British Colonies and Revolution Unit Review

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT an activity engaged in by the secret Sons of Liberty organization?

Accepted Answer

Loudly proclaiming upcoming actions against King George in the town square

Question 2

Having caused a very negative reaction from the colonists, the Townshend Acts were repealed except the tax on this item:

Accepted Answer

tea

Question 3

He represented the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre & became our 2nd president:

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT part of the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?

Accepted Answer

The British win the battle

Question 5

When the Townshend Acts were repealed, which tax remained in place?

Accepted Answer

the tax on tea

Question 6

Which of the following colonies did NOT send a representative to the First Continental Congress of 1774

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 7

The Declarations and Resolves written during the First Continental Congress were

Accepted Answer

Final effort to present the colonists grievances to the King to avoid war

Question 8

The "No taxation without representation!" slogan means....

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Don't tax me when I have no say in the laws that affect me!

Question 9

Slavery was important to Southern Colonies because agriculture was labor intensive & central to their economies

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Colonists boycotted the goods taxed by the Townshend Acts. "Boycotting' the goods" means...

Accepted Answer

refusing to buy the goods

Question 11

What are the two significances of the Colonial Army's victory at the Battle of Trenton?

Accepted Answer

It improved the morale of the soldiers and brought the army needed supplies

Question 12

Rhode Island was the first colony to offer religious freedom by law- including to Quakers and Jews

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

In the Second Continental Congress, a Continental Army is formed and George Washington is made the general of it

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

This Middle Colony- home to Quakers and the Amish- became a safe haven for escaped African slaves

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT true about the First Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Representatives discussed how to conduct the war against Britain

Question 16

There was slavery to some degree in all of the original 13 colonies

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

This Southern colony relied heavily on slavery for plantation farming of indigo, cotton, rice and tobacco

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true about the Quartering Act?

Accepted Answer

It required British oldiers to treat the American colonists fairly

Question 19

Which is NOT true of the Intolerable Acts?

Accepted Answer

They made colonists understand King George could not be ignored

Question 20

Originally called New Amsterdam, this port and fishing colony founded by the Dutch grew wealthy from the fur trade

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 21

The first boycotts were organized by

Accepted Answer

The Sons of Liberty

Question 22

To this day, Americans on the whole (and especially Ms. Lockard...) overwhelmingly prefer coffee over tea

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

What items were taxed in the Stamp Act of 1765?

Accepted Answer

most printed materials

Question 24

The Townshend Acts.......

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imposed taxes on glass, paints, lead, paper and tea

Question 25

The Boston Massacre was.....

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a street fight between a few redcoats and many "patriotic" colonists

Question 26

What is a Siege?

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Military blockade of strategic position that cuts off supplies to the enemy

Question 27

The British Parliament was and is...

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a group of leaders that make laws that affect British citizens

Question 28

In colonial times, a LOYALIST-or 'Tory' was a person who was...

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loyal to Great Britain

Question 29

The long term effect of the American boycotts on British goods almost destroyed Britain's economy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Why did businessmen in the American colonies resort to smuggling?

Accepted Answer

To operate outside of England's control & taxation to make greater profits

Question 31

WHO fought against WHO in the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

The French and Indians against the British and Indians

Question 32

The first British settlement Jamestown (1607) and the House of Burgesses (1619) legislature were formed in this colony

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 33

Which is NOT a result of the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

The colonists are grateful to King George III for his protection

Question 34

This colony was founded as a Puritan colony and was the site of the Boston Tea Party

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 35

A refuge for English Catholics that established religious freedom by law, this Middle colony's main export was tobacco

Accepted Answer

Maryland

Question 36

Which statement is NOT true about the Sons of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

they wanted to find a way to compromise with King George

Question 37

Why was the French and Indian- or Seven Year's War fought?

Accepted Answer

To decide if Britain or France would dominate in N. America & in the world

Question 38

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Treaty of Paris?

Accepted Answer

Tories had to go back to Britain since they liked the king so much

Question 39

What did the British Parliament do to try to make the tax on tea more acceptable to the colonists?

Accepted Answer

They lowered the price of East India tea that they were forcing them to buy

Question 40

Why wouldn't the colonists accept the tax on tea even though the tea was still very cheap?

Accepted Answer

They considered the tax a form of British control and didn't like it

Question 41

The economies in the New England colonies centered around

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furs, manufacturing and trade

Question 42

Committees of Correspondence were formed because

Accepted Answer

Colonists needed to meet & coordinate responses to British actions secretly

Question 43

The economies of the Middle colonies centered around

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mixed commerce and agriculture

Question 44

After the Proclamation of 1763, King George sent more troops to the colonies to....

Accepted Answer

protect colonists from Indians and keep colonists off Indian lands

Question 45

This colony offered a fresh start for people who were imprisoned back in England for being unable to pay their debt

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 46

Britain won the French & Indian War but King George sought to limit colonial expansion because:

Accepted Answer

The expense involved in maintaining order & defense against native attacks

Question 47

Banished from Massachusetts for advocating religious tolerance, Roger Williams founded this small New England colony

Accepted Answer

Rhode Island

Question 48

Washington's crossing of the Delaware and ensuing battle is also known as:

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Trenton

Question 49

The Proclamation of 1763 said that....

Accepted Answer

colonists could not settle in the lands west of Appalachians

Question 50

This British General lost to French & American forces at the Siege of Yorktown to end the Revolutionary War in 1781

Accepted Answer

Charles Cornwallis

Question 51

The colonists considered King George a 'tyrant.' Tyrant means:

Accepted Answer

a cruel and oppressive ruler

Question 52

What is the best definition of Propaganda?

Accepted Answer

Often misleading information meant to persuade people to your views

Question 53

It was here that the First Continental Congress met at Carpenter's Hall in 1774

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 54

Smuggling means to...

Accepted Answer

move goods illegally into or out of a state or country to avoid paying tax

Question 55

Paying for the soldiers was expensive, so Parliament advised the king to do these 2 things:

Accepted Answer

impose the Stamp Tax and the Quartering Act

Question 56

The first representative governmental body formed in the British Colonies was

Accepted Answer

The House of Burgesses in Virginia

Question 57

Like Boston, Massachusetts, New York also had a busy and strategic port during the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

True

Question 58

What started the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

a colonist poked a British soldier in the chest

Question 59

The economies in the Southern colonies centered around

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 60

In 1768, John Hancock is accused of smuggling and

Accepted Answer

His ship Liberty is confiscated (taken) by the British

Question 61

In colonial times, a PATRIOT was a person who...

Accepted Answer

Was an American colonist who rebelled against British taxation & control

Question 62

Another Puritan separatist group established this colony whose economy was based on exporting rum and shipbuilding

Accepted Answer

Connecticut

Question 63

Why did John Adams feel it was important for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre to have a fair trial?

Accepted Answer

He felt that every person accused of a crime deserved a fair trial

Question 64

The Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773 was....

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty dump $2 million of East India tea in the Boston harbor

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