HIstory of British North American colonies and American Revolution. | HIST 105, Quizzes of United States History

Download HIstory of British North American colonies and American Revolution. | HIST 105 and more Quizzes United States History in PDF only on Docsity! Quiz 2, History 105 Spring 2009 Professor Flaherty I. Select (A) for true and (B) for false for each question. (1 point each) 1. Your textbook describes the Navigation Acts as the first set of laws that created tension between the 13 colonies and the British Empire. T 2. A greater proportion of the population in the 13 colonies could vote than anywhere else in the world by the 18th century. T 3. The English colonies had the complete economic capacity to produce and manufacture all their raw materials. F 4. John Locke advocated that people have the right to dissolve their own governments, if the government fails to abide by the will of the people or becomes destructive of them. T 5. After the “Boston Tea Party” the British government closed the port of Boston until the residents compensated the East India Co. for the lost tea. T 6. The Revolutionary War began when British Redcoats marched to the towns of Lexington and Concord where they met and fought the ‘minutemen’ militia. T 7. Much of the legislation regarding slavery during the American Revolution took place at the state level, rather than the national level. T 8. After the Revolutionary War, the slave community significantly decreased. T 9. The Constitutional Convention originally met in order to discuss and amend problems within the Articles of Confederation. T 10. The United States Constitution is considered the oldest “living” Constitutions. T II Select the letter that corresponds with the correct answer. (1 point each) 11. Which one of these commodities WAS NOT a primary export commodity from the British North American colonies before the American Revolution. A. Sugar B. Tobacco C. Cotton D. Rice 12. The British colonists’ resentment of “standing armies” goes back to the events of: A. The Protestant Reformation B. The Spanish Armada C. The Mayflower Compact D. England’s Glorious Revolution 13. The British Crown decides to implement taxes on the colonies because: A. Colonists started moving west and violating the terms of the Proclamation Line. B. The British Crown spent too much money sending troops and military supplies to the North American continent during the French and Indian War. C. The British Crown wants to discourage Englishmen from leaving the mother country for the colonies. D. England wants the colonists to pay for all the supplies and medicine they are sending to the colonies due to a Small Pox epidemic. . From American Slavery 14. According to Peter Kolchin, author of American Slavery, the spread of capitalism ‘contributed significantly to the questioning of slavery.’ Why is that? A. Because slaves were so expensive. B. Because the importation of slaves to the United States was terminated when the Constitution was ratified, and this skewed the ‘supply and demand’ equation in slavery. C. Because slavery lacked the basic ingredient of capitalism: the free hire of labor through mutual agreement of consenting parties. D. Because Adam Smith denounced slavery in his book The Wealth of Nations. 15. Virginia’s governor, John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, issued a proclamation regarding slavery during the first years of the Revolutionary War (afterwards known as the Dunmore proclamation.) What did this proclamation say? A. The proclamation ordered all Virginia slaveowners to sell their slaves and turnover the proceeds to the British crown. B. The proclamation ordered all Virginia slaveowners to have their slaves serve in the British army fighting against the American rebels. C. The proclamation ordered all Virginia slaveowners to have their slaves serve in the militia armies fighting against the British. D. The proclamation offered freedom to all slaves who would join the British redcoats and bear arms against the American rebels fighting for independence.