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APUSH Unit 2 2013-2014 Chapters 5-8

1. The wealthiest people in pre-Revolutionary America were primarily

a.lawyers, doctors, and other professionals

b.northern merchants and southern planters

c.inland farmers

d.industrialists

e.local government officials

2. The First Great Awakening was

a. a religious revival that occurred throughout the American colonies

b.a slave rebellion in colonial South Carolina

c.an eighteenth-century religious movement among Native Americans

d.the flowering of Enlightenment political thought in colonial America

e.an early colonial protest against English imperial policy

3.France’s support for the US during the American Revolutionary War was motivated

primarily by

a.enthusiasm for the revolutionary principles espoused by the Americans

b.a desire to weaken its rival, Great Britain

c.a desire to regain Canada and the Floridas

d.pressures from its ally, Spain

e.the hope of converting the US into a French colony

4. By the time of the Revolution, the American colonists had generally come to believe

that creation of a republic would solve the problems of monarchial rule because a

republic would establish

a. a highly centralized government led by a social elite

b. a strong chief executive

c. a small, limited government responsible to the people

d. unlimited male suffrage

e. a society in which there were no differences of rank and status

5.The French-Indian War was a pivotal point in America’s relationship to Great Britain

because it led Great Britain to

a, encourage colonial manufacturing

b. impose revenue taxes on the colonies

c. restrict emigration from England

d. ignore the colonies

e.grant increased colonial self-government

6.The mercantilist system in the eighteenth century led to

a.the restriction of governmental intervention in the economy

b.the protection of Native Americans from European economic exploitation

c.the expansion of colonial manufacturing

d. the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country

e. noncompetitive commercial relations among nations

7. The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to

a.limit western expansion of colonial settlement

b.establish a defensible boundary between the British and the French colonists along

the Appalachian Mountains

c.divide western territories into future royal colonies

d.restrict British immigration to the North American colonies

e.create more taxable income for the royal government by selling western territories

8. Harvard College and Yale College were established

a.primarily to train lawyers and doctors

b.encourage scientific advances

c.ensure an adequate supply of ministers

d.prepare young men for political leadership

e.preserve the traditions of classical scholarship

9.Which of the following was Great Britain's justification for its continued occupation of a

number of posts on United States soil despite the terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?

a.The United States lacked the military capability to maintain the posts.

b.The United States had violated the treaty clauses dealing with the restoration of Loyalist

property.

c.Great Britain needed a buffer zone between the United States and Canada.

d.Great Britain's understanding with both France and Spain permitted the British to stay.

e.Great Britain had promised its ally, Tecumseh, that it would establish a state for his people in

the region.

10. The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to

a.raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

b.reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods

c.fund the colonial postal system

d.impose a mercantilist system on the colonies

e.reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures

11. A major consequence of the French and Indian War of 1754-1763 was the

a.legal settlement of the trans-Appalachian frontier by British colonists

b.imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies

c.shrinking of Spanish territorial claims in North America

d.removal of British troops from the thirteen colonies

e.change in status of the proprietary colonies to royal colonies

12. According to Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America, American individualism arose as a result of

a.the absence of an aristocracy b.limited geographic mobility c.the uneven distribution of

wealth

d.urbanization e.the Enlightenment

13.The Stamp Act crisis was important in the coming of the American Revolution for all of the

following reasons EXCEPT:

a.The colonists demonstrated their willingness to use violence rather than legal means to

frustrate British policy

b.The crisis coincided with a British decision to garrison regular troops in American cities.

c.American patriots realized that British inflexibility made revolution virtually inevitable.

d.The British maintained that the colonies had no right to independence from parliamentary

authority.

e.Patriot leaders claimed that the act denied them their British birthrights.

