Unit 3 Review

Which action was taken by the leaders of the thirteen colonies in 1776?

• Ratifying the U.S. Constitution

• Writing the Articles of Confederation

• Announcing independence from Britain

• Establishing three branches of government

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.

• It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.

• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent?

• Passage of the Stamp Act

• Creation of the Intolerable Acts

• Administration of the Quebec Act

• Enforcement of the Quartering Act

The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay the expenses of fighting the --

• Spanish Armada

• American Revolution

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• French and Indian War

James Armistead helped contribute to the American victory at Yorktown by--

• leading an elite regiment of French soldiers in the battle

• passing along information he had discovered while spying

• encouraging soldiers to re-enlist after the winter at Valley Forge

• donating significant amounts of money to help fund the Patriots

How did the French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the American Revolutionary War?

• He spied on British troops for the colonists.

• He negotiated the Treaty of Paris on behalf of the colonists.

• He commanded the troops for the colonists against British forces.

• He provided funding from the French government for the colonists..

Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?

• She published the first novel set in colonial America.

• She recorded the proceeding at the Boston Massacre trial.

• She contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence

• She authored one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War.

Many individuals contributed to the revolutionary cause, though the first to give his to the cause was --

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Haym Salomon

Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by--

• founding a navy to fight in the Revolutionary war

• writing 'Common Sense" to persuade others to join the Patriots

• speaking out against the Stamp Act in his "Give Me Liberty" speech.

• recruiting Patriot fighters in New England known as the Green Mountain Boys

Where did General Washington camp the Continental Army for training over the bitter winter of 1777-8?

• Delaware

• Gettysburg

• New York City

• Valley Forge