Week 6 Quiz

2. Thomas Paine is significant to American independence because he -

• ended slavery in the colony of Pennsylvania which inspired colonists to declare independence
• spoke with King George III and persuaded him to allow the colonies to form their own country
• encouraged militia men to train to be better prepared to fight the Redcoats
• wrote persuasive pamphlets that made the colonists think it was common sense to declare independence

3. The actions described in this excerpt were carried out in order to -

• encourage the outbreak of war between England and France
• protest British taxation policies
• end trade disagreements between colonists and French traders
• protest a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

4. Which reason best completes this list?

• To spread democratic ideals
• To claim new territory
• To locate potential military allies
• To improve efficiency in manufacturing

5. The Continental Congress appointed a committee to prepare a document. They selected Thomas Jefferson to write it. The following month the Continental Congress revises the document and approves it. What is this document?

• Treaty of Paris
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights

6. Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes. This is a grievance listed in what document?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Magna Carta
• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

7. The Continental Congress on June 17, 1775 created a petition to appoint a General and Commander in chief of the Army of the United Colonies. Who is this person selected by the petition?

• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Alexander Hamillton
• Benedict Arnold

9. . The Mayflower Compact was a ___________________________________where the men signed and agreed to self-govern themselves?

• social contract
• elected legislature
• representative government
• monarchy (king)

10. The Sons of Liberty address the public on December 15, 1773 and said: "It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives." What does the excerpt above reflect about the colonists dissatisfaction with?

• economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• political debates that tool place at the Albany Convention
• intereference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

The factors listed above contributed most to the -

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians

• election of British colonists to Parliament

• growth of representative government in the British colonies

• expansion of British trade in the Americas

One result of the French and Indian War was that the - 

• Natives began to prosper economically

• colonists were able to expand into the Ohio River Valley

• French were executed for their failure to defeat the British

• British issued taxes on the colonists to help pay for the war debt