american rev quiz

--Treaty of Alliance, 1778 A direct effect of the treaty excerpted above was that

French financial support eventually resulted in an American victory in the American Revolution.

1765 legislation the required colonists to house British troops stationed in the colonies

Quartering act

--Common Sense, pamphlet Thomas Paine, 1776 The excerpt could serve as evidence to support the argument that

a republican form of government was a superior to a monarchy.

--Common Sense, pamphlet Thomas Paine, 1776 The excerpt shows the intellectual influence of the Enlightenment in that it

characterizes government as being based on a social contract.

series of colonial boycotts of imported British goods, which encouraged colonial unity and got women involved in the protest movement

non importation

--Treaty of Alliance, 1778 The excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that

the patriot cause succeeded because of the colonists' greater familiarity with the land, resilient military and political leadership, and their support from European allies.

last major battle of the American Revolution at which British General Cornwallis surrendered

yorktown

--agreement signed in Boston, August 1768 Which of the following groups would NOT sympathize with the point of view presented in the excerpt above?

Loyalists

--agreement signed in Boston, August 1768 The first paragraph of the excerpt subtly references the

Navigation Acts and the French and Indian War.

--Treaty of Alliance, 1778 The signing of the treaty excerpted above resulted from the American victory at the Battle of

Saratoga

1765 legislation that essentially amounted to a tax on all colonial printed matter

Stamp act

1773 colonial protest of a monopoly granted to the East India Company

Tea act

agreement signed in Boston, August 1768 The last paragraph of the excerpt above is directly referencing the

Townshend Acts.

1767 legislation that taxed colonial imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

Townshend acts

King George III, royal proclamation, 1763 The excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that

after the French and Indian War, Great Britain renewed its efforts to consolidate imperial control over North American affairs.

King George III, royal proclamation, 1763 A major effect of the document excerpted above was that

colonial dissatisfaction with it and other restrictions fueled revolutionary fervor.

1775 British response to First Continental Congress which was sent to individual colonies and offered to eliminate all revenue-generating taxes on any colony that came up with its own way to pay for military defense and colonial governors

conciliatory preposition

one of two Massachusetts towns where skirmishes occurred April 18-19 of 1775 that represented the first official armed conflict of the American Revolution; resulted in British realization that the Continental Army was a formidable force

concord