Unit 3 Part 2 Quiz

 The event that precipitated the first real exchange of shots between the British army and American colonists was the

• Stamp Act Protests.

• British attempt to seize colonial supplies and leaders at Lexington and Concord.

• Boston Pontiac's Rebellion. Tea Party.

• American burning of a British tea ship at Annapolis, Maryland.

Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence were both written in response to

• colonial governments' attempts to extend political rights to new groups

• colonial governments' failures to implement mercantilist policies

• British government's failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians

• British government's attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies

The ideas about government expressed by Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence are most consistent with which of the following?

• The ideas of the Enlightenment

• The principle of religious freedom

• The concept of hereditary rights and privileges

• The belief of Manifest Destiny

Women contributed to the revolutionary war in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• They raised funds for the Continental Army.

• Thousands of women formed guerrilla military units, attacking British officers from the cover of their homes.

• Temporarily, New Jersey women exercised the right to vote under the state's first constitution.

• They enforced boycotts.

• They made clothing from non-imported fibers.

The typical patriotic woman contributed to the American Revolution by engaging in which of the following activities during the conflict?

• Producing goods for the Patriot cause

• Joining militias so that they could fight on the front lines of battle

• Writing plays in support of independence

• Campaigning for the right to vote as a wartime measure

The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

• brought the British to offer recognition of colonial independence.

• kept Benedict Arnold from joining the British.

• prevented the fighting from spreading into the southern colonies.

• prevented the colonial capital from being captured by the British.

• brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France.

In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America's military by

• gaining a pay raise for American troops.

• providing adequate food and clothing for the soldiers.

• securing the support of France for the American war effort with a victory in New York City.

• defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British at Princeton.

• bringing in Alexander Hamilton as his aide.

The Revolutionary War began with fighting in and the fighting concluded in _____ then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in

• New England, the middle colonies, the South

• the South, the middle colonies, New England

• New England, the South, the middle colonies

• the middle colonies, New England, the South

• the middle colonies, the South, New England

American victory at Yorktown was complete only after

• General Cornwallis was killed in battle.

• American spies captured the British General Cornwallis.

• Washington led a courageous and unexpected charge against General Burgoyne.

• Washington led his troops across the Delaware River in the dark of night.

• the French naval fleet arrived before the British could rescue Cornwallis's army.

Which of the following contributed most to the American victory in the Revolution?

• French military and financial assistance

• A major American military victory at Valley Forge

• Support from the French Canadians

• The British failure to capture Philadelphia

• The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action