American Revolution Retest

The laborious business is here chiefly done by black slaves of which there are great multitudes. The climate is very warm; the chief produce is rice & indigo; the manufacture of hemp is set afoot & likely to succeed very well. They have considerable lumber and naval stores [tar, pitch, and turpentine]. They export annually 100,000 barrels of rice & 60,000 lbs. indigo, . . . —Pelatiah Webster, Personal Journal, 1765

Based on information in the excerpt, the author was most likely living in

• The backcountry

• A middle colony

• A southern colony

• A New England colony

Which of the following is a common characteristic among economies of the southern colonies?

• Shipbuilding and commerce

• Cattle production

• Economies based on cash crops and plantations

• Trade between American Indian groups and colonists

The transatlantic slave trade began when

• Sugar plantations in the West Indies needed labor

• Cotton became a cash crop in the southern colonies

• American Indians refused to work on southern plantations

• Indentured servants went on strike in the southern colonies

Which of the following was a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Quartering of soldiers

• Closing of Boston Harbor

• Ending religious toleration

• Disregarding freedom of speech

Montesquieu and Locke were both significant individuals in the development of representative government in the colonies because

• Each of them trained elected colonial officials

• Many of their ideas influenced colonial leaders

• Their efforts helped to end slavery in the colonies

• They established the first parliaments in the colonies

Which of the following groups opposed the Declaration of Independence?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Congress

Many of the protests and demonstrations that followed the Stamp Act and Intolerable Acts were examples of which of the following?

• Boycott

• Natural rights

• Civil disobedience

• Unalienable rights

I immediately dressed myself in the costume of an Indian, equipped with a small hatchet, which I and my associates denominated the tomahawk, with which, and a club, after having painted my face and hands with coal dust in the shop of a blacksmith, I repaired to Griffin's wharf, where the ships lay that contained the tea. . . . We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard, and we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting the chests with our tomahawks, so as thoroughly to expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found in the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the same time. We were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.

Which of the following caused the reaction described in the excerpt?

• Disgust about the poor quality of tea the colonists were forced to buy

• Anger about armed ships being in the harbor protecting the tea traders

• Resentment of the British East India Company for monopolizing the tea trade

• Dislike of the British customs officials who allowed tea shipments into Boston

In 1770, the lawyer and future president John Adams defended British soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre. How did this action serve as a model of civic virtue?

• He devoted his life to public service

• He worked to reform the justice system

• He fought against oppressive government power

• He demanded representation from a republican government

This famous work of art was created in response to the

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Siege at Bunker Hill

• Closing of Boston Harbor