US History Unit 2 Test Review

Explain‌ ‌how‌ ‌‌Common‌ ‌Sense‌ ‌‌led‌ ‌to‌ ‌the‌ ‌ independence‌ ‌movement‌ ‌using‌ ‌specifics‌ from‌ ‌Paine’s‌ ‌argument‌ ‌and‌ ‌why‌ ‌his‌ ‌use‌ ‌of‌ ‌vernacular‌ ‌was‌ ‌effective‌.

• Paine wrote in the vernacular of the common man, so they understood why they should declare independence

• Paine used angry vernacular that made the British want to punish unruly Americans

• Paine used fear tactics in his vernacular, so Americans worried what would happen if they did not declare independence

• Paine's vernacular was too lengthy, so most people ignored what he had to say.

How did women use their roles in the war to gain access to information about the armies?

• They dressed as men and fought in the war themselves

• They camped with the men while they were in the field

• They provided water to soldiers during important battles

• They gathered information as cooks, laundresses, and seamstresses for the British army and shared it with the Patriots

Why did the British pass the Intolerable Acts?

• To reward the colonists for supporting the British.

• To punish the French for losing the French and Indian War.

• To reward the Native Americans for donating land to the colonists.

• To punish the colonists for their participation in the Boston Tea Party.

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to claim new territory for American colonists

• to establish a government for the American colonies

• to demand representation in Parliament for the American colonies

• to announce to the world the American colonies’ reasons for separation from Britain

How did Americans achieve victory at the Battle of Yorktown?

• The American and French troops made a successful charge on the British, who entrenched on the high ground of the battlefield.

• The Americans and French pinned the British against the York River and waited for it to ice over in the winter, preventing the British from being resupplied.

• The Americans hired Indian scouts for their knowledge of the terrain and the fact that they knew shortcuts for attacking the British positions.

• The American troops surrounded the British lines and began to shell them, while the French Navy blocked any chance for their escape due to the peninsula.

What geographic feature impacted the Battle of Yorktown?

• a desert

• A peninsula

• A mountain range

• The Gulf of Mexico

Which two European countries fought each other in the French and Indian War?

• Spain and Britain

• France and Spain

• Britain and Italy

• Britain and France

How did the revolutionary pamphlet, Common Sense help the colonists’ cause during the Revolution?

• It led to the repeal of the Stamp Act.

• It created a new system of government in the U.S.

• It persuaded undecided colonists to fight for independence.

• It convinced France to join the colonies in their fight against Britain.

Why were American colonists upset with the British after the French and Indian War?

• The British made laws opening more lands to settlement.

• The British passed more laws that directly affected the colonies.

• The British passed a decree that all citizens must serve in either the army or navy.

• The British abolished the policy that British citizens could trade with any country.

How did the Proclamation of 1763 limit colonial expansion in North America?

• It ceded all British lands west of the Appalachians to Spain.

• It banned the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians.

• It forced Native Americans to relocate west of the Appalachians.

• It allowed Native Americans to control all land east of the Appalachians.