Unit 2 Bellringers

The Treaty of Paris of 1783

• ended French colonial holdings in North America.

• eventually became a major cause of the Mexican War.

• granted the United States independence from England.

• established an alliance between the United States and France.

This cartoon printed in 1765 was most likely a protest against

• pirates.

• food safety.

• British taxes.

• cruelty of British soldiers.

Which of these events first resulted in a change in British policy toward the American colonists and the establishment of taxes on the Colonial subjects?

• the War of Jenkins' Ear

• the French and Indian War

• the Battle of Lexington and Concord

• beginning of the American Revolution

Which of these was a major philosophy expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• support for states' rights and slavery

• a belief in the natural rights of citizens

• the need for a federal system of government

• a belief in the benefits of a laissez-faire economy

The Articles of Confederation represented the Americans' distrust of

• states rights.

• any governing authority.

• universal voting rights.

• a strong central government

The central point of Thomas Paine's Common Sense was that it...

• suggested economic reforms for the colonies.

• suggested a plan of reconciliation with Britain.

• outlined a logical approach to protesting against Parliament.

• pointed out the absurdity of continued loyalty to King George III.

The Proclamation Line of 1763 runs roughly along the

• Ohio River.

• Rocky Mountains.

• Mississippi River.

• Appalachian Mountains.

Shays' Rebellion was significant because it...

• demonstrated the opposition of the Anti-Federalists to the Constitution.

• 
  provided the background to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775.

• showed the opposition of some in the colonies to independence from Britain.

• demonstrated the weaknesses of the government under the Articles of Confederation.

All of these statements are descriptions of what colonial leader?

- commander of a Virginia regiment in French and Indian War

• tobacco plantation owner

• - commander of The Continental Army

• - member of the Continental Congress

• Robert E. Lee

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the Committees of Correspondence were MOST important because they...

• kept Parliament informed as to what colonists were planning.

• provided a record of the negotiations in the Continental Congress.

• show that the group that would become the Federalists were already very powerful.

• were the first attempt to maintain close political cooperation among all colonists.