MCQs of History - American Revolution – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 80

1. Question

What did the Treaty of Paris in 1763 set as the Western border of British lands in North America?

The Ohio River
The Mississippi River
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains

Question 2 of 80

2. Question

What percentage of regular soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War had enlisted in America?

80%
20%
60%
40%

Question 3 of 80

3. Question

Which of the following was a primary role of American units in the French and Indian War?

Reserve troops in battle
Small search and destroy units on the frontier
Messengers between British units
None of these

Question 4 of 80

4. Question

Which of the following best describes how the British troops viewed the American troops?

Inept and primitive
Cruel and ignorant
Helpful and kind
Dillusioned and dishoonesr

Question 5 of 80

5. Question

Which of the following statements is most nearly true?

The colonists were forced to bear a much greater tax burdren than the British following the French and Indian War
The British were forced to bear a much greater tax burden than the colonists following the French and Indian War
Neither the British nor the colonists paid any significant taxes after the French and Indian War
Britain forced the colonists to pay for the entire expense of the French and Indian War

Question 6 of 80

6. Question

Which of the following Indian leaders led warriors against British forts in the summer of 1763?

Pontiac
Neolin
Joseph Brant
None of the above

Question 7 of 80

7. Question

Which of the Following Indian leaders was a prophet who called for the rejection of European culture and alliance?

Pontiac
Neolin
Joseph Brant
None of the above

Question 8 of 80

8. Question

Which of the following appeared to the colonists to signal a British desire to have a greater influence in North American affairs?

The Proclamation of 1763
The maintenance of a standing army
Both A and B
Only B

Question 9 of 80

9. Question

What did the Proclamation of 1763 set as the ‘proclamation line’ west of which the British alone could groven colonial expansion?

The Rocky Mountains
The Mississippi River
The Mason-Dixon line
The Appalachian Mountains

Question 10 of 80

10. Question

Why were the wrists of assistance authorised?

To combat American uncooperativeness in regard to warehouse inspections
To Combat smuggling
To incite the Americans to violence
To counteract the power exercised by the colonial assemblies

Question 11 of 80

11. Question

Which of the following cities was most greatly affected by the writs of assistance?

Providence, Rhode Island
Charleston, South Carolina
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Boston, Massachusetts

Question 12 of 80

12. Question

Who presented the case against the writs of assistance in front of the Massachusetts Supreme Court?

john Dickinson
James Otis
Samuel Adams
John Adams

Question 13 of 80

13. Question

What was the result of the legal case presented against the writs of assistance?

It was a mistrial
There was a hung jury
The writs were overturned
The writs were upheld

Question 14 of 80

14. Question

Which of the following did the British give for cracking down a smugglers?

Smuggling deprived the treasury of revenue
Smuggling aided the French
Smuggling undermined British efforts to regulate trade efficiently
All of the above

Question 15 of 80

15. Question

Which of the following basic liberties did the writs of assistance infringe upon?

Freedom of speech
The Right to bear arms
Freedom to assemble in political protest
Freedom from unwarranted search and seizure

Question 16 of 80

16. Question

Why did the Sugar Act differ from perviously passed economic measures?

It taxed molasses
It forced colonists to use only British sugar
Its purpose was to protect the British Empire's economy
Its purpose was to raise revenue for the British treasury

Question 17 of 80

17. Question

Which of the following imported items had their duties raised by the Sugar Act?

Molasses
Wine
Clothing
All of the above

Question 18 of 80

18. Question

What aspect of the Sugar Act was most offensive to colonists?

The tax burden it created
The suddenness with it had been sprung upon the colonies
The way in which it was enforced
The fact that it maddled with imperial trading practices

Question 19 of 80

19. Question

How and why did the British alter the duty on molasses two years after the Sugar Act was passed?

They decreased it because the colonists had mounted substantial political resistance
They decreased it to discourage smuggling
They increased it to punish the colonists
They increased it to raise more revenue for growing military expenses

Question 20 of 80

20. Question

Which of the following describes the colonial opposition to the Sugar Act?

It was initially quite strong, and then died out
It was initially quite weak, and gradually gained strength
It remained strong throughout the years following its passage
None of the above

Question 21 of 80

21. Question

Why was the Stamp Act passed in 1765?

