In 1782, the Continental Congress named a 5 member commission to negotiate the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain and bring an end to the American Revolution. Two of the appointees never arrived in Paris in time to take part in the negotiations. Which one of these appointees was captured by a British warship and interred in the Tower of London and thus never got to Paris?

Related Mcqs:

1. SALT ll was initiated in 1972 and treaty was singed in 1979, in 1982 USA and USSR initiated a new series of negotiations. What are called those negotiations?

   A. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)
   B. SALT III
   C. SALT IV
   D. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

2. Treaty of London ended the First Balkan War and Treaty of Bucharest ended the Second Balkan War. Both treaties were signed in:

   A. 1913
   B. 1914
   C. 1915
   D. 1916

3. Who was the Monarch of Great Britain at the time of the Russian Revolution?

   A. Victoria
   B. George V
   C. Edward VII
   D. George VI

4. The Jay Treaty of 1794, between the U.S. and Great Britain included which of the following provisions?

   A. British agreed to end discrimination against American commerce
   B. British agreed to evacuate Northwest Territory
   C. Declared Mississippi River open to both countries
   D. All of these

5. The American Revolution ended with what treaty in 1783?

   A. Treaty of Paris
   B. Treaty of London
   C. Treaty of Washington
   D. Versailles Treaty

6. The Treaty of Paris signed in February 1763, settled the French and.

   A. England and Scotland War
   B. U.S. and Mexico War
   C. England and Ireland War
   D. Indian War

7. Continental Shelf of Pakistan may extend up to a distance of:

   A. 150 nautical miles
   B. 200 nautical miles
   C. 300 nautical beyond the limit of its territorial waters
   D. None of these

8. The peace negotiations culminated in the Oslo Accords of:

   A. September 1991
   B. September 1992
   C. September 1993
   D. September 1994

9. Negotiations about intellectual property rights are most important to:

   A. the United States
   B. the Czech Republic
   C. Colombia
   D. India

10. Both Britain and Belgium declared war on Germany on 4th August, 1914. Who was the British Prime Minister at the time?

    A. Herbert H. Asquith
    B. Winston Churchill
    C. David Lloyd George
    D. Herbert Kitchener