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9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 2 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take Membership in the Catholic Church. Property. Permission from the King. Royal blood. 6 ptsQuestion 3 They could relieve social tensions at home because the poor and unemployed, and even prisoners, could be sent to the colonies. Their economies could be regulated (with 'Navigation Acts') to prevent them from producing goods that would compete with the mother country. They would create a captive colonial market for goods produced in the mother country. They would produce personal wealth for the monarch who owned them. They would provide silver, gold, and other natural resources for the mother country. Which of the following is NOT true of role of English colonies according to mercantilism? 7 ptsQuestion 4 THe Glorious Revolution showed a king could be deposed according to constitutional principles. Which of the following is NOT related to constitutional monarchy in England? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 3 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take William and Mary were good Catholics. William and Mary issued an act of religious toleration and signed a Bill of Rights to ensure there would never be absolute monarchy in England. John Locke insisted people had natural rights, and the government was created to protect them (and the people could replace the government if it failed to protect their natural rights). 6 ptsQuestion 5 Salutary Neglect Admiralty Courts Navigation Acts Writs of Assistance Which of the following was NOT an example of a British policy that angered many colonists in America? 7 ptsQuestion 6 It was also called the Seven Years' War (and it was the first true "world war"). The English nearly won, but were defeated by the French in 1763. It began in America. Which of the following is NOT true about the French and Indian War? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 4 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take It was very expensive. George Washington was in part responsible for the first fatalities of the war. 7 ptsQuestion 7 It was signed in 1783. The war it ended doubled Britain's national debt. Spain lost Florida to Britain, but gained the Louisiana Territory from France. It gave England French colonies all over the world, including India. France was left with NO territory on the North American continent. Which of the following is NOT true about the Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War? 7 ptsQuestion 8 After 1763, few people immigrated to the American colonies due to the constant threat of war and high taxes. The British in England paid 26 times more in taxes than the typical American colonist. The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III to separate the American colonists and Indians by an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains. Which of the following statements is NOT true? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 5 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763 was the result of American colonists moving west into Indian lands after the French were defeated. The textbook claims that the tens of thousands of European immigrants and enslaved Africans represent "the greatest mass migration in history to that point." 7 ptsQuestion 9 By 1765 the national debt (that had increased greatly because of the French and Indian War) had already been paid. The Colonies were already paying more taxes than people were paying in England. After 1763, the King declared only the colonies could tax the colonies. They were meant to raise revevnue, not regulate trade. The Americans had only 13 representatives in Parilament to protect their interests. American merchants may not have agreed with all of the Navigation Acts, but they recognized the authority of Parliament to regulate trade within the Empire. The Sugar Act (1764) and Stamp Act (1765), however, were different because... 7 ptsQuestion 10 They believed stationing troops in America after 1763 violated a traditional British liberty, that of denying the government a standing army in times of peace. The belief was that if the government had a large army when it was not fighting a foreign enemy, the government might use that army against its own people. Which was NOT true of Whigs in Colonial America? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 6 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take Their name had earlier applied to critics of royal power. This was a name adopted by Americans who opposed British policies in the 1760s and 1770s. The agreed that Americans were represented in Parliament "virtually" and therefore should pay the Stamp Act. 7 ptsQuestion 11 The Sons of Liberty planting Liberty Trees as a sign of protest. The Daughters of LIberty spinning their own fabrics to avoid buying cloth manufactured in Britain. Patrick Henry's "Virginia Resolves" which declared that as Englishmen, only Virginians could tax Virginians. Nonimportation. The Townshend Acts. Which of the following was NOT a reaction AGAINST the Stamp Act? 7 ptsQuestion 12 The Boston Massacre. The 'Gaspee' Incident. Which of the following is NOT directly linked to the British Military presence in the 13 Colonies? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 7 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take The Boston Tea Party. Franklin's quote about British soldiers sent to America: they would "not find a rebellion; (but) they may indeed make one." 7 ptsQuestion 13 The Second Continental Congress. The creation of the Continental Army. The Committees of Correspondence. The First Continental Congress. The appointment of General Thomas Gage as governor of Massachusetts. Which of the following is NOT an example of growing cooperation amongst the 13 colonies? 6 ptsQuestion 14 That James Otis demanded freedom for slaves and women. Americans trying to win independence from Great Britain. That Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense." White colonists claiming their freedom while continuing to exercise "oppressive power" over enslaved Africans. What did Phillis Wheatley highlight as "absurd"? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:39 PMQuiz: Chapter 4 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 8 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take No new data to save. Last checked at 3:39pm 7 ptsQuestion 15 Britain's attempt at more direct control over the colonies in the 1760s and 1770s contradicted the belief that (ironically) as Englishmen and women, Americans had the English right to govern themselves. Merchants like John Hancock, who was also a smuggler, would lose a fortune if forced by the British to pay more taxes. The Americans had to pay more taxes than people in other countries. The influence of radicals such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. Some slaver owners feared the British might abolish slavery. Which is NOT a reason given in the textbook to explain why Americans fought for Independence? Submit Quiz https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51908/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 1 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Started: Sep 21 at 3:42pm Quiz Instructions In this reading quiz you will answer a variety of 15 short-answer questions based on chapter 5. You should do this open-book quiz while you do the readings. 