US History Chapter 5 Practice Quiz

Boston Tea Party

1773

Thomas Jefferson's A Summary View of the Rights of British America

1774

Lord Dunmore's proclamation

1775

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

1776

Battle of Saratoga

1777

Who engraved the image of the Boston Massacre that became one of the most influential pieces of political propaganda of the Revolutionary Era?

Paul Revere

Which was not a consequence of the 1765 Stamp Act?

Postal service was restricted to only those willing to obey the law.

The Carolina "Regulators" of the mid-1760s were:

A group of wealthy residents of the backcountry who protested the lack of courts and lack of representation in the colonial governance

The idea that the United States has a special mission to serve as a symbol of freedom, a refuge from tyranny, and a model for the world is called by historians:

American exceptionalism

Who won the Revolutionary War?

Americans

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Boston Tea Party; Olive Branch Petition; publication of Common Sense; Declaration of Independence

Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament imposed restrictions on Massachusetts that included closing the port of Boston, curtailing town meetings, and allowing soldiers to be lodged in people's houses. These restrictions were called:

Coercive or Intolerable Acts

Who was considered "the first martyr" of the American Revolution?

Crispus Attucks

The Declaration of Independence:

Declared the United States independent of British rule.

What two European powers allied with the Americans in the War of Independence?

France and Spain

What did the Sugar Act of 1764 do that so vexed the colonists due to the already existing tax on molasses imported from the French West Indies?

It decrease it

Which was not part of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770?

It witnessed tea thrown into Boston Harbor and an Indian massacre.

Which of the "founding fathers" argued that Parliament had no right to authorize the Writs of Assistance to combat smuggling?

James Otis

Which was not part of the Boston Tea Party?

John Adams was sent to prison on December 17, 1773.

Which of the following did the Stamp Act affect?

Newspaper

On October 17, 1777, the Americans scored an important victory against British forces at:

Saratoga

The two southern colonies that did not enroll free blacks and slaves to fight were:

South Carolina and Georgia

The British imposed a direct tax (also called an "internal tax") for the first time on colonists with:

Stamp Act

Sons of Liberty (1765) were said to oppose "every limitation of trade and duty on it." In this context, define "duty."

Tax

What did the 1766 Declaratory Act declare?

That Parliament had the power to pass laws for the colonies "in all cases whatever"

Which of the following was not a British law forbidding colonial manufacture?

The Molasses Act of 1733

Which of the following was not a feature of the Stamp Act crisis of 1765?

The Stamp Act was passed by the Stamp Act Congress as a way to subvert the power of Parliament to tax the colonies.

Which of the following was not a feature of the 1774 Intolerable Acts?

The repression of Catholicism in the colonies

The Daughters of Liberty were:

Women who spun and wove cloth during the 1768 Townshend Duties boycott.