MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read carefully and CHOOSE THE BEST answer
1. Why did Native Americans seek out relationships with the Colonists?
a. To sell land
b. To go give away food
c. To enlist them in an alliance against their own enemies
d. To learn how to grow corn, beans, and squash
2. How does the meaning and value of Wampum change with the arrival of the colonists?
a. Colonial technology allowed for a drastic increase in the production of Wampum, lowering its value and transforming into a form of currency
b. Wampum was outlawed by the colonists because it tied Indian confederacies together
c. Wampum ceases to exist
d. Wampum is exported to Europe
3. Who defended Captain Preston in the Boston Massacre case?
a. Jonathan Oliver
b. Thomas Hutchinson
c. John Adams
d. Sam Adams
4. During the early colonial period in Virginia slaves
a. Commonly worked alongside their masters and were more likely to be emancipated than at later periods in colonial history
b. Lived in a highly segregated society and rarely achieved freedom
c. Were treated radically different than indentured servants because they were African and not European
d. Worked exclusively in tobacco fields, while masters and indentured servants worked at the skilled trades
5. Washington accepted General Cornwallis' sword when surrendering at Yorktown due to respect for military tradition and honor even though they had been enemies
a. True
b. False
6. By "fundamental law," Americans meant that constitutions
a. Were the principal laws produced by the government and from which all other laws were derived
b. Existed before, independently of, and binding to standing governments
c. Reflected the structure a balanced government, where powers are equally divided between executive, legislative, and judicial branches
d. Were the collected body of laws that had evolved overtime and formed the basis of government
7. Thomas Paine's Common Sense played a key roll in convincing American colonists to declare independence by
a. Challenging the legitimacy of monarchy-hereditary rule as a system of governance and the dangers of majoritarian tyranny in Parliament
b. Casting the colonists' struggle in "millennial terms" of world significance and arguing their ability to establish a monarchical empire that could rival the British on a global scale
c. Arguing that the colonists could successfully fight a war of independence against the British Empire and that their rights and property would be better protected outside of it
d. Arguing that the colonists could defeat the British Empire, as well as the French and Spanish empires, if they intervened to defend British colonial power.
8. The Virginia Plan proposed
a. Representation in Congress be on an equal basis
b. Representation in Congress be an equal basis in the Senate and proportional basis in the House of Representatives
c. A two-house legislature and proportional representation
d. A one-house legislature and equal representation
9. A Society with Slaves
a. Is a society where slave labor is central to the functioning of the economy
b. A society where divisions between slaves and non-slaves are highly rigid and policed by government officials and sanctions
c. A society where slave labor is one of many forms of labor and marginal to the functioning of the economy
d. A society where slaves are clearly distinct from indentured servants
10. During the early colonial period the British government
a. Exercised a policy of rigid oversight and control through the power of royally appointed governors
b. Engaged in a policy of free trade to advance the mercantilist aims of the British empire
c. Exercised strong control through trade polices and custom officials that closely regulated colonial commerce
d. Engaged in a policy of "salutary neglect" that gave the colonies considerable political and economic freedom
11. The Second Continental Congress first sought out commercial relationships instead of political-military alliances with European powers because
a. They had no way to entice European powers into military alliances and so had to settle for commercial alliances
b. They felt that trade and credit were far more important than military support over the long term
c. They feared that military alliance with European powers may result in the colonies' subjugation to new European powers if the British were defeated
d. They feared being dragged into a war that would have to be fought on European soil as well as American soil
12. The French and Indian War was primarily caused by a struggle for control of the Mississippi Valley
a. True
b. False
13. John Jay's negotiations with the Spanish
a. Angered northern merchants that wanted to protect their monopoly over trade
b. Angered southern planters and backcountry settlers who wanted access to the Mississippi River
c. Angered southern states by recognizing Spanish territorial claims to the Tennessee River Valley
d. Angered southern planters who wanted to protect the tobacco and rice market in the states
14. The Nationalists of the 1780s distrusted state governments because
a. Many were negotiating treaties with foreign powers and raising professional state armies
b. They were taxing the people to heavily and were engaging in interstate trade wars
c. They frequently resorted to printing paper money and debt relief schemes to manage their financial problems
d. They were composed of colonial elites that were insensitive to the demands of the popular majority
15. The Battle of Bunker Hill is considered an important early victory for the colonists because they were able to maintain their position against a superior British force even though they sustained heavy causalities
a. True
b. False
16. Following American Independence most Northern states
a. Abolished slavery outright
b. Failed to abolish slavery in order to preserve the union
c. Instituted a variety of means for the gradual abolition of slavery
d. Failed to abolish slavery because it was no longer significant to their societies or economies and did not want to anger the South
17. Inflation during the revolutionary period was primarily caused by
a. Independent artisans and workers' associations hoarding goods
b. The Continental Army seizing supplies from local citizens
c. Merchants' inability to import goods
d. Congress and the states flooding the economy with printed money
18. The French-American of 1778 alliance was made possible by
a. The Americans agreeing to fight all land engagements against the British, if the French fought the global naval war
b. Both parties agreeing not to form any separate treaty with the British and to fight until American independence was achieved
c. The French promising only to retake control of their previous possessions in North America but claim no new territory
d. The willingness of the Spanish to intervene against the British
19. The First Continental Congress was:
a. A convention of colonial representatives called by British authorities to address recent conflicts over taxation and representation
b. An informal convention that brought together colonists from twelve colonies to address concerns about trade, taxation, and representation
c. A convention of formal delegations representing the majority of colonies called to devise a unified response to the Intolerable Acts
d. A convention of colonial representatives called to form non-importation societies in response to the Stamp Act
20. The "balance of power" in the Revolutionary War clearly favored the British at the outset but one major advantage the Americans had was
a. A "citizen army" composed of local-militias vs. a professional army that fought for pay alone
b. A well-established system of roads and supply lines to move troops and resources rapidly
c. In order to win the war the Americans did not have to conquer the British but just keep their army alive and in the field
d. A massive army of Spanish troops to tie-up the British in the South
21. The primary purpose of the Tea Act was to increase the price of tea in the colonies to raise revenue to pay for colonial defense
a. True
b. False
22. The Three-Fifths Clause of the Constitution
a. Allowed three-fifths of slaves to vote
b. Gave slave masters extra votes for three-fifths of their slaves
c. Counted three-fifths of all slaves for representation and taxation purposes
d. Ended in 1808
23. The Slave Trade Clause gave Congress power over slavery because
a. It allowed them to regulate the international slave trade after twenty years
b. It allowed them to abolish slavery in the states
c. It allowed them to put an end to the return of fugitive slaves
d. It allowed them to tax imported slaves at 50% of their value
24. The New Jersey Plan for representation
a. Made representation proportional in the Senate
b. Made representation proportional in the House
c. Made representation equal in the Senate
d. Made representation equal in the legislature
25. The plan that formed the foundation of the Great Compromise originated from what state delegation
a. Massachusetts
b. South Carolina
c. New York
d. Connecticut.