To discourage smuggling
To punish the colonies
To decrease the political power of American merchants
To raise revenue

Question 22 of 80

22. Question

Which of the following was the colonies’ greatest advocate in Britain?

George Granville
Lord North
William Pitt
Lord Hillisborough

Question 23 of 80

23. Question

Which of the following was the primary proponent of the theory of virtual representation?

George Grenville
lord North
William Pitt
Lord Hellisborough

Question 24 of 80

24. Question

Which of the following presuaded the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass the Virginia Resolves?

Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Richard Henry Lee

Question 25 of 80

25. Question

How did the Stamp Act differ from the Sugar Act?

Its total revenue generated was more than ten times that out of the Sugar Act
Its affected only merchants
It was an internal tax
It provided for trials under juryless vice-admiralty courts

Question 26 of 80

26. Question

Which principle did the Stamp Act bring into focus more than any other?

The right to a fair trial
The ideology of laissez faire economics
The relationship of taxation and reresentation
The idea that Parliament should have no part in regulating any of the affairs of the colonies

Question 27 of 80

27. Question

Where did opposition to the Stamp Act first arise?

Boston
Philadelphia
Charleston
New York

Question 28 of 80

28. Question

Which of the following Groups led the crowd that drove stamp distributor Andrew Oliver from his post?

The Sons of Liberty
The Loyal Nine
The Committees of Correspondence
The United Stamp Collectors Of New York

Question 29 of 80

29. Question

Which of the following men was selected to lead the mob that drove Andrew Oiver from his post?

John Webber
Ebeneezer Maclnotsh
Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry

Question 30 of 80

30. Question

How many colonies sent delegations to the Stamp Act Congress?

13
6
11
9

Question 31 of 80

31. Question

Which segment of the British population was most eager for the repeal of the Stamp Act?

The poor farmers
Wealthy political elites
Businessmen
The royal Court

Question 32 of 80

32. Question

Which of the following describes the Prevalling sentiment in the colonies when the Stamp Act crisis ended?

Colonists were angry at Parliament and advocate further protest
Colonists were angry at Parliament and advocate cutting ties with Britain altogather
Colonists were idifferent
Colonists were forgiving, and remained loyal to king George III and the British parliament

Question 33 of 80

33. Question

Where did the opposition first arise to the Quartering Act?

Boston
Philadephia
Charleston
New York

Question 34 of 80

34. Question

What did the New York Suspension Act threaten to do?

Suspended New York's charter and force all residents to move away
Declare all laws passed by New York's legislature null and void
Suspended trade with New York and block New York harbour from trade with the other colonies
Stop all military activities aimed at protecting New York from the Native Americans on the frontier

Question 35 of 80

35. Question

Why was the Revenue Act of 1767 passed in Britain?

To support growing military operations
To pay the interest on the growing national debt
To replace revenue lost through tax cuts in Britain
To replace revenue lost through declining customs intake

Question 36 of 80

36. Question

Which of the items taxed by the Revenue Act brought in the greatest amount of revenue?

Tea
Paper
Paint
Glass

Question 37 of 80

37. Question

Why did the colonists disapprove of the Townshend duties?

They deduced that the duties were passed for the purpose of protecting imperial trade
They deduced that the duties were passed for the purpose of raising revenue
They deduced that the duties were passed for the purpose of punishing the colonists
None of these

Question 38 of 80

38. Question

Townshend’s ulterior motive for the passage of the Revenue Act would have_____.

Denied colonists the right to fair trial
Denied colonists the right to trade with foreign nations
Denied colonists what they believed to be representative self-government
Denied the colonists items which would have allowed them to built their manufacturing industry

Question 39 of 80

39. Question

Which of the following is credited with catalyzing resistance to the Townshend duties?

James Otis
John Dickinson
Samuel Adams
None of these

Question 40 of 80

40. Question

Who was responsible for the parliamentary reaction to the circular letters issued by the Massachusetts and Virginia legislature?

George Grenville
Lord North
William Pitt
Lord Hillsborough

Question 41 of 80

41. Question

How many times was John Wilkes elected to parliament and denied his seat?

0
1
2
3

Question 42 of 80

42. Question

Which of the following methods of resistance employed during the Stamp Act crisis?

