Inquizitive Hist1100 Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1763—1783

Identify the colonist who wrote letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, which argued that colonials were English citizens who possessed all fo the rights of Englishmen

John Dickinson

About 200,000 Native Americans lived east of the Mississippi River in 1790. As sites of conflict in the War of Independence moved westward, like white Americans, Indians divided in allegiance. Match each of the following groups to its allegiance during the Revolution.

Oneida - Americans Cherokee - Split Iroquois- British

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

True

Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown ended the American Revolution

False

After the Seven Years' War, colonists and the British government found themselves in a cycle of legislative crackdown followed by political rebellion. Place the following events from this time period in chronological order.

1. British gov. imposes the Townshend Acts... 2. Confrontation between British troops and an angry crowd leaves 5 colonists dead 3. The British gov. offers rebates and subsidies to the East India Company... 4. The British gov., seeking to demonstrate its authority, authorizes lodging of British soldiers in colonial homes

A concept critical to political thought in the _________ century, "British liberty" encompassed ideas of individual rights and __________alongside ideas of __________executive power. British liberty was a parochial concept, understood to apply specifically to British people, not to people from continental Europe or Africa.

1. eighteenth 2. rule of law 3. limited

The movement to replace British imports with domestically produced goods was described as___________.Women who spun and wove goods at home became known as ____________. Colonial leaders in Virginia even briefly moved to ban the importation of _________but this ban was undermined by smaller planters away from the coast, who ignored it.

1. homespun virtue 2. Daughters of Liberty 3. slaves

Because of a ______ of tea, Britain passed the Tea Act, which _______ the price of tea in the colonies, and simultaneously included a tax to pay for the costs of colonial _______, which threatened the power of colonial assemblies.

1. surplus 2. reduced 3. government

As time went on, Americans came to believe that their struggle was for _________were derived from the laws of __________ not as the gift of their chief magistrate. While Americans still revered the king, they demanded that the empire be seen as a collection of equal parts held together by loyalty to _________ not a system in which one part ruled over the other.

1. universal rights 2. nature 3. a constitutional monarch

Identify the statements that describe the Townshend Acts of 1767

A portion of the funds generated was allocated to paying the colonial governors' salaries They were a set of trade regulations.

Samuel Seabury was a prominent and outspoken pamphleteer in the years before the American Revolution. Which of the following statements about him are correct?

does not describe Seabury: -an outspoken supporter of the Continental Congress -a populist who trusted in the political wisdom of working people describes Seabury - a Loyalist who opposed war with Britain -the United States' first Episcopal bishop

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

Correct answers:-He employed surprise attacks on key targets-He avoided direct confrontations with British regulars

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

Correct answers:-loyalist were to be compensated by the United States for their losses-The United States' western border became the Mississippi river

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:-regulators often included a class-based element of the have-nots resisting the power f local elites-regulators' grievances often revolved around competing claims of land ownership

What advantages did the British empire have in the war against American independence?

Correct- Experienced military commanders a strong well-equipped army and navy A large faction of Loyalist colonists who opposed the Revolution

At the end of the Seven Years' War, the British government was determined to exert control over the economies of its North American colonies. Match each new rule with the act of Parliament that introduced it.

Currency Act - reiterated earlier ban on colonies issuing their own currencies Sugar Act - reduced the tax on molasses imported cracked down on smuggling by colonial merchants Revenue Act- enumerated goods so that colonists could no longer trade them directly with Holland and France

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

False

Identify the statements that describe the Stamp Act.

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

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

The Correct answers:- the American victory helped to persuade European powers to enter into the conflict-A lack of British military coordination played a major role in the outcome

Identify the statements that describe the concept of American exceptionalism

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

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

True

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

True

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

-the majority of American victories took place inland. away from the coast -the British launched a significant number of troops from Canada

Using the information provided by the maps below, which depict the Revolutionary War in the South, New England, and the middle states, categorize the following battles as either British victories or American victories.

American victory - Yorktown, Saratoga, Trenton British Victory - New York City, Bunker Hill, Charleston

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

Colonial boycotts of British goods played a major role in bringing about its repeal. 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. The Sons of Liberty played a key role in the repeal of the Stamp Act.

The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 helped to persuade France and Spain to support America's pursuit of independence from Britain. Identify each of the following reasons as either a French or Spanish reason for supporting the United States in the War of Independence.

Spanish reason for supporting American independence- Wished to regain control of Florida French reason for supporting American Independence- sought retribution for defeat in the Seven Years' War Sought to weaken British influence in the West Indies