APUSH Ch. 4-5 Multiple Choice

All men are created equal they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights governments are instituted among men yada yada yada the above passage from the Declaration of Independence reflects which of the following

John Locke

When Jefferson wrote about "he has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures", he was referring to

King George has troops in the colonies

Congress most successful and effective method of financing the war of independence was

Loan from the French

The group most likely to oppose the ideas expressed in this excerpt would have been

C) Tories such as william franklin

Which of the following describes bunker hill

A colonial militia of Massachusetts farmers fortified Breeds hill, next to Bunker hill, for which the ensuing battle was wrongly named. A British force attack the colonists' position and managed to take the hill, suffering over 1000 casualties. Americans claim the victory of sorts, having succeeded in inflicting heavy losses on the attacking British army.

Thomas Payne's pamphlet Common Sense introduced a new element into the debate with Britain by

A large continent ruled by a small island

Statement: "the articles of Confederation succeeded in guiding the United States through its first decade" each of the following actions supports the statement except

A) Congress regulated interstate trade

The battle of Saratoga had all the following consequences except

A) Encouraged the British to grant most of the Americans demands

Which of the following is a correct statement about the American colonies in the 1770s before the outbreak of the revolutionary war

A) Except for a few radicals, Americans generally excepted the policies of King George's ministers

Which of the following most accurately describes the change in American public opinion between January 1774 and July 1776

A) It changed from a desire for reconciliation to a decision for independence

Which of the following most accurately describes those Americans who fought on the British side in the American revolution

A) They came from all groups and classes

Which of the following is the underlying goal of the colonists in the excerpt

A) Win political representation

To change British policy, the colonists felt that the most effective way was to

B) Boycott trade with Great Britain

For the first time, the stamp act placed on the colonies a tax that was

B) Direct

The protests by the praxton boys occurred during the period when many colonists were objecting to british policies that were a result of the

B) Enlightenment

Which of the following groups or individuals would have been most likely to agree with King George

B) Loyalists

Which of the following leaders from an earlier period represented a group in a similar situation as cited in this excerpt

B) Nathaniel bacon

The Boston tea party had which of the following causes

B) Parliaments efforts to improve the profits of the British East India Company

The concern expressed in this excerpt helps explain why the British passed the....

B) Proclamation of 1763

In the context of the various disputes between the colonists and Britain which of the following would be the most important right sided

B) Section 2: all power comes from the people

Which of the following was the primary reason for Hamiltons call for African-American soldiers

B) The British were recruiting African-Americans

The resolution of the stamp act congress expressed respect for which person or group

B) The king

Pontiacs rebellion was a reaction to

B) The westward movement of English settlers

•overtook fort Ticonderoga •sent to Canada •responsible for victories in fort Ticonderoga and Saratoga •overlooked for a military promotion causing him to turn traitor Who is this well known individual

Benedict Arnold

Ben Franklin's, "Philadelphia had captured Howe" is in reference to what battle

Brandywine and Germantown

Considered the "southern Saratoga", The battle of cow pens, South Carolina was important because

British retreat to Virginia coast

Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States at the end of the Revolutionary war

C) Aristocratic privileges were reduced or eliminated

Which of the following was not a consequence of the stamp act

C) Colonial war debts were paid

King George's rejection of the Olive Branch Petition demonstrates that he believed that most colonists

C) Had always planned to revolt

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the philosophical foundations of the American revolution

C) John Locke's Two Treatises of Government

The First Continental Congress was a reaction to

C) Passage of the intolerable acts

In his pamphlet common sense Thomas Paine defended the idea of American independence on the grounds that

C) People should not pledge allegiance to a king and a corrupt government

Which of the rights in the excerpt is expressed in a way that would today be considered a limitation of individual rights

C) Section 6: right to vote

The townsend acts provoked all the following colonial reactions except

C) The stamp act Congress

The significance of the battle of Monmouth was

It was George Washingtons first victory

Which of the following documents most forcefully disagreed with the views king George expressed in this excerpt

D) Common sense by Thomas Paine

Which of the following was a direct British response to the colonial views expressed by the stamp act congress

D) Declaratory act stating the right to tax

To encourage African-Americans to fight Hamilton suggested in the excerpt that they should be promised

D) Emancipation from slavery

Statement: "The new state constitutions enacted during the revolutionary war reflect the patriots emphasis on individual liberty" each of the following actions supports the statement except

D) The absence of any provision for the abolition of slavery

As a result of the treaty of Paris the united states gained all of the following except

D) The territory of Florida

John Dickinson defended the idea of no taxation without representation by arguing that

D) To tax people without their consent violated English law

Enlightenment philosophers believed in all the following except

E) God is the primary authority for government

Which of the following does not express a British criticism of the colonies in 1763

E) The Virginians under George Washington disobeyed orders in attacking a French fort

After the French and Indian war the British government tried to make Americans pay for British protection in the colonies each of the following supports this statement except the

E) The quebec act

Which of the following sources would be most useful in researching a paper entitled arguments for independence 1776

E) Thomas Paine's common sense

Late in the war, the British lost a series of forts in the Ohio territory due to this individual

George Rogers Clark

To counter a comment like, George Washington was a loser!, One could use which of the following statements

Good statements: Gave hope, turned savage men into a trained army

This war is termed a "revolution" because

It did not result in dictatorship

All of the following are portions of the declaration of independence except

Portions of the declaration of independence include.... 1. Preamble 2. Declaration of natural rights 3. List of grievances

In seeking diplomatic recognition from foreign powers during the war for independence, the American government found it necessary to

Prove themselves by winning a battle

After the continental congress sent the olive branch petition to King George III, he received news about the battle of bunker hill. In response he passed the

The Prohibitory Act (1775)

Which of the following acts mentioned as a grievance in Jefferson's Declaration of Independence when he stated, "for abolishing the free system of English laws in the neighboring province...and enlarging his boundaries"?

The Quebec act

John Jay, Ben Franklin, and John Adams are associated with which revolutionary event

The deceleration of independence

After a horrible defeat near surrender at Long Island, George Washington was able to boost the colonial cause by recrossing the Delaware river and capturing hessians at

Trenton and Princeton

Which of the following events is false about the battle of Yorktown

True statements: French blockade, left New York unguarded, Cornwallis surrendered

Smallpox, frost bitten feet, lack of food, and Baron von Steuben are associated with

Valley Forge

Characteristics of patriots

• largest numbers were from new England states and Virginia • they would serve in local militia units for short periods, leave to work their farms, and then return to duty • General Washington never had more than 20,000 regular troops under his command at one time • his army was chronically short of supplies, poorly equipped, and rarely paid • some African-Americans fought as patriots