U. S. History: The American Revolution (2015-2016)

Question 1

Taxation without representation was addressed in the Dec. of Ind. as a result of the

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the Stamp Act.

Question 2

Who was the author of Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

Question 3

Which occurred first? The Boston Tea Party or the French and Indian War?

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French and Indian War

Question 4

A Jewish immigrant, he helped to finance the Revoutionary War . . .

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Haym Soloman

Question 5

What nation signed a treaty with the U. S. providing military aid after the Battle of Saratoga?

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France

Question 6

Which of the following limited the freedom of the colonists to move into western lands?

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Proclamation of 1763

Question 7

A famous American naval hero during the war was

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John Paul Jones

Question 8

How did the colonists respond to the passage of the Stamp Act?

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Violent protests and formation of formal protest groups

Question 9

The writer who influenced Thomas Jefferson's principles in the Declaration of Independence was

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John Locke.

Question 10

Unalienable rights are

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All of the above.

Question 11

Which battle ended with the surrender of Cornwallis' troops?

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Battle of Yorktown

Question 12

He was an African American slave who spied for the Americans during the Revolution . . .

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James Armistead

Question 13

"No taxation without representation" can be linked with what principle?

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Consent of the governed

Question 14

The Declaration of Independence was written BEFORE the Boston Tea Party. True or False?

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False

Question 15

The 13 colonies supplied England with raw materials and markets; this was part of England's

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policy of mercantilism.

Question 16

The creation of the First Continental Congress was a response to what event?

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the Intolerable Acts

Question 17

To avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians, England passed the

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Proclamation of 1763.

Question 18

Which came first? Fundamental Orders of Connecticut or the French and Indian War?

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Question 19

Closure of the port of Boston and allowance of quartering of troops was included in the

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Intolerable Acts.

Question 20

Victory:_____________ as Turning Point:_________________

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Yorktown . . .Saratoga

Question 21

Thomas Paine was a Loyalist and opposed independence.

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False

Question 22

According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the MAIN purpose of government?

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To protect the rights of the individual

Question 23

What era (time period) of American History have we been currently studying?

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The Revolutionary Period

Question 24

Bernardo de Galvez, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Wentworth Cheswell were

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heroes of the American Revolution.

Question 25

The first shots of the Revolution were fired at

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Lexington

Question 26

The Declaration of Independence was an accomplishment of the

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Second Continental Congress.

Question 27

Which war threw England heavily into debt and resulted in taxing the colonists?

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the French and Indian War

Question 28

Independence of the U. S. was recognized by Britain in the

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Treaty of Paris of 1783.

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