Exam 2 History

Under the Constitution as it was originally ratified, which offices were elected directly by voters? a. House of Representatives only b. House of Representatives and Senate c. none of them

a. House of Representatives only

In which way did the New England economy depend on slavery in the eighteenth-century? a. New England's primary export was fish sent to the West Indies to feed slaves on sugar islands b. Textile manufacturers depended heavily on slave labor from the 1760s onward. c. Slavery was largely peripheral to the New England economy

a. New Englands primary export was fish sent to the West Indies to feed slaves on sugar islands

Why did New Jersey allow women to vote in the years immediately following the Revolution? a. There was nothing in Republican theory that was necessarily gender specific b. New Jersey was afraid of losing population to New York c. New Jersey's women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given voting rights

a. There was nothing in Republican theory that was necessarily gender specific

How did the seventeenth-century New Englanders generally explain King Phillip's War, the Dominion of New England and the Salem witchcraft trials? a. They believed the events were divine punishment for their declining religiosity b. They believed that insufficient support from Great Britain had left them unprepared for war and had brought on an economic crisis c. They blamed a series of small slave rebellions for stirring up fear and discontent.

a. They believed the events were divine punishment for their declining religiosity

The first battle of the Revolutionary War was sparked by a. Thomas Gage's attempt to seize the arms and ammunition stored in Concord, Massachusetts. b. Thomas Hutchinson's attempt to stop the Boston Tea Party. c. the Declaration of Independence

a. Thomas Gage's attempt to seize the arms and ammunition stored in Concord, Massachusetts.

In the colonial period, slavey existed in a. every British mainland colony b. every British mainland colony except Rhode Island c. Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Maryland and South Carolina only

a. every British mainland colony

The Stamp Act provoked widespread popular resistance because a. it was a direct tax which affected most colonists b. it was an exceptionally large tax c. it was intended to stamp out American resistance

a. it was a direct tax which affected most colonists

Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, attempted to prevent rebellion in his colony by a. offering freedom to able-bodied male slaves who belonged to rebels and were willing to fight with the British army b. closing taverns which hosted the extra-legal Virginia Conventions c. conspiring with the leaders of the Piscataway Indian tribes in an attempt to convince Virginians that they still needed the protection of the British military

a. offering freedom to able-bodied male slaves who belonged to rebels and were willing to fight with the British army

The First Continental Congress met to a. organize a colony-wide response to the Coercive Acts b. oversee the formation of the Continental army c. revise the Articles of Confederation

a. organize a colony-wide response to the Coercive Acts

The Virginia Resolves a. stated that, although Virginians were British subjects, only the Virginia legislature had the power to tax them b. eased the restrictions on manumissions in the years after the American Revolution c. was a statement of support for the perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party

a. stated that, although Virginians were British subjects, only the Virginia legislature had the power to tax them

Which American protest of the pre-Revolutionary period did the British government find most intolerable? a. the Boston Tea Party b. the destruction of Thomas Hutchinson's home c. the funeral processions declaring that liberty was dead

a. the Boston Tea Party

Which of these is a reason King Phillip gave John Easton for going to war in 1675? a. the colonists provided military support to the Iroquois who were enemies of the Wampanoags b. The colonists repeatedly destroyed Wampanoag fishing wears in an attempt to prevent the group from resettling near the Atlantic coast. c. The colonists allowed their livestock to roam freely and destroy Indian crops

a. the colonists provided military support to the Iroquois who were enemies of the Wampanoags

Put these in order: Battle of Saratoga Battle of Yorktown Battle of Lexington and Concord

1. Battle of Lexington and Concord 2. Battle of Saratoga 3. Battle of Yorktown

Put these in order: Dominion of New England Articles of Confederation US Constitution

1. Dominion of New England 2. Articles of Confederation 3. US Constitution

Put these in order: Salem Witch Trials Dominion of New England Halfway Covenant

1. Halfway Covenant 2. Dominion of New England 3. Salem Witch Trials

Put these in orders: Virginia Resolves Dunmore's Proclamation Second Virginia Convention

1. Second Virginia Convention 2. Dunmore's Proclamation 3. Virginia Resolves

Put these in order: American Revolutionary War Pontiac's War Seven Year's War

1. Seven Year's War 2. Pontiac's War 3. American Revolutionary War

Put these in order: Declaratory Act Townshend Acts Stamp Act

1. Stamp Act 2. Declaratory Act 3. Townshend Acts

Put these in order: Boston Tea Party Tea Act Coercive Acts

1. Tea Act 2. Boston Tea Party 3. Coercive Acts

Put these in order: The signing of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Paine's Common Sense Battle of Lexington and Concord

