Question 1

A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was:

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A)   France became an ally to the United States.
B)   the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.
C)   the immediate surrender of all British troops to the Continental army.
D)   British commanders taking the war into the heart of New England for the first time.
E)   General Washington's decision to retreat to Valley Forge for the winter.

Question 2

Crispus Attucks:

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A)   defended in court the British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre.
B)   organized the boycott of British imports following the Townshend Act.
C)   was the first person of mixed race to serve in the Continental Congress.
D)   has been called the first martyr of the American Revolution.
E)   died bravely at the Battle of Concord.

Question 3

The "Daughters of Liberty" was the name given to:

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A)   the female children of the Founding Fathers, especially the daughters of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.
B)   New England women who won voting rights in the 1770s.
C)   the brave women who cared for wounded soldiers during the early battles of the Revolution.
D)   women who spun and wove to create their own clothing rather than buy British goods.
E)   the first national women's patriotic organization, which raised money to provide supplies for the Continental army after Saratoga.

Question 4

The Committees of Safety:

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A)   served to warn colonists if the Royal Navy was approaching.
B)   were part of a series of efforts by the Continental Congress to promote unity and to take action against enemies of liberty.
C)   killed twenty-eight Loyalists before the Revolutionary War began.
D)   took action against Catholics trying to spread Quebec's influence.
E)   were designed to protect British officials like Thomas Hutchinson, but attracted too small a number of members to succeed.

Question 5

The Olive Branch Petition:

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A)   was meant to ease tensions among the organized political parties within the Continental Congress.
B)   enabled northern and southern colonies to work together.
C)   convinced Thomas Paine that he had enough support to write Common Sense.
D)   was Parliament's final attempt to explain virtual representation to the colonists.
E)   was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown.

Question 6

All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:

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A)   ultimately, it is an assertion of the right of revolution.
B)   its arguments made it a uniquely American document with little relevance to other nations.
C)   it celebrated individual self-fulfillment as a central element of American freedom.
D)   it completed the shift of Americans' focus from their rights as Englishmen to their rights as human beings.
E)   it deemphasized tradition as a force in shaping American society.

Question 7

Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

John Wilkes was expelled from his seat in Parliament for his scandalous writings about the king; this caused many colonists to rally to his side with the call "Wilkes and Liberty."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina's county officials, was defeated by the colony's militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Sons of Liberty
B)   the Regulators
C)   the Blue Ridge Boys
D)   the Association
E)   the Rangers

Question 10

Who argued that "true liberty" could only be achieved by remaining in the British Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ben Franklin
B)   Sam Adams
C)   Ethan Allen
D)   George Washington
E)   Joseph Galloway

Question 11

By the time of Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826 about __________ other declarations of independence had been issued in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

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A)   5
B)   10
C)   15
D)   20
E)   25

Question 12

The First Continental Congress raised an army and appointed George Washington as its commander.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Washington's army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The American victory at Trenton convinced the French to join the American cause.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Americans did not gain much more than independence from the Treaty of Paris.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Washington's defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown:

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A)   allowed Washington to march his men unmolested through the Lower South where he achieved ultimate victory at Camden.
B)   would have been impossible without Benedict Arnold's poor generalship on behalf of the British.
C)   angered the French, whose fleet had yet to arrive and who wanted credit for the victory.
D)   destroyed British public support for the war.
E)   made up for Washington's failure to support General Nathanael Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Question 17

Violent social turmoil in rural areas during the 1760s:

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A)   was due entirely to Great Britain's Proclamation of 1763, banning western settlement.
B)   ended when the British army drove out Native Americans beyond the line of settlement.
C)   flourished because the British army had no interest in going beyond coastal cities.
D)   led to the creation of the Sons of Liberty.
E)   involved events in both northern and southern colonies.

Question 18

All of the following were attempts to regulate colonial trade before the Seven Years' War EXCEPT for the:

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A)   Molasses Act.
B)   Proclamation Line.
C)   Hat Act.
D)   Iron Act.
E)   Wool Act.

Question 19

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as a response to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with:

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A)   the Townshend Act.
B)   the Intolerable Acts.
C)   a declaration of war.
D)   the Suffolk Resolves.
E)   the Boston Massacre.

Exam 5: The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Olive Branch Petition:

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Violent social turmoil in rural areas during the 1760s:

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Crispus Attucks:

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All of the following were attempts to regulate colonial trade before the Seven Years' War EXCEPT for the:

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Americans did not gain much more than independence from the Treaty of Paris.

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Which armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina's county officials, was defeated by the colony's militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

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The First Continental Congress raised an army and appointed George Washington as its commander.

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Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party with:

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The "Daughters of Liberty" was the name given to:

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A key consequence of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 was:

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The Committees of Safety:

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Washington's army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.

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Washington's defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown:

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Although a few were outraged by the Stamp Act, most politically active colonists actually supported it.

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All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:

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By the time of Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826 about __________ other declarations of independence had been issued in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

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John Wilkes was expelled from his seat in Parliament for his scandalous writings about the king; this caused many colonists to rally to his side with the call "Wilkes and Liberty."

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Who argued that "true liberty" could only be achieved by remaining in the British Empire?

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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as a response to Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.

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The American victory at Trenton convinced the French to join the American cause.

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