Deck 5: Toward Revolution, 1763-1775

Question 1

The colonists' military preparedness became evident to the British in September 1774, when Massachusetts patriots responded to the "Powder Alarm."

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following is a true statement about the Stamp Act of 1765?

A)It increased the enforcement of tax collection in Britain.
B)It revealed the Crown's determination to raise revenue from the colonies.
C)It was largely symbolic and became one of the non-negotiable claims of the Crown.
D)It reinforced the status quo of salutary neglect.
E)It put an end to the illegal smuggling of Dutch tea to North America.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is a true statement about the Sugar Act of 1764?

A)It signaled that Britain saw the colonies as a source of direct revenue.
B)It decreased enforcement of tax collection.
C)It repealed taxes on indigo, some spices, and coffee.
D)It decreased the Crown's interference in the economy of its colonies.
E)It enforced the principle of salutary neglect in the colonies.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Within cities like Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, wealthy people remained mostly supportive of the Crown.

Question 5

The Declaratory Act declared the colonists in open rebellion against the King of England.

Question 6

The battle of Bunker Hill was the first all-out battle of the Revolutionary War.

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a part of Britain's plan to reform colonial relations?

A)Limiting areas where the colonists could settle
B)Eliminating corruption among royal officials in the colonies
C)Limiting widespread colonial smuggling, which cost Britain revenues
D)Encouraging the colonies to trade with France
E)Raising additional revenue from the colonies

Question 8

After the expensive French and Indian War, the British came to see the colonists as not only resisting the demands of their mother country but also as getting free armed protection from the world's most powerful army.

Question 9

Which of the following is a true statement about the circular letter initiated by the Stamp Act's opponents in Massachusetts?

A)It prompted a positive response from all colonies invited.
B)It was initiated to try to force Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act.
C)It was drafted by opponents of the Stamp Act known as the Radical Whigs.
D)It invited all the colonies to send representatives to the First Continental Congress.
E)It articulated the idea of liberty that positioned the colonists against Britain all the way to the Revolution.

Question 10

_____ were the central drafters of the political pamphlets circulating in Britain.

A)Sons of Liberty
B)Minutemen
C)Redcoats
D)Radical Whigs
E)Privy Council

Question 11

The Gaspée incident refers to the conflict that occurred when colonists from Providence boarded and burned an English naval vessel, the Gaspée .

Question 12

Which of the following was a result of the Proclamation of 1763?

A)Taxes were laid on indigo, some spices, and coffee.
B)The East India Company was granted the monopoly on the sale of tea.
C)French Canadians were guaranteed the right to practice Roman Catholicism.
D)Self-government in the colonies was terminated.
E)A moratorium was placed on the sale of western lands.

Question 13

John Adams of Massachusetts argued that allowing Parliament to tax the colonists without their consent threatened the sanctity of private property and personal liberty.

Question 14

According to Benjamin Franklin and Daniel Dulany, which of the following was the difference between external taxes and internal taxes?

A)External taxes were levied at the end of the year, whereas internal taxes were levied at the moment of transaction.
B)External taxes had to be disclosed, whereas internal taxes did not have to be disclosed.
C)External taxes applied to large capital goods, whereas internal taxes applied to domestic goods produced in the colonies.
D)External taxes were duties designed to protect the British Empire, whereas internal taxes were duties that directly affected the internal affairs of the colonies.
E)External taxes had to be paid directly to the king, whereas internal taxes had to be paid to the colonial assembly.

Question 15

When the Stamp Act Congress met in New York City in the fall of 1765, it was doing so with the tacit approval of the British Parliament.

Question 16

Which of the following groups held "spinning bees" that encouraged American women to show loyalty to the resistance by producing homespun cloth?

A)Minutemen
B)Daughters of Liberty
C)Radical Whigs
D)Committees of correspondence
E)Sons of Freedom

Question 17

The Quartering Act of 1765 placed a moratorium on government sale of western lands.

Question 18

Which of the following was Prime Minister George Grenville's purpose in passing the Stamp Act of 1765?

