The Final Decisive Victory In The War For Independence Was

Question: Thomas Paine's January 1776 pamphlet Common Sense argued all of the following except:

Answer: It was common sense that in the struggle for independence, the slaves to whom Lord Dunmore offered freedom ought to be freed.

Question: Sons of Liberty (1765) were said to oppose "every limitation of trade and duty on it." In this context, define "duty":

Answer: Tax

Question: When colonists insisted that because they were not represented in Parliament they could not be taxed by the British government, the British replied that they were represented by:

Answer: virtual representation.

Question: The two southern colonies that did not enroll free blacks and slaves to fight were:

Answer: SC and GA

Question: The First Continental Congress met for

Answer: 2 Months

Question: At the beginning of the war, George Washington refused to accept black recruits.

Answer: TRUE

Question: The final decisive victory in the War for Independence was:

Answer: Cornwallis's defeat at Yorktown.

Question: By substituting "pursuit of happiness" for "property," Jefferson's Declaration of Independence significantly broadened the American conception of freedom.

Answer: TRUE

Question: During the War for Independence, 5 percent of U.S. males aged sixteen to forty-five died.

Answer: TRUE

Question: During the Revolution, the British took great care not to disrupt the lives of American civilians.

Answer: FALSE

Question: The idea that the United States has a special mission to serve as a symbol of freedom, a refuge from tyranny, and a

model for the world is called by historians:

Answer: American exceptionalism.

Question: On October 17, 1777, the Americans scored an important victory against British forces at:

Answer: Saratoga

Question: Who engraved the image of the Boston Massacre which became one of the most influential pieces of political propaganda of the Revolutionary Era?

Answer: Paul Revere

Question: Some slaves gained their freedom by serving as soldiers during the Revolution.

Answer: TRUE

Question: By the time of the Stamp Act crisis, "natural rights" had eclipsed the "rights of freeborn Englishmen" in the language of colonial protest.

Answer: FALSE

Question: In September 1780, the able American commander ____________ turned traitor to the American cause and almost turned West Point over to the British.

Answer: Benedict Arnold

Question: Following the Boston Tea Party, Parliament imposed restrictions on Massachusetts that included closing the port of Boston, curtailing town meetings, and allowing soldiers to be lodged in people's houses. These restrictions were called:

Answer: Coercive or Intolerable Acts.

Question: By late 1774, colonial Committees of Safety had begun transferring effective power from established colonial governments (under British control) to grassroots bodies; by 1775, some 7,000 men were serving on local committees throughout the colonies.

Answer: TRUE

Question: When, on April 19, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston to the nearby town of Concord to seize a cache of weapons, some forty-nine Americans and seventy-three British soldiers died in skirmishes.

Answer: TRUE

Question: At Trenton, Washington staged a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in the service of the British.

Answer: TRUE

Question: The American Declaration of Independence has been an inspirational political document for peoples around the world.

Answer: TRUE

Question: Who was appointed the military commander of the army during the Second Continental Congress?

Answer: George Washington

Question: The Daughters of Liberty were:

Answer: women who spun and wove cloth during the 1768 Townshend Duties boycott.

Question: During the 1760s, back-country protesters in the Carolinas were known as:

Answer: Regulators

Question: By 1780, demoralization within the patriots' ranks was widespread

Answer: TRUE