Rioting
Burning effigies
Non-importation
None of the above

Question 43 of 80

43. Question

Which of the following is closed to the percentage of confiscated goods and ships awarded to customs informers?

10%
25%
33%
50%

Question 44 of 80

44. Question

Who owned the confiscated ship Liberty?

John Hancock
Samuel Adams
James Otis
Paul Revere

Question 45 of 80

45. Question

Which of the following taxes established under the Revenue Act remained in place when the others were replaced?

The paint tax
The paper tax
The tea tax
The glass tax

Question 46 of 80

46. Question

Who killed Crispus Attucks?

A British soldier in Boston
A British soldier in London
A customs informer in New York
A customs informer in Philadephia

Question 47 of 80

47. Question

When did the Boston Massacre occur?

1766
1768
1770
1772

Question 48 of 80

48. Question

What was the Gaspee?

An opposition newspaper in the colonies
A British naval frigate
A confiscated schooner belonging to a Newport, RI merchant
A customs ship

Question 49 of 80

49. Question

Which of the following proposed the creation of the committees of correspondence?

John Dickinson
John Adams
Samuel Adams
James Otis

Question 50 of 80

50. Question

Why did Boston citizens recent the British soldiers in Masachusetts?

Some of them were Irish Catholics
Some of them were black
Some of them took jobs from local labourers
All of the above

Question 51 of 80

51. Question

Who published the Liberator and was considered the leader of the Northern abolitionists?

William Lloyd Garrison
John Greenleaf Whitter
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederic Douglass

Question 52 of 80

52. Question

What did the United States gain as a result of Pinckney’s Treaty?

The Louisiana territory
The cooperation of the French navy
Access to the Mississippi River
A massive loan from the British

Question 53 of 80

53. Question

Which early first lady has earned reputation as a masterful letter-writer and chronicler of her age?

Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Marry Lincoln
Rachel Jackson

Question 54 of 80

54. Question

What was the intent of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

To determine which states would allow slavery
To delegate voting rights to non-landholders
To separate settlers from Native Americans
To restrict areas of settlement

Question 55 of 80

55. Question

What was the name of the Thomas Paine pamphlet that gave reasons for the American split with Great Britain?

Plain Talk
Declaration of War
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Common Sense

Question 56 of 80

56. Question

Who was the first chief justice of the united States Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall
John Jay
John Marshall
Roger B.Taney

Question 57 of 80

57. Question

Which president oversaw the Louisiana Purchase?

George Washington
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson

Question 58 of 80

58. Question

What was the greatest problem of the Washington administration?

Skirmishes with Native American
Economic turmoil
Massive wildfires
Political infighting

Question 59 of 80

59. Question

Who was the architect of the Albany Plan?

Thomas Jafferson
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington

Question 60 of 80

60. Question

What did George Washington warn the country about during his Farewell Address?

Native Americans
A Jefferson presidency
Women's suffrage
Abolition of slavery

Question 61 of 80

61. Question

Colonial law generally defined slaves as chattels. This meant that slaves were considered as______.

Human beings with limited rights.
Piece of property with no rights.
Servants who served for a limited period of time.
None of these

Question 62 of 80

62. Question

Colonial cities functioned primarily as_____.

Mercantile for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods.
Places where most poor immigrants settled and worked as independent artisans.
Centres where large scale financial and banking operations were conducted.
None of these

Question 63 of 80

63. Question

According to the Whig ideology, the best defence against corruption and tyranny rested the_____.

Increased power of the executive.
Maintenance of a strong standing army.
Eternal vigilance by the people.
None of these

Question 64 of 80

64. Question

Between 1650 and 1750, family life in the English colonies changed such that in______.

Both northern and southern colonies, it grew more patriarchal.
Northern colonies it grew less patriarchal, while in southern colonies it grew more patriarchal.
Both northern and southern colonies, it grew less patriarchal.
None of these

Question 65 of 80

65. Question

By the early 1750s, the slaves code of the English colonies in North America established all of the following rules EXCEPT that they_____.

Made slavery a permanent condition.
Limited the rights of slaves severely.
Allowed a slave with some white ancestry to apply for the freedom.
None of these

Question 66 of 80

66. Question

Anglo-American women in colonial times______.

