Abeka Grade 11 U.S. History Test 2

The Dominion of New England was a forced union.

How did the Albany Plan differ from the Dominion of New England?

They realized that political freedom was necessary to have true religious freedom.

How did the Great Awakening convince Americans of the need for political freedom?

Great Britain only used the colonies for the benefit of the mother country.

How did the mercantile theory influence Great Britain's colonial policy?

Valley Forge

After losing the city of Philadelphia, General Washington's army spent the winter camped at _______.

Fort Duquesne

French fort that repelled a British attack under George Washington.

Comte de Rochambeau

French general at the Battle of Yorktown

Horatio Gates

Patriot commander at the Battle of Saratoga

Nathan Hale

Patriot spy disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher

Pontiac

The colonists lost much of their confidence in the British army after an uprising by the Ottawa chief named _______.

Haym Salomon

Jewish financier of the Patriot cause

Battle of Saratoga

What battle is remembered as the turning point in the War for Independence?

Methodist

What denomination was founded by John and Charles Wesley?

France

What foreign country aided the Patriot cause the most during the War for Independence?

He had illegally enforced parliamentary laws in the colonies.

What grievance does the following quotation give against King George III? " He [King George III] has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution...giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation."--Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776

What is the full date for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence?

April 19, 1775

What is the full date for the start of the War for Independence?

Spain

What nation received the colony of Florida in the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

Trenton

What town did Washington capture from the Hessians on Christmas night in 1776?

The act required all publications and legal documents to be taxed by purchasing stamps from the government.

What was the function of the Stamp Act?

start of the war

What was the significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord to the War for Independence?

Churches became corrupted, but membership increased.

What were the results of the Halfway Covenant?

1774

What year was First Continental Congress?

1775

What year was Second Continental Congress?

1781

What year was the Battle of Yorktown?

1773

What year was the Boston Tea Party?

1765

What year was the Stamp Act Congress?

1783

What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?

Quebec Act

Which act was considered to be one of the Intolerable Acts although it was not one of the Coercive Acts?

France

Which country lost most of her American territory in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

Benedict Arnold

Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British in exchange for a large sum of money?

Samuel Adams

Who founded the Sons of Liberty?

Robert Morris

Who was appointed superintendent of finance in 1781 and obtained a much needed loan from France?

He believed that they only opposed taxes within the American colonies and that they would not object to taxes on imports.

Why did Charles Townshend expect his program to be more acceptable to the colonists than George Grenville's program?

The colonists believed that they could not give consent to laws if they had not choice in who represented them.

Why was the concept of virtual representation unacceptable to the colonists?

It forced the British to give up on their strategy of dividing the colonies.

Why was the containment of the British at New York significant?

Commentaries on the Laws of England

William Blackstone's definition of the law of nature influenced the Declaration of Independence through his four volume work?

Phillis Wheatley

first black female writer in America

John Adams

helped lead a Stamp Act protest in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

David Brainerd

missionary to Native Americans

George Whitefield

most powerful voice of the Great Awakening

Charles Townshend (the answer on test but Lord North is the correct answer)

prime minister who passed the Intolerable Acts

Nathanael Greene

the Fighting Quaker

Francis Marion

the Swamp Fox

Jonathan Edwards

the man who preached the most famous sermon in American history

financial resources

This was NOT a Patriot advantage in pursuing war with Great Britain.

1- spiritual differences - Although the Methodist Revival had stirred much of England, the American revivals were more widespread and their influence was longer lasting. It helped many colonists realize they could only maintain their religious freedom through a system of self-rule and adequate representation in government. 2- military differences - The colonists had done much of the fighting in the French and Indian War. They were disappointed in the British soldiers' performance and realized that they would have to rely on themselves for defense. 3- economic differences - Because of the America's productive agricultural system, the colonies had never experienced famine and were healthier than the Europeans. American's felt more self-sufficient and began to see themselves as different from those still in Great Britain.

Be able to describe three fundamental differences between Great Britain and the colonies that became evident after the French and Indian War. Explain how each difference changed the colonists' view of their relationship with Great Britain.

Henry Clinton

British commander in chief who replaced William Howe

Edmund Burke

British stateman from Ireland that defended the American colonies

Battle of Quebec

The British secured control of the St. Lawrence River during the French and Indian War with a victory at the _________.