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American History
Exam #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| England had a clear advantage at the outset of the Revolutionary War, but Americans had which of the following factors operating in their favor? | A more motivated military |
| Which of the following statements characterizes the relative military strengths of the British and Patriot forces during the Revolutionary War? | Farmers angered by high taxes and Burton's demands at their sons to military service increasingly backed the rebel cause |
| Which of the following statements describes British military strategy during the first two years of the Revolutionary War? | The british were content to demonstrate their superior power and tactics in the hopes of convincing the rebels to surrender |
| Which of the following describes the Continental army during the Revolutionary War? | Most recruits were poor, native born youths and older foreign-born men. |
| Why was the Battle of Saratoga historically significant? | The victory ensured the French would join in an alliance with the Americans. |
| Which of the following factors posed a major problem for the colonies during the American Revolution? | The high price and scarcity of goods |
| Which of the following statements describes the American Revolution’s impact on civilians in areas that saw military conflicts? | Both British and American troops were known to loot farms and harass and rape civilian women. |
| To finance the war during its first two years, the new American state governments relied primarily on | printing large quantities of paper money |
| Which of the following was a consequence of the large increase of paper currency in circulation in the states during the Revolutionary War years? | The paper bills quickly fell in value, becoming nearly worthless. |
| France gave serious consideration to an alliance with the rebel colonies primarily because it regarded the war as an opportunity to | exact revenge on Britain for defeat in the French and Indian War and the loss of Canada. |
| Which of the following statements explains the Patriots’ successful revolution against Great Britain? | About one-third of the population strongly supported the war and was willing to finance the fighting through inflation |
| Which of the following statements characterized Pennsylvania’s democratic constitution of 1776? | Many leading Patriots found its radically democratic elements quite alarming. |
| Which of the following was a result of the Loyalists’ exodus during and after the Revolution? | Patriot merchants replaced Tories at the top of the economic ladder |
| Why did it take the Continental Congress several years to ratify the Articles of Confederation? | states had conflicting claims over western lands |
| Which of the following states were eventually created out of the Northwest Territory? | Kentucky |
| Which of the following statements characterizes postwar trends in American trade? | The war had crippled American shipping, which reduced the export of tobacco and other farm goods. |
| What did Shays’s Rebellion, which took place in Massachusetts in the winter of 1786–1787, demonstrate to American political leaders? | A stronger national government was needed to solve the nation's monetary problems |
| The Great Compromise led to which of the following outcomes? | The combination of the New Jersey and Virginia plans, which gave equal representation to each state and representation due to population in separate branches of the house. |
| Which constitutional provision demonstrated the framers’ lack of trust in the “people”? | The method of electing the president |
| Why were Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut among the first to ratify the United States Constitution? | These states wanted a strong government to counter the power of the larger states |
| How did British politicians respond to the American’s cry of “no taxation without representation”? | They stated that, by means of virtual representation, the interests of Americans had been considered in Parliament |
| In which of the following ways did the Rockingham ministry in Britain fashion a compromise to the Stamp Act crisis in 1766? | It repealed the Stamp Act, lowered the molasses tax, and crafted the Declaratory Act |
| The Townshend Acts of 1767 imposed duties on which of the following goods? | Paper, paint, glass, and tea imported into the colonies |
| How did the Daughters of Liberty contribute to the American boycott of British goods in the late 1760s? | Promoted non-importation by making and wearing homespun cloth |
| By 1770, after five years of crisis and debate over American sovereignty, | outspoken colonial leaders had repudiated Parliament and claimed equality for their own assemblies under the king. |
| The 1774 Coercive Acts applied to which of the following colonies? | Massachusetts only |
| Which of the following statements describes the historical significance of the April 1776 Battle of Lexington and Concord? | The bloodshed that took place made further compromise impossible |
| Why was the popular pamphlet entitled Common Sense significant? | convinced many colonist of the need to fight for American independence |
| Which of the following outcomes resulted from the Continental Congress’ approval of the Declaration of Independence? | Loyalists and anti-independence moderates left the Congress |
| What prompted many southern yeomen and tenant farmers finally to support independence from Britain in 1775? | The promise by the royal governor of Virginia to grant freedom to any slave or indentured servant who joined the Loyalists |
| Who led the moderate faction at the Second Continental Congress and won approval of a petition expressing loyalty to George III and asking for a repeal of oppressive parliamentary legislation? | John Dickinson |
| Which of the following individuals would have been an unlikely Loyalist in 1776? | a yeoman farmer |
| Why did Chesapeake slave owners increasingly rally to the Patriot cause? | were worried that the British would seize control over the courts and assemblies in the South if they succeeded in doing so in Massachusetts |
| At the First Continental Congress in 1774, New England delegates advocated which of the following plans? | Political union and defensive military preparations |
| Which of the following actions did the First Continental Congress ultimately decide to implement in 1774? | threatening to cut off almost all American exports in Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies |
| Which of the following actions did Lord North’s government take in response to the First Continental Congress in 1775? | Demanding that Americans acknowledge Parliamentary supremacy |
| Why did New Englanders resent the Quebec Act of 1774? | French Catholics were allowed to live there, Catholicism became the religion of the colony |
| Why did radical Patriots in the colonies object to the Tea Act of 1773? | They saw it as a bribe to eliminate colonial tax resistance |
| Which of the following was the purpose of the Tea Act imposed by Parliament on the colonies in May 1773? | The british needed to bail out the financially strapped British East India Company |
| In the decade before the American Revolution, the colonists’ achieved the greatest effect by using which of the following means of protest? | Boycotts |
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