
When, on April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston to the nearby town of Concord to seize a cache of weapons, some forty-nine Americans and seventy-three British soldiers died in skirmishes.
|
True
|
|
The 1764 Sugar Act provoked the colonists by increasing the tax on molasses imported into North America.
|
False
|
|
The Tea Act raised the price of British tea in the colonies.
|
False
|
|
The first battle of the war was very successful for George Washington.
|
False
|
|
At the beginning of the war, George Washington refused to accept black recruits.
|
True
|
|
Some slaves gained their freedom by serving as soldiers during the Revolution.
|
True
|
|
The American Declaration of Independence has been an inspirational political document for peoples around the world.
|
True
|
|
At Trenton, Washington staged a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in the service of the British.
|
True
|
|
The Coercive Acts were known as the Abominable Acts in the colonies.
|
False
|