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

a.French military and financial assistance

b.The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action

c.A major American military victory at Valley Forge

d.Support from the French Canadians

e.The British failure to capture Philadelphia

15.The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to

a.raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

b.reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods

c.fund the colonial postal, system

d.impose a mercantilist system on the colonies

e.reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures

16.The Declaration of Independence did all the following EXCEPT

a.appeal to the philosophy of natural rights

b.call for the abolition of the slave trade

c.appeal to the sympathies of the English people

d.criticize the provisions of the Quebec Act of 1774

e.accuse George B3 of tyranny

17.The North American colonies took advantage of Great Britain's policy of salutary neglect to

a.establish religious freedom as a fundamental right

b.work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries

c.introduce the practice of slavery into the New World

d.establish a standing army

e.make favorable territorial settlements with the French

18. Which of the following was true of the first Great Awakening?

a.It primarily affected church congregations in towns and cities.

b.Cotton Mather was one of its most famous preachers.

c.It was denounced by Jonathan Edwards.

d.It was primarily a southern phenomenon.

e.It resulted in divisions within both the Congregational and the Presbyterian churches

19.France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following

a.the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

b.American naval victories on the Great Lakes

c.the dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain

d.an ultimatum by American diplomats

e.a personal plea by George Washington

20.The primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to

a.encourage westward colonial migration

b.avoid conflict with the trans-Appalachian Indians

c.gain much needed revenue

d.drive out French colonists

e.provide a haven for Catholics

21.By the 1750’s , the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all

of the following EXCEPT:

a.disdain for British constitutional monarchy

b.many religious denominations

c.a society without a hereditary aristocracy

d.a growing number of non-English settlers

e.acceptance of slavery as a labor system

22. ‘In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I

desire you would Remember the Ladies” The appeal quoted above was made by

a.Molly Pitcher b.Abigail Adams c.Martha Washington d.Martha Jefferson e.Mary Shelley

23. Which of the following is a true statement about The Treaty of Paris that ended the American

Revolutionary War?

a.it resulted in the return of all property confiscated from Loyalists by individual American states

during the war

b.it recognized US sovereignty over territory east of the Mississippi, between the Great Lakes and

Florida

c.it led to the speedy withdrawal of all British troops from American soil

d.American negotiators consistently followed the guidelines specified by the Continental Congress

e.the only parties to the treaty were Great Britain and the allied nations, the US and France

24.Which of the following groups was least likely to respond with enthusiasm to the religious fervor of

the Great Awakeningin the 1730s and 1740s?

a.established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia

b.Presbyterians in the Southern colonies

c.backwoods farmers isolated on the colonial frontier

d. landless sons in New England communities

e.itinerant preachers unable to find permanent parishes for themselves

25. France decided to aid the North American colonies in their war for independence primarily because France

a. was working to establish democratic rule in European countries

b. saw the war as an opportunity to end the international slave trade

c. wanted to weaken the British empire

d. was allied with Spain, which had already joined the colonists' cause

e. had long been the primary trading partner of the North American colonies

26. In the eighteenth century, British colonists wishing to settle west of the Appalachians were principally

motivated by

a.the comparatively small numbers of American Indians in the old Northwest

b.the low price and easy availability of land

c.freedom from the threat of Spanish authorities

d.a desire to escape overcrowded cities along the Atlantic coast

e.promises of tax breaks for those willing to establish frontier settlements

27. British colonists in North America objected to the Stamp Act primarily because it

a.threatened the free press

b.disrupted trade with the West Indies

c.closed the colonial courts

d.enriched corrupt officials

e.taxed them without their consent

28. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?

a.France for its failure to support the colonial war effort

b.Parliament for its continued opposition to the king of England

c.Politicians who believed a small island could not effectively rule a distant continent

d.The king of England and the principle of monarchy

e.The authors of the Declaration of Independence

29.After the French and Indian War, British political leaders were determined to

a.require the North American colonies to pay a greater share of the empire's administrative expenses

b.end slavery in the North American colonies

c.encourage colonial expansion into the Ohio Valley by moving all American Indian peoples further

west

d.strengthen the French colonial holdings in Canada and the northwest to discourage Spanish expansion

e.convert all Catholic colonists to the beliefs of the Anglican Church

30.Mercantilism as applied by Britain to its North American colonies meant that the British government

