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.

4. The British victory in the Great War for the empire:

A. expelled France and Spain from North America.

B. gave England control of the settled regions of North America, including Canada and Florida.

C. resulted in the defeat of all North American Indian tribes.

D. resulted in less contact between Britain and America.

5. Prior to the Great War for the empire, the Iroquois Confederacy:

A. traded exclusively with the English.

B. traded exclusively with the French.

C. maintained their autonomy by avoiding a close relationship with both French and the English.

D. traded only with the five tribes that made up the Confederacy.

6. Which of the following did not occur during the Great War for the empire?

A. Americans were reimbursed for supplies requisitioned in their respective colonies.

B. Colonial assemblies were in charge of recruitment in their respective colonies.

C. The French lost the city of Quebec.

D. Most of the fighting was done by colonial militia.

6. For which of the following was the result of the Great War for the empire a disaster?

A. English frontiersmen and traders.

B. Colonial merchants.

C. The Iroquois Confederacy.

D. The Royal Africa Company.

8. The English decision to reorganize the British Empire after 1763 was the result of:

A. colonial demands for more efficient government.

B. problems in the merchant community and their desire for regulation.

C. colonial unrest, which the British government planned to put down before it becomes serious.

D. a need to administer an empire that was now twice as large as it had been.

9. 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 form crossing the mountains that divided the Atlantic coast form 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 int eh Ohio Valley to protect settlers there.

9. 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.

9. The Regulator movement of 1771 consisted of:

A. Pennsylvania frontiersmen who demanded attention from the colonial government for their defense needs.

B. farmers of the Carolina upcountry who protested lack of representation and forcibly tax collection.

C. northern merchants who refused to comply with the restrictions of the Grenville program.

D. western farmers who protested the Proclamation of 1763.

9. British policies after 1763:

A. Destroyed the economy of the American colonies.

B. Stripped colonial assemblies of their authority.

C. Created a deep sense of economic unease, particularly in colonial cities.

D. Actually helped the colonial economy.

9. 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.

9. 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.

9. 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.

9. 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.

9. American complaints concerning lack of representation made little sense to the English wh 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.

9. 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 republican government.

D. Put power in the hands of those best suited to govern.

9. The Coercive Acts or "Intolerable Acts":

A. Isolated Massachusetts from the other colonies.

B. Made Massachusetts a martyr in the eye of other colonists.

C. Created no concern among any group other than merchants.

D. Increased the power of colonial assemblies.

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

A. It adopted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.

B. It endorsed a statement of grievances.

C. It called for military preparations.

D. It called for a series of boycott.

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21. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is an important work because it:

A. 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.

22. The Declaration of Independence stated that governments were formed to:

A. Give men an opportunity of exert power.

B. Reward loyal servants of the state.

C. Promote democracy.

D. Protect a person’s life, freedom, and right to pursue happiness.

23. Most of America’s war materials came from:

A. 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.

24. Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages in the Revolution except:

A. 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.

25. The Articles of confederation actually:

A. 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.

26. Congress financed the revolution by:

A. Selling bonds.

B. Minting gold and silver coins.

C. Borrowing from other nations.

D. Taxing the wealthy.

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

A. 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.

28. At the end of 1776 the American army under Washington had:

A. won no victories, major or minor.

B. become badly divided and scattered.

C. retreated into western Pennsylvania.

D. won two minor victories and remained intact.

28. Which of the following was not part of the British strategy to cut the United States in two in 1777?

A. To move forces up the Hudson from New York City.

B. To prepare a two-pronged attack along the Mohawk and the upper Hudson.

C. To capture Charleston.

D. To bring an army down from Canada to meet the one coming up from New York.

30. John Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga:

A. 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.

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

A. 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.

32. The treason of Benedict Arnold:

A. 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.

33. The British were forced to surrender at Yorktown because:

A. 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.

33. Even though the British wanted to end the war, the French were reluctant to negotiate because:

A. they feared the Americans might take Canada.

B. British agents were at work among the common folk of Paris.

C. they were committed to staying in the war until Spain got Gibraltar.

D. Spain was insisting on getting the Virgin Islands.

33. Of all the Loyalists groups in America, the one which suffered most as a result of the Revolution was:

A. western farmers.

B. slaves.

C. traders and trappers.

D. Anglicans.

33. White residents in South Carolina and Georgia were more restrained in their revolutionary expressions than were counterparts in other colonies because they were:

