US History Chapter 02

Name a secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government.

• Sons of Liberty
• Salutary Neglect
• Red Coats
• Daughters of the Revolution

Which word means the loss of the value of money?

• currency
• inflation
• bankrupt
• economic

Which is a pledge by merchants not to buy imported goods from a particular source?

• currency exchange
• trade stimulation
• nonimportation agreement
• deportation

What legislation exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a  stamp duty on printed material?

• Printed Matter Embargo
• Importation Act
• Printer's Act
• Stamp Act

What is another name for general search warrants that enabled customs officers to enter ANY location during the day?

• writs of assistance
• writs of mandamus
• writs of habeus corpus
• writs of seizure

What was the British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws called?

• legislative embargo
• colonial ingnorance 
• salutary neglect
• salutatorian insult 

Who was commissioned by the Virginia governor to raise a militia and drive the French out of the Ohio River Valley territory?

• James Otis
• John Hancock
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Which battle is widely considered the formal start of the French and Indian War?

• Jumonville Glen
• Fort Duquesne
• Fort Prince George
• Battle of Pittsburgh

What land possession became British territory following the French and Indian War?

• The territory surrounding the Hudson Bay in present-day Canada
• All French territory west of the Mississippi
• All French territory east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans
• Only the lands occupied by French fur trappers that flanked the Mississippi River

The vast majority of text in the Declaration of Independence is made up of...

• a preamble.
• a resolution.
• a list of natural rights.
• a list of grievances.