USI Reading Quiz #3

As Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, became one of the most successful and influential in the history of political writing to that date, Paine wanted a share of the profits to be used for

war supplies for the Continental army.

During the Revolutionary War, a Massachusetts group of women accused a merchant of hoarding coffee, later taking matters into their own hands by

forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods.

The Treaty of Paris marked a change in which the balance of power

in eastern North America shifted away from the Indians and toward white Americans.

British success in the Seven Years' War contributed to the making of the American Revolution because

the British government raised taxes to pay for the debt it incurred during the war.

Which of the following was a British law forbidding colonial manufacture?

the Wool Act of 1699

Which of the following was a feature of the 1774 Intolerable Acts?

the suppression of town meetings and local elections

Abigail Adams wrote in a famous letter to her husband to

"remember the ladies"

The estimated percentage of free Americans who remained loyal to the British during the Revolution was

20-25 percent

The "shot heard 'round the world" began the American War of Independence, and took place in what city

Concord

Which of the following was a part of the balance of power between British and American forces during the Revolution?

In the end, aid from Britain's rivals--especially France--was essential to American victory.

The foremost center of political radicalism during the revolutionary era was

Pennsylvania

During the 1760s, backcountry protesters in the Carolinas were known as

Regulators

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

Stamp Act Congress as a way to subvert the power of Parliament to tax the colonies.

Which of the following is in the correct time sequence? a.Phillis Wheatley was bought as a slave in Boston, Vermont's state constitution banned slavery, the French Revolution broke out in Europe. b.The Ladies' Association of Philadelphia was founded, a single government for the Canadian provinces was created, and Thomas Jefferson drew up the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. c.Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, Sampson enlisted in the Continental army, and John Adams published Thoughts on Government. d.Congress denounced the Quebec Act, Loyalists were thrown out immediately after The Treaty of Paris, and Samuel Sewall published The Selling of Joseph.

a

The Book of Negroes was

a list of African-Americans evacuated from New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War.

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? a.founding of Sons of Liberty; establishment of Committees of Safety; first boycott of British goods; Boston Massacre b.Declaratory Act; Stamp Act; Tea Act; First Continental Congress c.Battle of Lexington; French-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce; forming of Continental Army; battle of Bunker Hill d.Boston Tea Party; Olive Branch Petition; publication of Common Sense; Declaration of Independence

d

Which of the following was a course adopted by African-Americans to advance the cause of emancipation during the revolutionary era?

lawsuits challenging the legality of slavery

The tactics of American resistance to British colonial policy from the mid-1760s through the mid-1770s included

mass demonstrations in the port towns.

While some 5,000 slaves fought for American independence, far more gained liberty by

obtaining sanctuary from the British.

Three months after independence was declared in 1776, Pennsylvania adopted a new state constitution with only a

one-house legislature.