History Exam #2

Common Sense was important because

• all of these

• it blamed the problems the colonists had encountered with the British government on the king

• it gave the colonists a philosophical justification for declaring independence

• it was cheap and easy to read

What was the start of the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• the Boston Massacre

• Lexington and Concord

Why was the First Continental Congress convened?

• to pledge continued loyalty to the King of England

• to negotiate an alliance with France

• to formulate a united response to the Coercive Acts

• to declare independence

Which American was responsible for negotiating an alliance with France during the Revolutionary War?

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

Which legislation taxed household items like lead, paper, glass, paint, and tea?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Coercive Acts

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

Which of the following were components of Republicanism, the political philosophy that emerged in the American colonies as the revolutionary struggle unfolded?  (Multiple answers need to be selected. Choose all that are correct)

• Balance of liberty and power

• popular sovereignty

• independent society

• virtuous society

The Coercive Acts were passed in response to what colonial action?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Pontiac's Uprising

• Lexington and Concord

Which of the following were provisions of the 1783 Peace of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War?  (Multiple responses needed. Choose all answers that are correct)

• Florida returned to Spain

• Americans promised to repay British debts and return loyalist property that had been seized

• American independence

• the Mississippi River as the western boundary of the new nation

• Britain promised to remove its troops from the western forts