Revolution Study Guide
1.	One change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved
2.	When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were
3.	In a broad sense, America was
4.	The American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on
5.	Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government
6.	The "radical whigs" feared
7.	Mercantilists believed that
8.	The founding of the American colonies by the British was
9.	Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except
10.	The first Navigation Laws were designed to
11.	The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit
12.	The British Crown's "royal veto" of colonial legislation
13.	Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except
14.	Before 1763 the Navigation Laws
15.	Despite the benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists disliked it because
16.	In some ways, the Navigation Laws were a burden to certain colonists because
17.	A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763 when __________ assumed charge of colonial policy.
18.	Match each act below with the correct description.
___ A. Sugar Act                1. first British law intended to raise
___ B. Stamp Act                   revenues in the colonies 
___ C. Declaratory Act          2. asserted Parliament's absolute
                                   power over the colonies
                                3. required colonists to lodge British
                                   troops in their homes
                                4. generated the most protest in the
                                   colonies.

19.	The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the
20.	The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to
21.	Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act
22.	Unlike the __________ Act, the __________ Act and the __________ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.
23.	Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act, (B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, (D) repeal of the Stamp Act.
24.	Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because
25.	When colonists shouted "No taxation without representation," they were rejecting Parliament's power to
26.	Actions taken by the colonists that helped them unite include
27.	"Virtual" representation meant that
28.	Colonial protest against the Stamp Act took the form of
29.	As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,
30.	The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because
31.	Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, (D) Intolerable Acts.
32.	Match each individual on the left with the correct description.
___ A. Samuel Adams             1. a casualty of the Boston Massacre 
___ B. John Adams               2. a foreign volunteer who drilled 
___ C. Crispus Attucks             American troops during the War of
                                   Independence
                                3. a pamphleteer who first organized
                                   committees to exchange ideas and
                                   information on resisting British
                                   policy
                                4. a Massachusetts politician who
                                   opposed the moderates' solution to
                                   the imperial crisis at the First
                                   Continental Congress
33.	The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because
34.	The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams
35.	Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, (D) Boston Tea Party.
36.	When Parliament passed the Tea Act, colonists

37.	The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was
38.	The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the
39.	The Quebec Act
40.	The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following except
41.	The First Continental Congress was called in order to
42.	The First Continental Congress
43.	As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress,
44.	As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of
45.	All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except
46.	Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they
47.	As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of
48.	The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except
49.	By the end of the War for Independence,
50.	African Americans during the Revolutionary War
51.	Regarding American independence,
52.	"Varying Viewpoints" notes that the most influential view of the American Revolution currently holds that
53.	As noted in "Varying Viewpoints," historians since the 1960s have interpreted the Revolutionary struggle as
54.	The Navigation Laws required that
55.	To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because
56.	Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders
57.	George Grenville responded to American protests against his policies by asserting that
58.	The Townshend Acts
59.	In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament
60.	When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775,

61.	Perhaps the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress was to
62.	Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fighting at Lexington and Concord, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of Common Sense, (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
63.	As commander of America's Revolutionary army, George Washington exhibited all of the following traits except
64.	The Revolutionary War began with fighting in __________; then in 1777Ä1778, fighting was concentrated in __________; and the fighting concluded in __________.
65.	George Washington's selection to lead the colonial army was
66.	In 1775, once fighting between the colonies and Great Britain began,
67.	The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were
68.	King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after
69.	The Olive Branch Petition
70.	With the American invasion of Canada in 1775,
71.	The colonists' invasion of Canada in 1775
72.	The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except
73.	One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to
74.	In a republic, power
75.	Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense
76.	Thomas Paine argued that all government officials
77.	The resolution that "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states..." was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate
78.	The feasibility of representative government had been demonstrated in the
79.	Examples of colonial experience with self-governance, which prepared Americans for a republic, included all of the following except
80.	Most Americans considered which of the following to be fundamental for any successful republican government?

81.	When America became a republic and political power no longer rested with an all-powerful king,
82.	Which individual privately advocated equality for women?
83.	The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except
84.	Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled __________ or __________, and the independence-seeking Patriots were also known as __________.
85.	Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was
86.	The Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution in all of the following ways except
87.	The Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be all of the following except
88.	Many Americans remained loyalists during the Revolution for all of the following reasons except
89.	Which of the following fates befell Loyalists after the Revolutionary War?
90.	All of the following fates befell colonial Loyalists except
91.	Loyalists were least numerous in
92.	To help the British, colonial Loyalists did all of the following except
93.	General William Howe did not pursue and defeat George Washington's army after the Battle of Long Island for all of the following reasons except
94.	In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America's military by
95.	The basic strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to
96.	Match each British general below with the battle in which he was involved. 
___ A. William Howe            1. Saratoga 
___ B. John Burgoyne           2. Yorktown 
___ C. Charles Cornwallis      3. Long Island 
___ D. Nathanael Greene
97.	Arrange these battles in chronological order: (A) Trenton, (B) Saratoga, (C) Long Island, (D) Charleston.
98.	After the humiliating defeat at Saratoga in 1777, the British Parliament
99.	The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

100.	France waited to give open assistance to America until after the victory at Saratoga because the French
101.	France came to America's aid in the Revolution because
102.	America's first entangling alliance was with
103.	America's alliance with France was accepted by the American people with
104.	The Armed Neutrality League was started by
105.	When the alliance with France was formalized, the Americans were able to
106.	The commander of French troops in America was
107.	French aid to the colonies
108.	Shortly after French troops arrived in America, the resulting improvement in morale staggered when
109.	The colonists suffered their heaviest losses of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of
110.	Match each individual below with the correct descriptive phrase. 
___ A. George Rogers Clark    1. commanded the Patriot invasion of 
___ B. Nathanael Greene          Canada 
___ C. John Paul Jones        2. commanded Patriot troops in the South
                              3. commanded Patriot troops in the West
                              4. commanded Patriot naval forces
111.	Some Indian nations joined the British during the Revolutionary War because
112.	The "Fighting Quaker" who cleared most of Georgia and South Carolina was
113.	The Indian chief who fought for the British in New York and Pennsylvania was
114.	The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in
115.	During the Revolution, the frontier saw much fighting, which
116.	The most important contribution of the seagoing "privateers" during the Revolutionary War was that they
117.	After the British defeat at Yorktown,
118.	American diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to
119.	Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders

120.	Regarding the provisions of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolution,
121.	When the Second Continental Congress convened,
122.	George Washington was chosen commander of the colonial armies because he
123.	American colonists had experience with republicanism
124.	New York was chosen as the base of British operations because
125.	During the Revolutionary War, the British captured and occupied 
126.	It is legitimate to claim that the triumph at Yorktown "was no less French than American" because
127.	The British decided to negotiate an end to the Revolutionary War because
128.	The Treaty of Paris in 1783 stipulated