HIST Ch.5 The American Revolution

Identify the following groups' role in or response to the nonimportation and boycott activities in colonial America.

As representatives of the crown, these individuals would have been either uncomfortable with or in outright opposition to colonial resistance. 1.Royal Governors These people produced many of the goods that were being boycotted, so they stood to reap profits if the boycott effectively eliminated English goods from the marketplace. 1.Urban Craftsmen This bureau was responsible for the elimination of smuggling in colonial America. 1.The board of customs commissioners Although as colonials these individuals did have an interest in nonimportation, their main priorities revolved around disputes over land titles and legal claims. 1.Backcountry Farmers

Identify the arguments and sentiments of Thomas Paine in his pamphlet Common Sense.

Correct Answer 1.Being a part of the British empire unnecessarily involved the colonies in global wars. 2.Britain had stunted the economic growth of the colonies.

What was the greatest challenge Washington and the Continental army faced prior to the Battle of Trenton?

Correct Answer Demoralization and desertion

Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown ended the American Revolution.

Correct Answer False

Identify the statements that describe the concept of American exceptionalism.

Correct Answers 1.It is central to the concept of American self-identity. 2.The United States has a special purpose in the world.

When referring to certain rights as "unalienable" in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was essentially indicating that these rights were impossible to take away.

Correct Answers True

What does this map reveal about the Revolutionary War in the North?

Correct Answers 1.The majority of American victories took place inland, away from the coast. 2.The British launched a significant number of troops from Canada.

Proponents of "no taxation without representation" claimed that although trade regulation was a legal means for Parliament to raise revenue, direct internal taxes like the Stamp Act were an illegitimate extension of parliamentary power.

Correct Answer False

What does Paine see as the global significance of the American struggle for independence?

Correct Answer Support for the struggle for "asylum for mankind" and freedom around the world

By the time the Second Continental Congress convened, North American colonies were involved in an unofficial conflict that verged upon full-scale war.

Correct Answer True

Part of Britain's motivation for passing the Quebec Act was to offer religious protection to the recently conquered French Canadian inhabitants as a trade-off for gaining their loyalty on political questions of governance and rule, so as to avoid the turmoil that was going on in the thirteen American colonies.

Correct Answer True

The intensity of feelings for independence among the upper colonial class varied regionally. In -, the elites pressed very strongly for independence since their hold on local power was secure. In contrast, in places like -, which were more diverse, there were fears that movements for equality could go too far, so feelings for independence were not as strong.

Correct Answers 1. Massachusetts and Virginia 2.Pennsylvania and New York

Identify the statements that describe the Battle of Saratoga and the outcomes it had on the rest of the war.

Correct Answers 1.A lack of British military coordination played a major role in the outcome. 2.The American victory helped to persuade European powers to enter into the conflict.

Identify the statements that describe the repeal of the Stamp Act.

Correct Answers 1.Colonial boycotts of British goods played a major role in bringing about its repeal. 2.At the same time that the Stamp Act was being repealed, the Declaratory Act was created, which empowered Parliament to make all laws for the colonies. 3.Resisting the Stamp Act led to the first collective action by the colonies.

Lord Dunmore's proclamation was very - during the war because it allowed - to serve in the British army in exchange for -, and eventually pushed the colonies to make similar offers.

Correct Answers 1.Controversial 2.Slaves 3.Freedom

Why was George Washington ultimately successful in leading the Continental army?

Correct Answers 1.He employed surprise attacks on key targets. 2.He avoided direct confrontations with British regulars.

Identify how Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party.

Correct Answers 1.It closed the port of Boston. 2.It passed the Intolerable Acts.

Identify the actions taken by the First Continental Congress.

Correct Answers 1.It established the Continental Association. 2.It authorized the creation of Committees of Safety.

Identify the reasons why this engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere was significant.

Correct Answers 1.It was the most effective piece of propaganda created during the revolutionary period. 2.The image was created to stir up colonist resistance to British presence in the colonies.

Identify the statements that describe the Stamp Act.

Correct Answers 1.It was universally despised by colonists, regardless of their class, region, or occupation. 2.It represented the first time that Parliament placed a direct tax on the colonists.

Identify the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783) that ended the Revolutionary War.

Correct Answers 1.Loyalists were to be compensated by the United States for their losses. 2.The United States' western border became the Mississippi River.

As a result of the Townshend Duties, colonists - their reliance on British goods, specifically through the - efforts of the -.

Correct Answers 1.Reduced 2.Homespun 3.Daughters of Liberty

The Stamp Act crisis was not the only example of social turmoil during the 1760s. Identify the statements that describe the Regulator movement.

Correct Answers 1.Regulators often included a class-based element of the have-nots resisting the power of local elites. 2.Regulators' grievances often revolved around competing claims of land ownership.

By late 1778, the British sought to change their tactics by moving their efforts to the - in order to gain support from the - there, as well as encourage divisions between - and wealthy planters that would ultimately support their cause.

Correct Answers 1.South 2.Loyalist 3.Small Farmers

Identify the statements that describe the Boston Massacre.

Correct Answers 1.The crowd of colonials actually instigated the conflict. 2.Bostonian resentment of British soldiers increased because the soldiers often took jobs away from colonists.

Due to the increases in debts and new territories generated by the Seven Years' War, Britain sought to have colonists share in the costs of -. This led many colonists to conclude that being part of the British Empire represented a threat to their -.

Correct Answers 1.running the empire 2.Personal Freedoms

An American victory in the Revolutionary War meant that the troops would have to stop all British offensives and continually crush their British opponents on the battlefield.

Correct Answers False

Writs of assistance were legal decrees issued by Parliament to help royal governors work more effectively with their colonial legislatures by granting the governors more power.

Correct Answers False

One major problem within the British empire was that the - considered the empire to be a system of - parts under Parliament's command, and colonists considered themselves as - with the rights to govern themselves.

Correct Answers Leadership Unequal Citizens

What is the theory of virtual representation?

Correct Answers The idea that the colonies were represented indirectly by parliament as a whole

The impact of the Declaration of Independence has extended far beyond the geographic boundaries of the country. Virtually every nation seeking independence from colonial rule since 1776 has modeled, or borrowed heavily from, the philosophical principles laid out in Jefferson's document to make its case for freedom and liberty in its own context.

Correct Answers True