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The American Yawp

Chapter 5 – The American Revolution

Quiz

1. Where did the ideas of the “country party,” that is the emphasis on the ideology of
republicanism, have the most influence?
a. In the colonies
b. In Great Britain
c. The influence was equal
d. Both the colonies and Great Britain distrusted this ideology as it was associated with
Catholic France

2. Both John Locke and George Whitefield encouraged which of the following values?
a. Fear of sin and hell
b. Questioning authority
c. Power of experience to shape one’s thinking
d. Importance of education

3. Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of
the Appalachian Mountains?
a. To limit wars with the French
b. To limit wars with Native Americans
c. To make it easier to collect taxes
d. All of the above

4. What was the most important difference between the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?
a. The Stamp Act was a direct tax while the Sugar Act modified a pre-existing duty
b. The Stamp Act only affected wealthy individuals while the Sugar Act only affected
Bostonians
c. The Sugar Act was approved by colonial assemblies whereas the Stamp Act was
imposed by royal governors
d. The Sugar Act raised the prices of sugar, while the Stamp Act decreased the price of
postage

5. How did colonists respond to the repeal of the Stamp Act?

a. Praising Parliament and King George III
b. Denouncing British tyranny and tearing down a lead statue of King George III in
New York City
c. Continuing the same protests against the Sugar Act
d. Creating the Constitutional Congress to coordinate future action

6. How did women participate in protesting the Townshend Acts?

a. Refusing to procreate
b. Acting as representatives in colonial legislatures
c. Spinning homespun clothing to aid the trade boycott
d. They did not participate

7. Why was the Boston Massacre significant?

a. Enabled Paul Revere to become an important national leader
b. Demonstrated colonial resistance to the Sugar Act
c. Tied the colonies together through shared sympathy for Boston
d. The execution of the British soldiers indicated the resolve of colonial leaders

8. What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

a. Raise revenue to pay down the national debt
b. Help the East India Company
c. Punish Boston merchants
d. All of the above

9. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts included four specific laws. The first was the Boston Port
Act. The other three are all of the following EXCEPT
a. Glass Act
b. Massachusetts Government Act
c. Administration of Justice Act
d. Quartering Act

10. The “Declaration of Rights and Grievances,” produced by the Continental Congress
included which of the following assertions:
a. Colonists retained all the rights of native Britons
b. Taxes should come only from the colonists' elected representatives
c. Colonists should have the right to trails by juries
d. All of the above

11. Which delegates opposed the mention of slavery in the Declaration of Independence?
a. South Carolina
b. Georgia
c. Various northern delegates who represented slave trading merchants
d. All of the above

12. The aid of which European nation proved most helpful to the American cause?
a. Spain
b. Holland
c. France
d. Prussia

13. Which side was the first to offer freedom to slaves willing to fight for their side?
a. Americans
b. British
c. Neither offered freedom to slaves willing to fight
d. Both made the same offer in 1775

14. Most members of the Shawnee, Creek, Cherokee, and Iroquois sided with which side during
the war?
a. British
b. Americans
c. Neither
d. Most Shawnee and Creek sided with the Americans while most Cherokee and
Iroquois sided with the British

15. What turning point convinced the French to join the war against Britain?
a. Battle of Saratoga
b. Battle of Trenton
c. Battle of New York
d. Battle of Bunker Hill