Could own property or executive legal documents only if they were widowed or unmarried.
Enjoyed more liberties and rights than did Native American women.
Attended church less frequently than did Anglo-American men.
None of these

Question 67 of 80

67. Question

The salem Village witchcraft crisis occurred for which of the following reasons_____.

Experiencing feelings of powerlessness and insecurity, many Puritans fund in witchcraft an explanantion for the disorder and change around them.
As the poor fell more and more powerless, they tried to take out their frustrations on the wealthy by changing them with practicing witchcraft.
The crisis was primarily the result of a power struggle among leading Puritan families.
None of these

Question 68 of 80

68. Question

Benjamin Franklin’s concept of the “ideal American” differed from John Winthrop’s in which of the following ways______.

Franklin included women and blacks; Winthrop did not.
Franklin emphassised political activism; Winthrop shunned political involvement.
Franklin valued indvidualism; Winthrop valued the submission of individual will to the good of the community.
None of these

Question 69 of 80

69. Question

Thomas Jefferson once observed that the best school of political liberty the world ever saw the______.

College of William and Mary.
New England town meeting.
Chesapeake plantation system.
None of these

Question 70 of 80

70. Question

______ is NOT true of English colonial families in mid-18th century America.

Physical punishment was the normal method of enforcing unquestioned obedience from children.
More than 90% of families lived in rural areas at about this time.
Women, while subservient to their husbands, set the moral standards by which children were raised and decided how the children would be educated and trained.
None of these

Question 71 of 80

71. Question

What did the Great Awakening, inter-colonial trade and American attitudes toward English culture and constitutional theory have in common______.

They created disdain for England.
They contributed to a growing sense of shared American identity.
They created a rebellious spirit in America.
None of these

Question 72 of 80

72. Question

Which of the following contributed most to the American victory in the Revolution?

French military and financial assistance.
The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action.
A major American military victory at Valley Forge.
None of these

Question 73 of 80

73. Question

The Declaration of Independence stated that_____.

Men are created unequal.
Governments derive their power from God.
People have the right abolish governments destructive of their rights.
None of these

Question 74 of 80

74. Question

British strategy after 1778 was to______.

Subdue New England by serving it from the other colonies, invading it from Quebec, and blockading it from the sea.
Capitalise on their relations with Native Americans in order to stabilise the backcountry and then press eastward toward the seacoast.
Seize key southern posts, enlist the aid of loyalist militiamen, and move northward to pacify one region after another.
None of these

Question 75 of 80

75. Question

Why did relations between elites and the common people change as a result of the American Revolution?

The distribution of wealth changed dramatically during the Revolutionary era.
The elites learned that they would have to treat the common people with respect in order to receive their support.
The new state constitutions radically democratised politics and reduced the power of the elites.
None of these

Question 76 of 80

76. Question

What was the role of African-Americans in the American Revolution?

As the war dragged on, southern blacks were increassingly welcome to enlist.
Americans generally avoided arming blacks, but the British eagerly recruited runaway slaves.
Though still enslaved, they rallied around the revolutionary rhetoric of freedom, uniformly supporting the American cause.
None of these

Question 77 of 80

77. Question

Why was the South Carolina less likely than to support the American Revolution?

The Anglican church had less influence in South Carolina than it did in Maryland.
There were fewer Scotch-Irish in South Carolina than there were in Maryland.
The South Carolina population had a much higher percentage blacks than did the Maryland population.
None of these

Question 78 of 80

78. Question

A problem with the Spanish entry into the American Revolution against Britain was that Spain_____.

Entered as an ally of France rather than of the United States.
Demanded that the United States surrender Georgia as a price for its help.
Agreed to fight the British but only on the open seas.
None of these

Question 79 of 80

79. Question

Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages in the Revolution EXCEPT______.

The greatest navy and best-equipped army in the world.
Superior industrial resources.
Greater commitment to the conflict.
None of these

Question 80 of 80

80. Question

General Charles Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown resulted largely from the______.

Failure of the British to capture and hold Charleston as base of operations.
French fleet winning control of the Chesapeake Bay.
Arrival of fresh Spanish soldiers to reinforce Washington's army.
None of these

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