American History Unit 2- TEST

The revolution was caused by the __________ of the British Gov.

Attitudes

The Albany Plan of Union was drawn up by:

Benjamin Franklin

Loyalists supported the ___________

British

As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the French ceded: New Orleans to the English territory west of the Mississippi to the English Canada and the area east of the Mississippi to the English Louisiana to the English

Canada and the area east of the Mississippi to the English

What man's victories gave the Americans a hold on the land between the Great Lakes, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River?

Clark

a chain of communication with other colonies

Committees of Correspondence

allowed Parliament to pass any laws

Declaratory Law

The Treaty of Paris of 1763

Ended the French and Indian War and the English gained control of the north.

Why were the Navigation Acts initially not enforced by England?

England was busy with the war with France and the King and Parliament were having issues

The British maintained their occupation of Philadelphia because it gave them such a tremendous military advantage.

False

The Navigation Acts were intended to strengthen the shaky economy of the colonies.

False

The Patriots achieved a clear victory at the Battle of Monmouth by soundly defeating the British forces.

False

Valley Forge was a high point in the American Revolution.

False

Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint as commander-in-chief of the colonial army?

George Washington

prevented manufacturing and competition

Hat Act

prohibited the building of iron mills and steel furnaces

Iron Act

What Indian tribe was allied with England? Iroquois Powhatan Chippewa Mohawk

Iroquois

Who commanded the French ship in the most famous sea fight of the Revolutionary War?

John Paul Jones

prevented competition with the West Indies

Molasses Act

The new commander who replaced Gates in the South was _____.

Nathaniel Greene

Attempting to control colonial trade, England passed the _____, declaring that the colonies could only sell certain items, such as tobacco and sugar, to England.

Navigation Acts

The French and Indian War broke out over claims to the:

Ohio River valley

The Congress adopted the , ______________ begging Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out.

Olive Branch Petition

prohibited settlers from moving west

Proclamation Act of 1763

allowed troops to be stationed in colonial homes

Quartering Act

The Committees of Correspondence were organized by:

Samuel Adams

What battle did Benedict Arnold play a leading role in before he changed sides?

Saratoga

Which battle is considered to be the major turning point of the Revolutionary War?

Saratoga

secret organizations opposed to the stamp tax

Sons of Liberty

How did the British Parliament respond to the colonist's opposition to the Stamp Act and boycott of English goods?

They repealed the Stamp Act and passed Declaratory law

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which called for the colonies to break away from England?

Thomas Paine

Clark was not able to maintain his hold on the fort in Vincennes, and it was retaken by Colonel Hamilton and his troops.

True

Congress designated the hero of Saratoga, General Horatio Gates, as the new commander in the South.

True

The British thought that by invading New York at Lake Champlain and proceeding down the Hudson River to New York City, they would divide the colonies and shatter American morale.

True

The Navigation Acts began to be strictly enforced during the time of George III.

True

Cornwallis was convinced that in order to hold the Carolinas, he would have to take _____.

Virginia

result of the Stamp Act

Virginia Resolves

Benedict Arnold planned to turn the American fort of ________ over to Major Andre.

West Point

One of the deciding battles of the French and Indian War was the capture of Quebec by General:

Wolfe

The Intolerable Acts caused the formation of: political parties the Minutemen a continental army a continental navy

a continental army

ally

a person, group, or nation united with another for some special purpose

The Boston Tea Party was:

a protest against the tea tax

treaty

an agreement, especially one between nations, signed and approved by each nation

used by the colonists because of a currency shortage

barter

Benedict Arnold

betrayed his country

To join together against and have nothing to do with a person, business, nation, employer, or anything else in order to coerce or punish is called a _____.

boycott

Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to: revolt urge Congress to veto the Act boycott English goods go on a hunger strike

boycott English goods

George Rogers Clark

captured the west from the British

Loyalist

colonist who opposed independence for the American colonies at the time of the American Revolutionary War

To settle by agreeing that each will give up a part of what he demands is to _____.

compromise

John Paul Jones

defeated the British navy

stated that only English ships could be used

first Navigation Act

During the Revolutionary War, only about __________ ships were in the United States Navy.

forty

Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown because:

french and american ships kept relief forces from arriving

Nathan Hale

gave his life for his country

Lord Grenville's program

increase in old taxes and levying of new taxes on imports

Weaknesses of the Patriot army were:

little organization lack of equipment untrained soldiers

Von Steuben aided the Patriots by teaching the soldiers how to:

march in step switch ranks fight professionally drill with muskets

What theory stated that a country's power was measured by the amount of gold and silver it owned?

mercantilism

Soldiers who were paid to fight by a foreign state were called _____.

mercenaries

The Stamp Act forced the colonists to pay a tax on:

paper

A privately owned ship that is armed for war is a ________.

privateer

The Albany Plan of Union was proposed in order to: secure foreign allies for the colonies fight for independence strengthen the colonies against the French defy the English trade restrictions

strengthen the colonies against the French

The final colonial war between France and England was:

the French and Indian War

What British acts did the first Continental Congress seek to revoke?

the intolerable acts

What was NOT one of the major factors of the victory of America in the Revolutionary War?

the superior training of the Continental soldiers

In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson asserts that the rights of men are:

theirs from birth

General Braddock's greatest weakness in the French and Indian War was his lack of: courage control over his men support by the British understanding of Indian fighting methods

understanding of Indian fighting methods

One result of the French and Indian War was that England: reduced colonial taxes wanted the colonies to help pay for the war gave the colonies their freedom erased all colonial dissatisfactions

wanted the colonies to help pay for the war

Colonel Hamilton

was the British commander at Vincennes

allowed the British to search colonists' homes

writs of assistance

allowed the British to search homes

writs of assistance