1. Thomas Paine's Common Sense 2. Battle of Lexington and Concord 3. Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Anne Hutchinson's "heresy" is best understood as a. the logical extension of orthodox Puritan belief. The Puritan's believed that people could not earn their way into heaven with good works. Hutchinson argued that good works were not even a sign of election. b. the opposite of orthodox Puritan beliefs. Puritans believed in a "covenant of works" which placed doing good deeds alongside grace and faith as the recipe for salvation. Hutchinson taught a "covenant of grace" in which people could only be saved by action on God's part. c. a misunderstanding. Both sides believed that people could prepare themselves to receive God's grace and achieve salvation, but Anne Hutchinson did not express her views very clearly, and, because she was a woman, the ministers refused to give her the benefit of the doubt.

a. the logical extension of orthodox Puritan belief. The Puritan's believed that people could not earn their way into heaven with good works. Hutchinson argued that good works were not even a sign of election.

The witchcraft "outbreak" in Salem in 1692 had its origins in a. the political uncertainty caused by the overthrow of the Dominion of New England and the tension created by King William's War on the Maine frontier. b. a revival of witchcraft belief after a long period of skepticism c. the desire to root out the last remaining remnants of Edmund Andros's regime.

a. the political uncertainty caused by the overthrow of the Dominion of New England and the tension created by King William's War on the Maine frontier.

The boycotts in the 1760's and 70s provided American women with a usual chance to express their political opinions publically because a. women took care of everyday shopping, and they were able to produce some of the items the colonists had previously imported. b. the Sons of Liberty understood that mothers had a great deal of influence over whether their sons would fight in the coming war. c. Many of the larger merchant establishments were headed by widows

a. women took care of everyday shopping, and they were able to produce some of the items the colonists had previously imported.

The French allied with the American revolutionaries following the a. Battle of Vicksburg b. Battle of Saratoga c. Battle of Yorktown

b. Battle of Saratoga

Which of the following contributed to Great Britain's loss in the American Revolution? a. The Hessians, Britain's mercenary soldiers, lacked a real commitment to the war. b. British general were instructed early in the war not to alienate the American population, and they failed to follow through on their military victories as much as they might have c. Most of the Native American groups sided with the Americans, and British tactics were infamously ineffective against Native military tactics

b. British general were instructed early in the war not to alienate the American population, and they failed to follow through on their military victories as much as they might have

Which of the following contributed substantially to the American victory in the Revolutionary War? a. Indian uprisings in Canada b. The fact that the Americans were fighting a defensive war c. the willingness of local militias to train diligently and travel as far from their home states as necessary to secure victory in battle

b. The fact that the Americans were fighting a defensive war

Somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of all free, white, adult men could not vote in the years immediately following the American Revolution because a. They had been Loyalists b. They could not meet the property requirement c. They lived in areas which did not have any elected representatives

b. They could not meet the property requirement

According to the logic of republican theory, who should be able to vote? a. all men b. anyone with enough property to have a stake in the stability of the government and the capacity for independent judgment c. anyone who served with the Continental army or took an oath of allegiance to the US government

b. anyone with enough property to have a stake in the stability of the government and the capacity for independent judgment

The Tea Act (1773) was intended to a. bait the American colonists to open rebellion b. bail out the East India Company c. reduce American tea consumption

b. bail out the East India Company

When Americans in the early republic talked about political "virtue", this was the quality they usually meant a. bravery b. chastity c. disinterestedness or selfishness

b. chastity

In the eighteenth-century, all American colonies practiced some form of religious toleration. Most of them did so because a. England forced them to do so b. for practical reasons unrelated to ideals about the virtues of toleration c. as a matter of ideological conviction

b. for practical reasons unrelated to ideals about the virtues of toleration

Gradual emancipation acts, passed between 1780 and 1804, balanced competing claims to liberty and poverty rights by a. allowing masters to keep their slaves but requiring that they pay their slaves wages b. freeing the unborn children of slaves after a substantial period of indenture c. mandating that slave owners must allow their slaves to buy their freedom if they could raise enough money

b. freeing the unborn children of slaves after a substantial period of indenture

The eighteenth-century consumer revolution a. marked the point at which American colonists began to produce for themselves goods which they had previously imported from England b. gave diverse American colonists a common experience (and later a language of protest) as they began to import British goods on an unprecedented scale c. never happened

b. gave diverse American colonists a common experience (and later a language of protest) as they began to import British goods on an unprecedented scale

