E-Campus Unit 2

Lord North did which of the following:
A. Raised the tax on tea after the Boston Tea Party.
B. Made a proposal to allow the colonists to tax themselves instead of Parliament.
C. Stoped trying to appease the colonists after the Boston Tea Party.
D. Tried to stop the Coercive Acts from passage in Parliament.

When Charles Townshend became British Prime Minister in 1766, his biggest grievance the colonists had against England was the:

In reaction to the British Coercive Acts, the colonists formed the first Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress did all of the following except:
A. Asked Thomas Jefferson to draw up a draft of a statement that would declare our independence.
B. Endoresed a set of grievances against the British governmment.
C. Before they adjourned, the congress agreed to meet the next spring.
D. Rejected a plan of union under British authority.
E. Approved the Suffolk Resolves

American colonists were upset over the Gaspee Incident because:

The Stamp Act imposed by George Grenville in 1765 antagonized the American colonists more than the Sugar Act of 1764 because:

The leading figure in the outrage over the Boston Massacre was:

The British Parliament had trouble with the concept of "no taxation without representation" because?

As a result of it's repeal of the Stamp Act, Parliament:

Which of the following would have least supported a "philosophy of revolt" against the British Crown?
A. southern plantation owners
B. British "country Whigs"
C. New England Puritans
D. Scots
E. British radicals

Which of the following is not a true statement involving the Townshend Acts?
A. they closed the New York Assembly (legislature)
B. Townshend felt the taxes were fair because they were internal taxes
C. these taxes were mostly on good imported in the colonies from England
D. Townshend felt the taxes were fair because they were external taxes

Paul Revere helped inflamed colonial opinion of the the British government after the Boston Massacre by:

A firey speech against the Stamp Act was given in the Virginia House of Burgesses by:

Lord North dealt with the Townshend Acts by

Which of the following is not true involving the Tea Act of 1773?
A. had little effect on the colonists or the British.
B. was repealed by Parliamemt due to the petitions sent by the American colonists.
C. lasted for many years because the colonial boycott was not effective
D. was repealed by Parliament at the request of English merchants.

The biggest complaint the American colonists had against the Stamp Act was:

Which colony took the lead in opposing the Townshend Acts?

Three weeks after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss possible courses of action at the:

As the Revolutionary war began (1775), most Americans believed they were fighting for:

In 1781, the states ratified a plan for a decentralized of the United States that was called the:

Which of the following is not true concerning the Declaration of Independence?

All of the following was a problem America had in mobilizing for the Revolutionary War except?

All of the following are true of the Olive Branch Petition except:
A. the last attempt by the British to convience the colonists against a war
B. it was rejected by king George III
C. the last attempt by the colonists to convience the British against war
D. it hoped to convince England the costs of this war would be too great

The most success means in which America financed the Revolutionary War was:

During the American Revolution, the center of authority was:

Which of the following is true of George Washington's command of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

The pamphlet "Common Sense" was instrumental in gaining support for:

The state govenrments that were formed during the 1770's exhibited all of the following charactersitics except:
A. governors forbidden to hold legislative seats
B. adaptation of universal sufferage (right to Vote)
C. property ownership requirements to vote.
D. hand written constitutions
E. limited the power of the executive in favor of the legislative branches of government

The economic effects of the Revolutionary War included:
A. encouraging American growth and diversification.
B. a destroying of much of the American economy.
C. closing much of the world to American ships.
D. increasing American trade with Great Britain.
E. revolutionizing property ownership of plantations

The Articles of Confederation was successful in:

One result of the treatment experienced by British loyalists in America during the revolution was that:

By the end of the American Revolution, most Native American tribes had:

In the 1770's and 1780's, the powers of American government was:

The religious group that improved its position the most during the American Revolution was?

Both the British and the Americans tried to enlist the aid of the Native Americans during the American Revolution. Which of the following did not happen as a result?

Shay's Rebellion strengthened the movement to:

For most African-Americans, the America Revolution:

The wartime experiences of American women included all of the following except
A. experiencing the responsibility of running farms and businesses.
B. becoming intermittently involved in battles.
C. issuing new calls for the expansion of women's rights.
D. momentarily gainning the right to vote in many northern states.
E. increasing the morale and efficiency by doing chores and nursing.

During the early 1780s, the authority of the national government was vested in:

Which of the following groups in America would have been least likely to be a British "loyalist?"
A. dock workers in Boston
B. those who thaought England would win
C. merchants in trade with the imperial system
D. minorities
E. those who live out in isolated areas.
F. Imperial office holders

The Revolutionary War affected religious and social groups in all of the following was except:
A it weakened the postition of the Anglicans.
B it strengthened the postition of the Catholics.
C it improved the postition of the Indians because most helped the American side.
D it weakened the postition of the Quakers.
E it led to freedom for some blacks who were emancipated by the British.