Deck 6: Three Crises and Revolt

Question 1

The Molasses Act (1733)

A) aimed to decrease trade between the colonies and the French West Indies.
B) was flounted with impunity by the colonists.
C) placed a high tariff on colonial imports of foreign sugar, molasses and rum.
D) if enforced would have disrupted one of the major colonial trades.
E) All of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above.

Question 2

One of the most important reasons for England's reasserting its authority over the colonial United States prior to the Revolution was

A) England 's commitment to mercantilism.
B) the end of the Seven Years War.
C) the end of the English Revolution.
D) the fall of Spain as a world power.

Answer 2

the end of the Seven Years War.

Question 3

Economic consequences of Tea Act (1773) included a\an __________ in the price of tea in the colonies and a\an ___________ in the revenues of colonial tea wholesalers.

A) increase; increase
B) increase; decrease
C) decrease; increase
D) decrease; decrease

Answer 3

decrease; decrease

Question 4

Which of the following acts of England's Parliament did not occur after the Seven Year's War and before the American Revolution?

A) Stamp Act.
B) Quartering Act.
C) Declaratory Act.
D) Navigation Acts.

Question 5

The Tea Act

A) raised the price of tea to colonists.
B) allowed for more "middlemen" to be involved in the exportation of tea from India to America.
C) made tea an "enumerated good" under the Navigation Acts.
D) harmed smugglers of Dutch tea.

Question 6

The Sugar Act (1764)

A) decreased the tariff that had been established by the Molasses Act.
B) was designed to raise revenue for England.
C) was more vigorously enforced than the Molasses Act.
D) was designed to support England's mercantilist goals.
E) All of the above.

Question 7

The Navigation Acts

A) placed tariffs on the import of British goods by the colonies.
B) provided for the free trade of colonial goods, including tobacco, indigo and sugar.
C) required all colonial trade to be carried on English vessels.
D) were abolished in 1700.

Question 8

In a Crown colony

A) both its governor and upper house were appointed by the Crown.
B) the governor was appointed by the Crown while the upper house was elected by the propertied adult males within the colony.
C) only the lower house could initiate fiscal legislation.
D) Both a and b are correct.
E) Both a and c are correct.

Question 9

England 's colonial policy changed dramatically following the French and Indian War.  All of the following statements describe factors that contributed to this change in policy except

A) Following the war, property taxes doubled in England in order to finance the large war debt.
B) Wealthy New England merchants asked the Crown to exercise more authority over colonial affairs.
C) Colonists had actively traded with England's enemies during the war.
D) English military leaders realized that a continuing military presence would be necessary to protect colonial borders.

Question 10

All of the following are examples of "external taxes" except:

A) the Stamp Act
B) the Sugar Act
C) the Townshend Acts
D) the Molasses Act

Question 11

The piecemeal actions of Parliament to curtail the various colonial manufacturing activities

A) stemmed from a deep-seated fear of American competition.
B) were punitive, in response to colonial smuggling and price dumping.
C) were a roundabout attempt to undermine the colonial shipbuilding industry.
D) were largely taken to protect vested, well-lobbied interests.

Question 12

All of the following statements accurately describe pre-1763 British colonial policy except :

A) England discouraged western settlements in an effort to reduce conflicts between colonists and Native Americans.
B) English taxes imposed on colonists were much lower than the taxes imposed on English residents.
C) England passed certain laws designed to reduce colonial production of goods that duplicated popular English products.
D) Colonial governors and the Privy Council rarely used their veto power to overturn colonial laws.

Question 13

The ____________ was designed to raise revenue and achieve mercantilist goals, while the ____________ was simply intended to raise revenue.

A) Sugar Act; Tea Act
B) Tea Act; Molasses Act
C) Sugar Act; Stamp Act
D) Stamp Act; Hat Act

Question 14

During the pre-Revolutionary period, American colonists used their market power to rebel by

A) organizing nonimportation associations in response to taxes.
B) organizing powerful labor unions.
C) creating large manufacturing firms that competed with English manufacturers.
D) forming farming cartels that increased the prices of American agricultural exports.
E) All of the above.

