Unit Two Exam

Which statement BEST describes an effect of the British policy of Salutary Neglect?

• The colonies developed an aptitude for self-governing.

• Colonial governors became more powerful than assemblies.

• Parliament increased its military supervision of the colonies.

• American colonists stopped sending raw materials to England

What was the purpose of General George Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware River?

• to retreat from a British advance force and regroup with the main army

• To meet up with recently arrived French forces and plan the next battle

• To surprise the Hessian Forces and gain momentum for the Continental Navy

• To test a new type of ship that had been commissioned by the Continental Navy

What was Thomas Paine’s argument?

• Don't Revolt the King was right and fair

• Don't revolt the colonies were safe from the King

• Revolt or suffer under the King

• Revolt or be removed from North America

What was the function of the Committees of Correspondence?

• To recruit revolutionaries to fight the British

• To set up the 2nd Continental Congress

• To get French support

• To plan against Great Britain

How did the colonists respond to the Proclamation of 1763?

• They stay where they were.

• They thought it was an abuse by Britain.

• The made George Washington King of the Colonies.

• They settled the land and issued the Declaration of Independence.

The Continental Congress was created in response to?

• Wars with Natives

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Olive Branch Petition

Which of the following statements accurately describes the event that is taking place in this lithograph?

• The Beginning of the Revolution

• Revenge for the Boston Massacre

• Resistance to the Tea Act

• The first sign of colonial aggression

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• Forced colonists to give up their salaries

• Forced colonists to pay high taxes on paper

• Response to the Boston Tea Party

• Forced military service

The Quartering Act was best associated with

• Popular Sovereignty

• Direct Military Action

• A Violation of Due Process

• No Taxation Without Representation

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Look at the outline.

 

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●        boycotts

●        general unrest

●        written protests

●        destruction of property

 

Which of the following would make the BEST title for the outline above?

• Colonial Reactions to British Policies

• British Response to Colonial Resistance

• American Response to the French Revolution

• State-by-State Reactions to the Proposed Constitution