a.subsidized colonial merchants

b.encouraged the colonists to trade with other foreign countries

c.encouraged the colonies to become economically self-sufficient

d.regulated colonial shipping and tobacco production

e.barred trade with American Indians

31. The Great Awakening of the 1740s led to

a. the growth of religious conformity throughout all the colonies

b. an increase in attacks on American Indian peoples

c.the establishment of Harvard College in Massachusetts

d.splits among existing religious denominations and the rise of new churches

e.the growth of hysteria in Massachusetts over witchcraft

32.In 1735 the New York City trial of editor John Peter Zenger helped establish the principle that

a.the government had the right to punish its critics in times of war

b.legislators had no right to interfere with freedom of the press

c. an editor could not be punished for seditious libel if the editor’s words were accurate

d. a defendant was entitled to a trial by jury

e. the government had no right to censor newspapers

33. Which of the following best describes the message of the cartoon?

a.A plea for keeping the Union together on the eve of the Civil War

b.An appeal to the colonies to unify the threat from the French

c.An appeal to the slaveholding states against the Missouri Compromise

d.A call for Native American tribes to unite against white settlers

e.A plea to end sectional differences over tariff policy

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34. The resolution that “These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent

states…” was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate

a. Patrick Henry. b. Thomas Jefferson. c. Richard Henry Lee.

d. Thomas Paine e. John Adams.

35. Which individual privately advocated equality for women?

a.Betsy Ross b. Thomas Jefferson c.Martha Washington d. Ben Franklin e.Abigail Adams

36.The Boston Port Act was part of the

a.Navigation Acts. b.Townshend Acts. c.Coercive Acts. d.Quartering Acts.

e.mercantilism laws

37.Colonists called the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts collectively

a.the Intolerable Acts. b.the Shameful Acts. c.the Oppressive Acts. d.the Painful Acts

e.The Stamp Act

38.The First Continental Congress was held in response to

a.the Boston Massacre. b.the Stamp Act. c.the Intolerable Acts. d.the Boston Tea Party.

e.The Boston Massacre

39.The First Continental Congress was held in

a.Boston. b.New York. c.Philadelphia. d.Annapolis. e.Charleston

40. The legend of Molly Pitcher revolved around what battle?

a.Lexington b.Concord c.Yorktown d.Monmouth Court House e.Cowpens

41. “I cannot write it because I am obnoxious and disliked”, refers to which of the following people

a.Jefferson b.Franklin c.Dickinson d.Adams e.Washington

42. "And may my horses turn to glue If I can't deliver up to you A resolution on independency!"

Who was that comment made by?

a.Lee b.Sam Adams c.Jefferson d.Sherman e.Franklin

43. "Oh, Mr. Adams, you are driving me to homicide”, was a statement made by

a.Jefferson b.Dickinson c.Hancock d.Sherman e.Sherman

44. The Continental Army spent the winter of 1777 in

a.Morristown, NJ. b.Philadelphia, PA. c.Valley Forge, PA. d.Williamsburg, VA.

e.Charleston, SC

45. This engraving is historically significant because it

a.is a good example of American art during the colonial period

b.reflects the attitude of Loyalists on the eve of the American Revolution

c.was used by the British to justify the enactment of the American Revolution

d.had propaganda value in rallying colonial support against Great Britain

e.shows the colonists in fact attacked the British troops first

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46. Which of the following best describes the message of the cartoon?

a.A plea for keeping the Union together on the eve of the Civil War

b.An appeal to the colonies to unify the threat from the French

c.An appeal to the slaveholding states against the Missouri Compromise

d.A call for Native American tribes to unite against white settlers

e.A plea to end sectional differences over tariff policy

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47. In a letter to this British general __________________, it was stated “even if the British defeated all

the men in America, they would still have to contend with the women”.

a.Gen. Howe b.Gen. Cornwallis c.Gen. Tarleton d.Gen. Burgoyne e.none of the above

48.Which of the following became a symbol of colonial opposition to the king?

a.stamps b.sugar c.tea d.cotton e.none of the above

49.Timothy Thayer was actually __________________________.

a.Molly Hays b.Deborah Champion c.Lydia Darragh d.Deborah Sampson e.none of the above

50.Which of the following has been called the female Paul Revere?

a.Molly Hays b.Deborah Champion c.Lydia Darragh d.Deborah Sampson e.none of the above

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