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.