Colonial Response
The “Virginia Resolves” stated that
A. Virginians should not be required to pay taxes.
B. the English government had no authority over the economic activities of Virginians.
C. anyone who supported the right of Parliament to tax was an enemy of the colony.
D. independence from England was the only solution to the tax crisis.
E. Virginia must do its part to reimburse England for the cost of colonial defense
C. anyone who supported the right of Parliament to tax was an enemy of the colony.
In 1766, in response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act, the British government
A. closed the port of Boston.
B. attempted to arrest the authors of the “Virginia Resolves.”
C. created the Currency Act.
D. sent additional troops to the colonies.
E. rescinded the Stamp Act
E. rescinded the Stamp Act
Which of the following statements regarding the Coercive Acts is true?
A. Massachusetts became politically isolated from the other colonies.
B. Colonial boycotts decreased.
C. Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance.
D. The acts had little practical effect on the Massachusetts colony.
E. The acts were basically ignored by other colonial legislatures
C. Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance.
. In the eighteenth century, under the English government’s theory of representation,
A. the American colonies were represented in Parliament.
B. each American colony was allowed one non-voting representative in Parliament.
C. the American colonies had no claim to any political representation.
D. the king spoke to Parliament on behalf of the American colonies.
E. the American colonies were represented by the courts.
A. the American colonies were represented in Parliament.
One effect of Shays’s Rebellion was that it
A. temporarily brought a halt to the new American government.
B. led the federal government to adopt the gold standard.
C. led to the downfall of the state government in Massachusetts.
D. contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform.
E. encouraged Massachusetts to adopt gradual emancipation
D. contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform.
Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of
A. the Boston Massacre.
B. colonial governments increasing taxes on British merchants.
C. the banning of British merchant ships from some colonial ports.
D. colonial nonimportation agreements.
E. the Boston Tea Party
D. colonial nonimportation agreements.
Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by
A. withdrawing its military protection of Massachusetts.
B. reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.
C. reducing the geographic size of the colony.
D. threatening to launch a war against the Massachusetts militia.
E. repealing the Tea Act.
B. reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.
The Declaration of Independence
A. borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents.
B. was never formally approved by the Second Continental Congress.
C. avoided making any direct criticism of the king.
D. called for the formation of a two-party democracy.
E. originally recommended that all slaves be freed.
A. borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents.
Who did the Congress send to London as a minister in 1784 to resolve the differences between the
Confederation and the British regarding the peace treaty of 1783?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. James Madison
C. John Jay
D. John Adams
E. George Washington
D. John Adams
The 1795 Treaty of Greenville
A. allowed the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi.
B. compelled the Miami Indians to move out of the Ohio Valley.
C. was never signed by any Indian leaders.
D. removed all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley.
E. led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves
n forces to the Patriots.
E. the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed.
E. led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves
The Boston Tea Party of December 1773
A. frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace.
B. took place in response to Boston’s turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor.
C. shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
D. triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.
E. took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts
D. triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.
In 1775, the Conciliatory Propositions
A. called on Parliament to reduce taxes for the sake of colonial peace.
B. saw Parliament agree to the terms of the First Continental Congress.
C. were issued as an appeal by the British government to colonial moderates.
D. temporarily reduced tensions in the colonies.
E. forced Parliament to send more troops to Boston
C. were issued as an appeal by the British government to colonial moderates.
During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially
A. declared its neutrality.
B. allied itself with the colonists.
C. allied itself with the British.
D. refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war.
E. disbanded and withdrew to the west
A. declared its neutrality.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A. created a single territory out of the lands north of Ohio.
B. guaranteed freedom of religion throughout the affected areas.
C. prohibited slavery within the affected areas.
D. abandoned the system created in the 1784 Ordinance.
E. All these answers are correct
E. All these answers are correct
The British military campaigns of 1777 saw
A. General William Howe stay in camp when he was supposed to have moved south.
B. General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga.
C. a major American victory at Philadelphia.
D. the British surround and lay siege to George Washington’s army at Valley Forge.
E. the British retake Boston and set it afire
B. General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga.
. In 1774, the First Continental Congress
A. accepted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.
B. proposed that the colonies tax themselves at Parliament’s demand.
C. agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade.
D. issued an order for the arrest of all colonists loyal to the king.
E. called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.
E. called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.
. During the second phase (1776–1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by
A. a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes.
B. a severe shortage of new soldiers coming from England.
C. an American blockade of British ships.
D. the American capture of the commanding British general.
E. American alliances with Native American tribes in the region
A. a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes.
In early 1778, France
A. withdrew military naval support from the U.S., but continued to provide monetary assistance and supplies.
B. expelled the colonies’ diplomats, including Benjamin Franklin, from Paris.
C. agreed to give the Americans money and supplies, but withheld their soldiers.
D. declared war on both England and Spain.
E. recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort
E. recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort
Under the Articles of Confederation,
A. each state had one vote in Congress.
B. all states had to approve any important measure.
C. there could be no amendments to the Articles.
D. no legislation could be passed without all states voting on the issue.
E. the executive had the power to veto legislative decisions
A. each state had one vote in Congress.
As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded
A. the nation’s capital be moved to New England.
B. an end to paper currency.
C. a moratorium on debt collection.
D. renewed trade agreements with England.
E. the right to vote for all white men, regardless of property holdings
C. a moratorium on debt collection.
In 1775, as conflicts with England intensified, American colonists
A. made extensive efforts to prepare themselves for war.
B. were deeply divided about what they were fighting for.
C. believed England was not willing to engage in military operations against them.
D. saw their larger population as a key advantage over England.
E. considered arming slaves to help build up the colonial army
B. were deeply divided about what they were fighting for.
The Boston Massacre
A. was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.
B. resulted in the death of several British soldiers.
C. led to Paul Revere’s midnight ride of warning.
D. included a trial in which British soldiers were convicted of murder.
E. turned Paul Revere into a martyr for the cause of colonial independence
A. was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.
The principal Americans who negotiated the peace terms with the British were
A. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
B. Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Adams.
C. John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Huntington.
D. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
E. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
E. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
The core American political ideology of the postwar period considered the success of the new republican
governments to be dependent on
A. a strong central governing authority.
B. the development of heavy industry.
C. westward expansion.
D. the creation of a strong military.
E. independent landowners
E. independent landowners
The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to
A. eliminate slavery in the western states.
B. compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories.
C. enhance the power of the central government.
D. gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans.
E. provide for the admission of new states into the union
E. provide for the admission of new states into the union