Us History Chapter 5 Quiz

Front 1

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

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France’s becoming an ally to the United States.

Front 2

All of the following were advantages enjoyed by the British during the American Revolution EXCEPT:

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an intimate knowledge of the terrain.

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Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with:

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the Intolerable Acts.

Front 4

Crispus Attucks:

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was a person of mixed race killed at the Boston Massacre.

Front 5

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

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gave the British hope that they might be able to enlist the support of southern Loyalists.

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In 1778, the focus of the war shifted:

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to the South, where the British captured Savannah that year.

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

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Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey

Front 8

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

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greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson’s early writings.

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The “Daughters of Liberty” was the name given to:

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women who spun and wove their own clothing rather than buying British goods.

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The Committees of Safety:

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were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty.

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The Declaratory Act:

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rejected Americans’ claims that only their elected representatives could levy taxes.

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

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

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The main point of The American Crisis was:

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to inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses.

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The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris of 1783:

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began only after the Battle of Yorktown.

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The Quebec Act:

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granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.

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The Sons of Liberty:

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was the creation of New York residents who led boycotts of British goods.

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

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

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Virtual representation was the idea:

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that each member of Britain’s House of Commons represented the entire empire, not just his own district.

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Washington’s defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown:

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destroyed British public support for the war.

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What 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?

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the Regulators

Front 21

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

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The Stamp Act Congress insisted that the right to consent to taxation was essential to people’s freedom.

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What did Lord Dunmore do that horrified many southerners?

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He promised freedom to slaves who joined the British cause.

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What major event first led the British government to seek ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost of the empire?

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the Seven Years’ War

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Which one of the following did NOT specifically provide for direct or indirect taxes on the colonies?

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the Declaratory Act

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Which one of the following is true of the soldiers who fought for American independence?

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Soldiers fought as volunteers in the Continental army or as a requirement in a militia.

Front 26

Which one of the following statements about Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is FALSE?

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It was breathtakingly original in its ideas.

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Which one of the following statements regarding black soldiers during the American Revolution is FALSE?

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No southern state allowed blacks to serve in its militia.

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Which one of the following was associated with the Intolerable Acts?

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The Massachusetts Charter of 1691 was changed to curtail town meetings.

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Why did colonists object to the Tea Act?

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By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain’s right to tax the colonists.

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Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.

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False

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American colonists widely believed that Britain had no authority to tax the colonists since the colonists had no elected representative in Parliament.

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True

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American leaders viewed the British empire as an association of equals.

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True

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Americans did not gain much more than independence from the Treaty of Paris.

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False

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Benedict Arnold almost succeeded in turning over to the British the important fort of Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain.

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False

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British commanders were never able to consolidate their hold on the South.

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True

Front 36

Great Britain had the world’s largest navy.

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True

Front 37

Homespun clothing became a symbol of American resistance during the American boycott on British goods.

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True

Front 38

James Chalmers, the Loyalist and member of Maryland’s planter elite, equated independence with slavery.

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True

Front 39

John Wilkes was expelled from his seat in Parliament for his scandalous writings about the king; this caused many colonists to rally to his side with the call “Wilkes and Liberty.”

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True

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Samuel Adams defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in a court of law.

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False

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Siding with the British offered slaves far more opportunities for liberty than did siding with the pro-independence Americans.

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True

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The American victory at Trenton convinced the French to join the American cause.

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False

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The First Continental Congress raised an army and appointed George Washington as its commander.

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False

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The French played a significant role in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

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True

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The idea of American exceptionalism was prevalent in the Revolution.

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True

Front 46

The Sons of Liberty enforced a boycott of British goods.

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True

Front 47

The Treaty of Paris was negotiated within six months after Cornwallis’s surrender.

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False

Front 48

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as a response to Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.

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False

Front 49

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was written specifically for the educated elite.

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False

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Washington’s army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.

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True