An increasing sense of common identity amonf the colonists was one of the legacies of the French and Indian War. True or False?
True
The Proclamation of 1763 was enacted in part as a response to Pontiac's War. True or False?
True
The Ohio Valley was one of the major points of contention between the French and British in the French and Indian War as well as the British and Indians in Pontiac's War. True or False?
True
The purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to...
Keep the colonists on the eastern seaboard
The Sugar Act was designed to ""raise a revenue." True or False?
True
The act that claimed Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever" was the...
Declaratory Act
The most effective tools used by the colonists in getting the Stamp Act repealed was...
The boycott of English goods
The colonies made a very clear distinction between...
Internal and external taxation by Parliament, taxes to regulate trade v. those designed to raise a revenue, and actual representation v. virtual representation in Parliament
The colonists did not necessarily object to the principle of taxation, but rather how the tax money would be applied. True or False?
True
The Tea Act was a Parliamentary Act which WAS NOT one of the Intolerable Acts. True or False?
True
The purpose of the First Continental Congress was to...
Compile a list of grievances against the British government and draft a Declaration of American Rights
The boundaries of Quebec were extended into the Ohio Valley was one of the provision of the Quebec Act. True or False?
True
The rational that Jefferson used in the Declaration of Independence came primarily from the theories of John Locke. True or False?
True
The Prohibitory Act WAS NOT drafted by the Second Continental Congress. True or False?
True
In the Conciliatory Proposition, the mother country gave in to most of the demands of the American colonists. True or False?
False
The Declaration of Independence consist of ___ sections.
Five
One of the most important results of the American victory at Saratoga was...
The French participation in the war on the side of the British
The siege of Charleston was well conducted. True or False?
True
Famous for leading his against the Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey was...
General George Washington
Benedict Arnold is America's most famous traitor. True or False?
True
Revolutionary war soldiers were well rewarded for their service. True or False?
False
Many women found themselves incapable of handling the burdens of war when their husbands and fathers went off to fight. True or False?
True
Benjamin Franklin established the first abolitionist society in America. True or False?
True
Most Indian tribes and nations supported the British because they feared that an American victory would mean a greater loss of land through expansion. True or False?
True
All of the tribes in the Iroquois Confederacy maintained neutrality during the Revolutionary War. True or False?
False
For all practical purposes, the Treaty of Paris ignored the American Indians. True or False?
True
Both the Americans and the British gave up claims to the Mississippi for the sake of peace. True or False?
False
Loyalists were protected by the treaty and well treated after it was signed. True or False?