U.S. History 11 Test 2 (New Edition)
The most powerful voice of the Great Awakening
George Whitefield
How did the mercantile theory influence Great Britain's colonial policy?
Great Britain only used the colonies for the benefits of the mother country.
Why did Charles Townshend expect his program to be more acceptable to the colonists than George Grenville's program?
He believed that they only opposed taxes within the American colonies and that they would not object to taxes on imports.
What grievance does the following quotation give against King George III? "He (King George III) had combined with other to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution,..... giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation."- Declaration of Independence
He had illegally enforced parliamentary laws in the colonies.
Why was the containment of the British at New York significant?
If forced the British to give up on their strategy of dividing the colonies.
Valley Forge
After losing the city of Philadelphia, General Washington's army spend the winter camped at ?
British statesman from Ireland that defended the American colonies
Edmund Burke
Comte de Rochambeau
French general at the Battle of Yorktown
Horatio Gates
Patriot commander at the Battle of Saratoga.
Nathan Hale
Patriot spy disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher
First black female writer in America
Phillis Wheatley
who was appointed superintendent of finance in 1781 and obtained a much needed loan from France?
Robert Morris
What nation received the colony of Florida in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Spain
Why was the concept of virtual representation unacceptable to the colonists?
The colonists believed that they could not give consent to laws if they had no choice in who represented them.
Pontiac
The colonists lost much of their confidence in the British army after an uprising by the Ottawa chief named _________?
Haym Salomon
Jewish financier of the Patriot cause
Helped lead a Stamp Act protest in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Adams
What denomination was founded by John and Charles Wesley?
Methodist
What town did Washington capture from the Hessians on Christmas night in 1776?
Trenton
Fort Duquesne
What French fort repelled a British attack under George Washington?
Battle of Saratoga
What battle is remembered as the turning point in the War for Independence?
July 4, 1776
What is the full date for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
April 19, 1775
What is the full date for the start of the War for Independence?
Quebec Act
Which act was considered to be one of the Intolerable Acts although it was not one of the Coercive Acts?
France
Which country lost most of her American territory in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
France
Which foreign country aided the Patriot cause the most during the War of Independence?
Samuel Adams
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone's definition of the law of nature influenced the Declaration of Independence through his four volume work ?
Which of the following was NOT a Patriot advantage in pursuing war with Great Britain?
financial resources
What was the significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord to the War for Independence?
start of the war
Nathaniel Greene
the Fighting Quaker
Francis Marion
the Swamp Fox
Missionary to the Native Americans
David Brainerd
What was the function of the Stamp Act?
The act required all publications and legal documents to be taxed by purchasing stamps from the government.
Stamp Act Congress
1765
Boston Tea Party
1773
First Continental Congress
1774
Second Continental Congress
1775
Battle of Yorktown
1781
Treaty of Paris
1783
Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British in exchange for a large sum of money?
Benedict Arnold
Henry Clinton
British commander in chief who replaced William Howe.
Prime minister who passed the Intolerable Acts
Charles Townshend
What were the results of the Halfway Covenant?
Churches became corrupted, but membership increased.
Quebec
The British secured control of the St. Lawrence River during the French and Indian War with a victory at the Battle of _____________?
How did the Albany Plan differ from the Dominion of New England?
The Dominion of New England was a forced union.
Jonathan Edwards
The man who preached the most famous sermon in American history was ___________?
How did the Great Awakening convince Americans of the need for political freedom?
They realized that political freedom was necessary to have true religious freedom.