The Albany Plan was signifigant because a. it demonstrated how little authority the central government under the Articles of Confederation was able to exert over the states b. it tells us how jealous individual colonies were of their own autonomy when they proved unable to coordinate in the face of hostile French and Indian forces c. it showed how arbitrary the British government could be when it punished New York, but not Massachusetts, for overthrowing the Dominion of New England

b. it tells us how jealous individual colonies were of their own autonomy when they proved unable to coordinate in the face of hostile French and Indian forces

Before the Seven Years War, Great Britain had usually taxed the American colonies a. only in times of war b. only in ways that would help regulate trade within the empire c. never

b. only in ways that would help regulate trade within the empire

The Boston Massacre a. occurred when British troops fired into a peaceful, unarmed crowd b. rose out of the tensions created when British troops occupied Boston c. inspired the British government to impose the Coercive Acts

b. rose out of the tensions created when British troops occupied Boston

Elizabeth Freeman is historically significant because a. she successfully dressed up as a man and served in the continental army b. she initiated a court case which helped to undermine slavery in Massachusetts c. she formulated the doctrine of Republican Motherhood.

b. she initiated a court case which helped to undermine slavery in Massachusetts

Shay's Rebellion helped to spark a. the creation of a national bank because many believed that farmers needed access to credit b. the Constitutional Convention because many believed the country needed a stronger federal government c. a reworking of the Massachusetts Constitution to make government more responsive to the majority

b. the Constitutional Convention because many believed the country needed a stronger federal government

This is one important power the American government under the Articles of Confederation lacked. a. the power to conduct war b. the power to enforce taxation c. the power to settle disputes between states

b. the power to enforce taxation

Why did American colonists accuse the British government of trying to "enslave" them through taxes levied in the 1760's and 70's a. they believed the taxes were too high and they feared that many would end up in debtor's prison or sold into indentured servitude. b. they understood liberty to be ultimately rooted in property. Since the colonists were not represented in Parliament, the British government was taking their property without their consent and undermining the root of their liberty. c. The taxes compromised the colonists' ability to buy manufactured goods from England; the colonists argued that soon little would distinguish their homes from slave quarters

b. they understood liberty to be ultimately rooted in property. Since the colonists were not represented in Parliament, the British government was taking their property without their consent and undermining the root of their liberty.

Black soldiers in the Revolutionary War a. served only the British army b. were initially prohibited from serving in the Continental army but served later in the war. c. were excluded from both the British and American armies

b. were initially prohibited from serving in the Continental army but served later in the war.

How did the American colonies become religiously diverse in the eighteenth century? a. Widespread resistance to the Anglican church in the South of Congregational church in the North led to disestablishment (the breaking of the tie between church and state) b. A series of religious revivals in the 1730's and 1740's, led by foreign-born ministers, increased the popularity of Methodism, Lutheranism, and Catholicism c. Heavy immigration brought settlers from places other than England; these settlers brought their religions with them

c. Heavy immigration brought settlers from places other than England; these settlers brought their religions with them

Relations between the New England colonists and Native Americans were (with some important exceptions) remarkably peaceful until late in the seventeenth century. Why? a. One of the most important goals for the Puritan colonists was converting the Indians to Christianity; violence would have been counter-productive b. After Quakers became a significant voice in public life, their doctrine of non-life limited aggression on the colonists' side c. Most of the area's Indians had been killed off by epidemic disease before the earliest English colonists arrived, which meant that available land was plentiful, and Native populations wanted allies against stronger Indian nations to the west.

c. Most of the area's Indians had been killed off by epidemic disease before the earliest English colonists arrived, which meant that available land was plentiful, and Native populations wanted allies against stronger Indian nations to the west.

American protest of British taxation in the 1760's and 70s was expressed in a. violence, destruction of property, and intimidation of political opponents b. learned treatises and petitions c. both

c. both

Immigrants to British North America in the eighteenth-century a. came primarily from England b. came from England and Africa in approximately equal numbers c. came from Africa, Europe, and Great Britain, but only a small minority of them were from England

c. came from Africa, Europe, and Great Britain, but only a small minority of them were from England

Free African-Americans in the North responded to increasing discrimination in the early 1800s by a. moving to Nova Scotia b. forming their own community institutions, such as churches, schools, and mutual aid societies c. staging street protests that deliberately mocked pre-Revolutionary political protests against British policies

c. staging street protests that deliberately mocked pre-Revolutionary political protests against British policies

Most Indian nations sided with the British during the American Revolution because a. they hoped to drive the Americans out of North America b. they followed Tecumseh's lead c. they believed that the British were more likely to win

c. they believed that the British were more likely to win