7 ptsQuestion 1 Smallpox and the end of enlistments were factors in the failed American attempt to capture Quebec in the winter of 1775-76. Nearly 5,000 African Americans fought agains the British. Washington called his own men "nasty, dirty, and disobedient." It was easier for the Confederation Congress to finance the army since the fighting took place in America. They were citizen-soldiers who were mostly farmers. Which of the following is NOT true about the Continental Army? 7 ptsQuestion 2 Washington threatened to shoot any of his men who deserted. When the British Army and Navy arrived in New York City in the late summer of 1776, a series of battles ensued. Which of the following is NOT true about the Battles of New York City? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 2 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take The British won all the battles, took the city, but Washington succesfully capture New York City on Christmas night, 1776. Once the British captured NYC, it became the British Headquarters, and Loyalists flocked to the city. The British won all of them and captured the city. After the battles, Thomas Paine wrote "These are the times that try men's souls...Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered...". 5 ptsQuestion 3 True False By 1777, Washington believed the only way to win the war was to attack the British Army and completely destroy it. 7 ptsQuestion 4 Most loyalists were in the countryside, and tried to avoid seaport cities. Ben Franklin's own son was the loyalist governor of New Jersey. One loyalist/tory declared he'd rather "be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away" rather than "3,000 tyrants 1 mile away." The American Revolution can also be called a civil war, because American Patriots/Whigs also fought American Loyalists/Tories. Which of the following is NOT an example of this? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 3 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take Benedict Arnold began the war as a patriot, but eventually switched sides. 7 ptsQuestion 5 They were a factor in the French joining the war as an ally of the Americans in 1778. General Burgoyne surrended to General Horation Gates. This was George Washington's greatest victory of the war. They were the greatest loss that the British had ever suffered in the war. They were in upstate New York. Which is NOT true about the Battles of Saratoga (October, 1777)? 7 ptsQuestion 6 The only battle fought in Florida. How the British had difficulties supplying their army across the ocean. How the Continental Congress could create an army, but not supply it. How the Spanish and Dutch were able to help the Americans. Why the French decided to form an alliance with the Americans. The winter spent at Valley Forge (1777-78) was an example of.... https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 4 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take 7 ptsQuestion 7 Kill five captured Indians. Cut of the hands of a British soldier. Eat animals they hunted so the starving British soldiers could see. Do a Native American War Dance. Fly a white flag to surrender. Way out in the West, what did George Rogers Clark order his men ("Rangers") to do in sight of a British fort on the Mississippi River in 1778? 6 ptsQuestion 8 True False Despite the fact that American frontiersmen were hostile to Indians along the frontier, George Washington ordered that all Americans, including soldiers, treat the Indians fairly (i.e. in upstate New York in August, 1779). He hoped to encourage all Indians to support the patriots, and he hoped to use them against the British and loyalists. 7 ptsQuestion 9 https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 5 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take Surrender immediately to save civilian lives. Attack the British before they arrived outside the city. Evacuate the city and fight in a better location. Spread smallpox in the British camp. Arm slaves to help defend the city (Plantation owners refused). What did the American commander at Charleston, S. C. (General Benjamin Lincoln) beg to have done to save the city from the British in 1780? 5 ptsQuestion 10 True False John Adams was a good choice to join Benjamin Franklin in negotiating the Treaty of Paris (1783), because, as Thomas Jefferson said, the friendly Adams "loved Franklin, loved John Jay, loves the French, and loves the English." 6 ptsQuestion 11 True The Republican Ideology embraced by the American Revolutionaries was for pure democracy, like in ancient Athens. https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 6 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take False 6 ptsQuestion 12 True False The new 13 states had state constitutions even before the U.S. Constitution was written in 1787. Most of these constitutions even included a bill of rights. 8 ptsQuestion 13 It reflected a fear of monarchies by NOT creating a president or chief executive. The Confederation had no national court, but could tax the states. It had full power over foreign affairs and disputes between the states. It was first official government of the U.S.A., since the Continental Congress had exercised emergency powers without any legal or official authority. It was ratified in 1781. Which of the following is NOT true about the Articles of Confederation? 8 ptsQuestion 14 https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 7 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take Thomas Jefferson's "Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom", which declared that "all men shall be free to profess...their opinions in matters of religion." Thomas Jeremiah, the wealthiest black man in North America, died peacefully of old age in Charleston, S.C.. The decline of the Anglican Church in America (though it continued in the US as the Episcopal Church). "Some 2,000 freed blacks immigrated to Sierra Leone, where British abolishonists helped them create an experimental colony known as Freetown." The departure of tens of thousands of loyalists. Which of the following was NOT an example of the "social revolution" that resulted from the American Revolution? 7 ptsQuestion 15 George Washington allowed free blacks, but not slaves, to enlist in the Continental Army. During this period in American history, women basically had the legal rights of children. They could not vote or hold office, and once married, they "essentially became the possession of their husband." All Native American tribes who allied with the Patriots were allowed to keep their lands after the war. The American Revolution was a victory for them the same as it was for white Americans. John Adams had good reason to think that July 2, NOT July 4, would be celebrated as Independence Day, since July 2 is the day Congress resolved for Independence. July 4 is simply the day Congress approved the document written by Thomas Jefferson. Which of the following statements is NOT true? https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take# 9/21/21, 3:42 PMQuiz: Chapter 5 Open-Book Reading Quiz Page 8 of 8https://quincy.instructure.com/courses/13976/quizzes/51974/take Quiz saved at 3:42pm Robert Shurtleff, a soldier in a Massachusetts regiment from 1781-1783, was in reality a woman. The textbook claims that for Edward Rutledge of S.C., and many other plantation owners, the Revolution was more about defending slavery than anything else. Submit Quiz