A)To pay for the quartering of British soldiers in South Carolina
B)To pay the soldiers protecting the North American colonies
C)To bolster the importance of colonial governors
D)To punish colonists for participating in the Boston Tea Party
E)To give the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea

Question 19

The Stamp Act of 1765 provoked stronger colonial response than did the Sugar Act or the Quartering Act. Which of the following was NOT a reason for this opposition?

A)The Stamp Act applied to goods used by merchants and lawyers, thus stirring an educated and powerful opposition.
B)The act had been passed by the King over the British Parliament veto, thus violating the British constitution.
C)There was a long delay between the passage of legislation and its effective date, thus enabling the colonists to organize their protest.
D)The proceeds of the tax were meant to pay the salaries of colonial officials, something the colonists themselves had done in the past.
E)The Stamp Act was a direct tax on the colonists and seemed to indicate that Parliament was limiting colonists' liberties.

Question 20

The Radical Whigs claimed that the principle that taxation required representation had precedent in
British law and was one of the basic English liberties.

Question 21

Which of the following statements is true of the Boston massacre?

A)It occurred during the protests against the Quartering Act of 1765.
B)It resulted in the imprisonment of most of the soldiers involved.
C)It raised the conflict between the Crown and the Colonists to a new level.
D)It occurred during the first all-out battle of the Revolutionary War.
E)It sparked a vigorous debate within the colonies about how far rebellion should go.

Question 22

Which of the following events was a local act of resistance in Rhode Island against the royal control of the colonies?

A)The Gaspée incident
B)The Boston Tea Party
C)The Battle of Concord
D)The Battle of Bunker Hill
E)The Boston Massacre

Question 23

The Massachusetts colonists developed a _____ that assumed the role of a colonial government outside the control of the Crown.

A)Provincial Congress
B)Privy Council
C)Committee of Correspondence
D)Continental Association
E)Continental Congress

Question 24

Which of the following was a consequence of the Intolerable Acts?

A)The First Continental Congress was disbanded.
B)They led to the outbreak of the battles of Concord and Lexington.
C)They unified the colonies rather than isolating Massachusetts.
D)The principle of salutary neglect was reinforced between the Crown and the colonies.
E)The Bostonians agreed to pay the penalties of the Port Act.

Question 25

Which of the following acts dictated that any British official charged with a capital offense in the colonies could be tried in Great Britain?

A)The American Prohibitory Act
B)The Colonial Justice Act
C)The Quartering Act
D)The Administration of Justice Act
E)The Declaratory Act

Question 26

Which of the following products was NOT taxed under the Townshend Acts of 1767?

A)Paper
B)Glass
C)Tea
D)Lead
E)Rice

Question 27

Which of the following acts was NOT a part of the Coercive Acts?

A)The Boston Port Act
B)The Administration of Justice Act
C)The Quartering Act
D)The Massachusetts Government Act
E)The American Prohibitory Act

Question 28

Which of the following statements is true of the Declaratory Act of 1766?

A)It signaled the end of the principle of salutary neglect.
B)It became one of the nonnegotiable claims that Parliament was unwilling to relinquish throughout the struggle.
C)It declared the Crown's intention to raise revenue from the colonists.
D)It demanded the collection of duties and bolstered the importance of colonial governors who were friendly to the Crown.
E)It granted the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in North America.

Question 29

The colonists referred to both the Coercive Acts and the _____ as the Intolerable Acts.

A)Quebec Act
B)Sugar Act
C)Quartering Act
D)Stamp Act
E)Townshend Act

Question 30

At the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies met. Only _____ was absent.

A)Carolina
B)Georgia
C)New York
D)Pennsylvania
E)New Jersey

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a possible reason given by historians as to why colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians during the Boston Tea Party?

A)The attire distinguished protesters from others.
B)The attire highlighted the unity among colonists.
C)Native Americans symbolized both savagery and radical democracy.
D)The colonists hoped the attire would lead the British into war with the Mohawks.
E)It was as far from British civilization as colonists could get, symbolically.

Question 32

Which of the following terms refers to the practice of the people's interests being advocated by a deputy?

