headed the committee to write the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
100
The colonists' joint refusal to buy taxed goods was a ______________ .
a. cede
b. boycott
c. salutary neglect
b. boycott
100
Which of the following never fought on the side of the Americans?
a. slaves
b. Indians
c. Loyalists
d. free blacks
c. Loyalists
100
Colonists were required to provide housing and supplies for British troops by the
a. Quartering Act
b. Townshend Acts
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Stamp Act
a. Quartering Act
200
Warned the minutemen of the British march to Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
200
Let the Green Mountain Boys against the British
Ethan Allen
200
Free elections are necessary in a _______________ .
a. republic
b. militia
c. pluralism
a. republic
200
During the American Revolution, women did all of the following except:
a. fight in battles
b. operate businesses
c. work in army camps
d. elect representatives
d. elect representatives
200
During the Great Awakening, ministers like George Whitefield tried to:
a. close their congregations to new immigrants
b. inspire people to dedicate themselves to God
c. keep lay leaders from active participation in church services
d. strengthen the ties between the church in America and the official church of England
b. inspire people to dedicate themselves to God
300
Worked out a treaty with Britain to end the war
Benjamin Franklin
300
Wrote the first complete history of the American Revolution
Mercy Otis Warren
300
America's unique culture is due to the ____________ that has existed for hundreds of years.
a. inflation
b. republic
c. pluralism
c. pluralism
300
The American Revolution began in the colony of
a. New York
b. Virginia
c. Pennsylvania
d. Massachusetts
d. Massachusetts
300
African Americans in South Carolina made contributions in all of the following areas except:
a. growing rice
b. weaving baskets
c. herding cattle
d. building factories
d. building factories
400
Effectively ended the war by surrendering his troops at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
400
Led British troops that occupied Philadelphia
William Howe
400
England's policy of weakly enforcing laws in the colonies was known as ______________.
a. inflation
b. writs of assistance
c. salutary neglect
c. salutary neglect
400
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a. a few months before the war began
b. the day the war began
c. about a year after the war began
d. several years after the war began
c. about a year after the war began
400
As a result of the Seven Years' War, England gained all of the following territory except
a. Canada
b. Florida
c. lands east of the Mississippi
d. lands west of the Mississippi
d. lands west of the Mississippi
500
Wrote "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
500
Lost a 50-pound bet on the outcome of the war
John Burgoyne
500
Americans today are protected from unreasonable searches, in part because of their historical experience with
a. inflation
b. writs of assistance
c. salutary neglect
b. writs of assistance
500
France was persuaded to support the American cause after which of the following battles?
a. Bunker Hill
b. Saratoga
c. Trenton
d. Yorktown
b. Saratoga
(remember, the Frenchwoman, Sarah, dressed in a toga...)
500
The Proclamation of 1763 stated that the territory west of the Appalachians would be
a. given to Spain
b. sold back to France
c. closed to colonial settlement
d. divided into new colonies