A. primarily rice planters, unaffected by British restrictions.

B. Anglican and loyal to the Church of England.

C. fearful that talk of rebellion would inspire slaves to revolt.

D. closely tied to families back in England.

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

A. things generally want 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 peace time reforms.

C. women were recognized and honored for their contributions with new careers.

D. women got the right to vote in most northern colonies.

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

A. 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.

33. If postwar Americans agreed on nothing else, they agreed that:

A. there should be no property qualifications to vote.

B. states would have democratic governments.

C. new governments should be republican.

D. some men were born to govern and some were born to follow.

33. Under the Articles of Confederation, the only institution of national authority was the:

A. Supreme Court.

B. Congress.

C. President of the United States.

D. Senate.

True/False: If the statement is True-mark True, if the statement is False-mark False.

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51. By the 1750s most Americans felt little loyalty to the British crown.

52. The French were able to forge good relations with the Indian tribes because they were more tolerant of the Indian way of life than the British were.

53. Before the Great War for the empire, England, France, and Spain had been at peace with each other for nearly half a century.

54. The Seven Years; War, the French and Indian War, and the Great War for the Empire are all the same war.

55. After the Peace of Paris of 1763, the English were inclined to let the colonies go their own way, with few restrictions.

56. England was fortunate that King George III was young, bright, and surprisingly mature for his age.

57. Because they needed protection, colonists in both the East and the West were glad to have regular British troops stationed permanently in America.

58. The Paxton Boys and the regulator movement revealed that colonists in the West believed they were not being treated fairly by colonists in the East.

59. The Stamp Act was particularly ill-designed by the British, for it evoked opposition from some of the most powerful and strategically placed members of the colonial population.

60. Colonists were concerned over the immediate impact of the Stamp Act, not its long-range implication.

61. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and in the Declaratory Act it declared that it would not tax the colonies in this way again.

62. Colonists responded to the Townshend Duties with agreements not to import the taxed goods.

63. Americans wanted their representatives to "actually" represent them, while the British claimed the Parliament represented all British citizens, no matter where they live.

64. John Locke argued that if a government persists in exceeding its rightful powers, the people should rise up against it.

65. The British soldiers involved in the "Boston Massacre" were convicted of murder and hung.

66. Women, especially southern women, took no part in the protests and boycotts rising from the Coercive Acts.

67. By the time the First Continental Congress convened in 1774, a growing majority of Americans agreed upon the necessity of a declaration of independence.

68. Lord North assumed that most colonists would welcome the Tea Act of 1773 because it made tea cheaper.

69. Those who attended the Continental Congress did not intend for it to be a continuing organization.

70. The fighting at Lexington and Concord caused many who previously had little enthusiasm for the rebel cause to rally to it.

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71. By the military standards of later wars, the American Revolution was a relatively modest one in that technology was more primitive, and hence, less deadly.

72. When the fighting began, most Americans wanted the colonies to be independent from Great Britain.

73. The rebelling colonies had access to sufficient local resources to fight a successful revolution.

74. After declaring independence, colonies began calling themselves states, a reflection of the belief that each of them represented in some respect a separate and sovereign entity.

75. The British lacked the resources to conduct a war on the American continent.

76. At the outset of the war, American leaders hoped that Canada would become the fourteenth state.

77. The surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga had no effect on the Iroquois Confederacy, since most of the Indians supported the American cause.

78. By the spring of 1776 it was clear to the British that the conflict was not a local one centered around Boston.

79. The British victory at Saratoga kept the French out of the conflict.

80. There is no actual proof that Benedict Arnold committed treason.

81. As a result of the treaty of Paris of 1783, the new American nation’s western boundary was the Blue Ridge Mountains.

82. At least one fifth, and maybe as many as one third, of the American colonists were loyal to Britain during the Revolution.

83. Native Americans were pleased with the outcome of the Revolution because it reduced the desire of colonists for western land.

84. After the Revolution the future role of women in the republic was hardly discussed at all.

85. The first state constitutions written during the American Revolution generally reduced the power of the executive.

86. In the newly created states, the privileges that churches enjoyed in the colonial era were largely stripped away.

87. After independence, the United States quickly and easily persuaded Great Britain to abide by the terms of the treaty of 1783.

88. The system for surveying and selling western lands set up under the Ordinance of 1785 favored small farmers.

89. The Northwest Ordinance laid out the requirements for western territories to become states.

90. During the period under consideration in this chapter, Congress did nothing to limit the expansion of slavery.