A)Virtual representation
B)Proportional representation
C)Dyadic representation
D)Collective representation
E)Actual representation

Question 33

In response to the colonists' complaint that they had no representation in Parliament, the members of Parliament argued that:

A)the colonists had given up their rights of representation when they left England.
B)Parliament had the right to make laws for the colonists "in all cases whatsoever."
C)every member of Parliament represented all the king's subjects, no matter where they lived.
D)most of the common people within Britain had no rights in Parliament.
E)only the king had the power to appoint members to the House of Commons.

Question 34

Which of the following is a true statement about the committees of correspondence?

A)They aimed to stir up dissent and unite the colonists in their opposition.
B)They initiated a circular letter inviting all colonies to send a representative to the Stamp Act Congress.
C)They argued for the colonists' rights to deputy representation.
D)They organized protests against the Stamp Act and sent resolves to Parliament.
E)They organized local boycotts against cloth and tea imported from Britain.

Question 35

When Parliament repealed most provisions of the Townshend Acts, it retained the tax on:

A)tobacco.
B)paper.
C)stamps.
D)sugar.
E)tea.

Question 36

The colonists were unhappy with the Tea Act because:

A)it decreased the enforcement of tax collection in Britain.
B)it violated the principle of actual or deputy representation.
C)it rejected the East India Company's monopoly over the sale of tea in North America.
D)they felt that the Act threatened private property.
E)they interpreted it as yet another move to establish Parliament's authority.

Question 37

Which of the following statements is true of the First Continental Congress?

A)It voiced the colonists' protest against the provisions of the Stamp Act.
B)It was convened in New Jersey in the year of 1776.
C)It was attended by representatives from all the colonies.
D)It created the Continental Association, which supervised a boycott of British trade.
E)It passed a resolution demanding complete independence for the colonies.

Question 38

The Declaratory Act was passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed. The purpose behind this move was to:

A)clarify that Parliament was yielding to not to the colonists' demands, but to the king's.
B)raise revenue with new, external duties on the goods that the colonists imported from Britain.
C)grant the East India Company the monopoly on the sale of tea in North America.
D)reinforce the tradition of salutary neglect between the Crown and the colonies.
E)loosen the Crown's control over North American colonies and grant them more independence.

Question 39

In some areas of Massachusetts, colonists opposed the Administration of Justice Act by:

A)organizing local boycotts against cloth and tea imported from Britain.
B)holding "spinning bees" that encouraged American women to show loyalty to the resistance.
C)burning the homes of stamp officials and hanging effigies of tax collectors.
D)setting up committees of correspondence to circulate their grievances.
E)closing courts rather than permitting the governor's appointed judges to sit.

Question 40

In the Restraining Act, Townshend suspended the New York Assembly for failing to comply with the:

A)Coercive Act.
B)Sugar Act.
C)Quartering Act.
D)Quebec Act.
E)Declaratory Act.

Question 41

Explain the colonists' ideological opposition to unfair taxation.

Question 42

Which of the following incidents convinced the British of the military preparedness of the colonists?

A)The Boston Tea Party
B)The Powder Alarm
C)The Battle of Bunker Hill
D)The Gaspée incident
E)The Boston massacre

Question 43

Explain why the Stamp Act of 1765 provoked a stronger colonial response than did the Sugar or Quartering Acts.

Question 44

The colonists' militiamen were known as:

A)Brown Coats.
B)Redcoats.
C)Sons of Liberty.
D)Minutemen.
E)Radical Whigs.

Question 45

The _________ imposed duties on glass, lead for paint, tea, paper, and a handful of other items.
A. Declaratory Act of 1766
B. Townshend Acts of 1767
C. Coercive Acts of 1773
D. Quartering Act of 1765

Question 46

Which of the following was a consequence of the Battle of Bunker Hill?

A)The battle prompted thousands of additional colonists to join the opposition to Britain.
B)The colonists convened the First Continental Congress to decide the future plans of action.
C)George Washington was appointed as the general of the Continental Army.
D)The royal governor ordered the construction of fortifications across the small strip of land that connected Boston to the mainland.
E)Patriots near urban centers formed committees of correspondence to circulate news, information, and instructions for the battle.

Question 47

Explain how the various acts passed by Britain's Parliament built upon each other to signal the end of salutary neglect.

