AP-USH Unit 1 MC
Which of the following was true of the French-American Alliance formed in 1778?
It influenced the British to offer generous peace terms in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT:
Most soldiers were draftees.
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to
limit western expansion of colonial settlement
In the 1760s many English colonists in North America reacted to imperial governance by
protesting a lack of representation in Parliament
Parliament enacted the Stamp Act (1765) primarily to
raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
After the French and Indian War, British political leaders were determined to
require the North American colonies to pay a greater share of the empire's administrative expenses
British colonists in North America objected to the Stamp Act primarily because it
taxed them without their consent
France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following
the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?
An expansion of political democracy for White men
The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to
British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy
Which of the following contributed most to the American Victory in the Revolution?
French military and financial assistance
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in North America?
Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies
The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?
Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle.
Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams' theory about the Revolution?
The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?
The king of England and the principle of monarchy
The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT
call for the abolition of the slave trade
The First Continental Congress called for the Continental Association to
enforce an economic boycott of British goods
Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) by
increasing taxes on goods bought and sold in the colonies
The American colonists' slogan "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of
virtual representation