Gml 5 T/f

Front 1

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.

Back 1

True

Front 2

By the time of the Stamp Act crisis, "natural rights" had eclipsed the "rights of freeborn Englishmen" in the language of colonial protest.

Back 2

False

Front 3

Opposition to the Stamp Act was the first great drama of the revolutionary era.

Back 3

True

Front 4

The Stamp Act crisis was, in part, a battle to define and extend liberty in colonial America.

Back 4

True

Front 5

In the 1760s, "liberty" became the foremost slogan of colonial resistance.

Back 5

True

Front 6

During the War for Independence five percent of U.S. males aged sixteen to forty-five died.

Back 6

True

Front 7

More Americans than Frenchmen participated in George Washington's decisive victory at Yorktown.

Back 7

False

Front 8

By "unalienable rights" Thomas Jefferson meant rights so basic that no government could take them away.

Back 8

True

Front 9

By 1780, demoralization within the patriots' ranks was widespread.

Back 9

True

Front 10

Urban merchants had particular reservations about colonial boycotts of British goods.

Back 10

True

Front 11

As tensions between Britain and the colonies mounted, social conflict within the colonies faded.

Back 11

False

Front 12

By substituting "pursuit of happiness" for "property," Jefferson's Declaration of Independence significantly broadened the American conception of freedom.

Back 12

True

Front 13

During the Revolution, the British took great care not to disrupt the lives of American civilians.

Back 13

False

Front 14

"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.

Back 14

True

Front 15

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.

Back 15

True

Front 16

The 1764 Sugar Act provoked the colonists by increasing the tax on molasses imported into North America.

Back 16

False

Front 17

The Tea Act raised the price of British tea in the colonies.

Back 17

False

Front 18

The first battle of the war was very successful for George Washington.

Back 18

False

Front 19

At the beginning of the war, George Washington refused to accept black recruits.

Back 19

True

Front 20

Some slaves gained their freedom by serving as soldiers during the Revolution.

Back 20

True

Front 21

The American Declaration of Independence has been an inspirational political document for peoples around the world.

Back 21

True

Front 22

At Trenton, Washington staged a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in the service of the British.

Back 22

True

Front 23

The Coercive Acts were known as the Abominable Acts in the colonies.

Back 23

False