Question 48

Which of the following statements is true of the Olive Branch Petition?

A)It was approved in the First Continental Congress.
B)It was written By Benjamin Franklin.
C)It implored the king to seek a peaceful resolve to the conflict.
D)It was designed to demonstrate the colonists' protest against the Coercive Acts.
E)It smothered the revolution with its rebellious approach to the Crown.

Question 49

Which of the following is a true statement about the Battle of Bunker Hill?

A)It was incited by the arrest of patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
B)It marked the first time when Americans fired against the British Army in a formal confrontation.
C)The battle was fought by the Minutemen, while the rest of the colonists refused to join.
D)The battle was fought primarily on Breed's Hill.
E)The British suffered very few casualties in the war.

Question 50

Which of the following was an implication of the American Prohibitory Act?

A)Any colonist leaders who were caught by the British could be tried for treason and executed.
B)Royal agents were to pay a duty based on profits made in the colony.
C)Stamped paper was to be used for all official papers, including marriage licenses.
D)Any British official charged with a capital offense in the colonies could be tried in Great Britain.
E)French Canadians were guaranteed the right to practice Roman Catholicism.

Question 51

King George III ignored the Olive Branch Petition because:

A)he feared that considering it would damage revenues too much.
B)he realized that the colonists were outnumbered by his army.
C)he wanted to seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
D)he viewed the colonists as insubordinate subjects of the Crown.
E)he refused to reconsider parliament's decision on the colonies.

Question 52

The term _________ referred to the group of close advisors to the Crown that offered suggestions on how the Crown should best exercise its executive authority.
A. Radical Whigs
B. Privy Council
C. committees of correspondence
D. minutemen

Question 53

The Second Continental Congress was convened in:

A)Georgia.
B)Pennsylvania.
C)New York.
D)Philadelphia.
E)New Jersey.

Question 54

Which of the following was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress?

A)To serve in the role of a colonial government outside the control of the Crown
B)To consider the American response to the Coercive Acts
C)To determine the colonies' response to the battles of Concord and Lexington
D)To protest against the provisions of the Tea Act
E)To provide quick and reliable information throughout the colonies

Question 55

In the _________, Charles Townshend suspended the New York Assembly for failing to comply with the Quartering Act.
A. Stamp Act
B. Coercive Acts
C. Quebec Acts
D. Restraining Act

Question 56

The _________ was the group of colonial American women who organized boycotts of tea and other imported British goods and who produced homespun clothes as a protest of British imported clothing.
A. Colonial Dames of America
B. Radical Whigs
C. Redcoats
D. Daughters of Liberty

Question 57

The royal governor, Thomas Gage, responded to the militia preparations in Massachusetts by:

A)ordering the construction of fortifications across the small strip of land that connected Boston to the mainland.
B)organizing committees of correspondence for better communication with the colonists.
C)disbanding the Continental Army led by George Washington.
D)issuing the Declaratory Act which gave Parliament sweeping powers in the colonies.
E)convening the Second Continental Congress to seek conciliatory measures.

Question 58

Evaluate the Stamp Act Congress as an act of American resistance.

Question 59

Explain the principle of salutary neglect and discuss how it prompted reforms in colonial relations.

Question 60

The _________ declared the colonies to be "in open rebellion."
A. Quartering Act
B. Coercive Act
C. American Prohibitory Act
D. Quebec Act

Question 61

Describe the Townshend Acts of 1767.

Question 62

What were the most significant actions taken during the meeting of the Second Continental Congress? How did these actions illustrate the changing attitudes of the colonists meeting there?

Question 63

Explain the reasons for the Boston Tea Party, describe the actions of those involved, and enumerate Parliament's responses.

Question 64

Describe the Gaspée incident.

Question 65

Describe the Quebec Act.

Question 66

Explain the colonists' response to the revenue acts of the 1760s.

Question 67

How did the Coercive Acts ignite active resistance in Massachusetts? Discuss how this resistance spread and triggered the beginning of the Revolution.

Question 68

Describe the incident known as the Boston massacre and its significance.

Question 69

Describe the Coercive Acts.

Question 70

Describe the efforts of the British government at tightening control and limiting the settlements of the colonists.