Question 15

Which of the following statements best describes pre-1763 British colonial life?

A) British directives influenced day-to-day life only modestly.
B) Bureaucratic apathy in part often led to colonial laws to become effective before they were reviewed in England.
C) Government activity in general was a minor aspect of colonial affairs.
D) All of the above are correct.
E) None of the above are correct.

Question 16

Which one of the following was not a goal of the Navigation Acts?

A) Protect and encourage English and colonial shipping.
B) Ensure that major colonial imports from Europe were shipped from British ports.
C) Ensure that the bulk of desired colonial products were shipped to England.
D) Prevent West Indian planters from increasing their control over the U.S. colonial trade.

Question 17

Economic  controls that that England imposed on its North American colonies were less strict than those

A) other European nations imposed on their colonies.
B) England imposed on its other colonial holdings.
C) England imposed on Ireland.
D) England or other European nations imposed on any of its other colonial possessions.

Question 18

The "duplication production" laws passed by Parliament in the late 17^th and 18^th centuries, restricted colonial export of

A) woolen goods.
B) tobacco.
C) pig iron.
D) cotton.
E) All of the above.

Question 19

Which of the following statements accurately describes pre-1763 British colonial policy?

A) England taxed the colonies extensively, requiring the colonists to pay a substantial portion of the costs of government administration and military protection.
B) The Navigation Acts placed a severe economic burden on the colonies, equaling more than 30 percent of colonial income.
C) England discouraged western settlements in an effort to reduce conflicts between colonists and Native Americans.
D) Colonial laws were not officially in effect until the Privy Council granted its approval.
E) All of the above statements accurately describe pre-1763 British colonial policy.

Question 20

Which of the following provisions was not a component of the Intolerable Acts?

A) Permitted British officials charged with crimes to be tried in Britain.
B) Raised taxes in Boston to pay for the tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party.
C) Provided for the quartering of troops in the city of Boston.
D) Revised the charter of Massachusetts to make some rights dependent on the decisions of a governor who was appointed by England.

Question 21

Which of the following most accurately describes an impact of the Navigation Acts?

A) Wages of Southern plantation owners increased.
B) Wages of New England sailors increased.
C) Wages of wheat farmers in the Middle Colonies increased.

Question 22

The costs and benefits of mercantilist policies on the colonies produced a ______ to the American colonies.

A) small net benefit
B) small net cost
C) large net cost
D) large net benefit

Question 23

According to quantitative estimates of the burden of the Navigation Acts on the colonies, what can be said about the (net) effect of the Acts?

A) The Navigation Acts placed a serious economic burden on the colonies, with estimates of this burden equaling roughly 40 percent of 1770s GNP.
B) The Navigation Acts were the critical reason why colonists revolted against the British.
C) After accounting for the protection provided by the British, there was very little economic burden to colonists from the Navigation Acts.
D) Existing data do not allow for credible estimates of the economic burden of the Navigation Acts on the colonies.

Question 24

The burden of the Navigation Acts on colonial trade to continental Europe

A) was disproportionately large on the more distant Southern colonies.
B) amounted to 5 percent of colonial income.
C) amounted to less than one percent of colonial income.
D) Both a and b are correct.
E) Both a and c are correct.

Question 25

The Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 benefited existing farmers with large land holdings because these laws led to

A) decreased farming competition.
B) falling land prices.
C) lower taxes on farm land.
D) increased supplies of western farm land.
E) All of the above.

Question 26

An economic analysis of the burdens imposed on the colonists by the Navigation Acts for commodities that were imported from Europe via England can best be described as:

A) A shift back in the demand curve and a resulting decrease in the price of the goods.
B) A shift back in both the supply and demand curves.
C) A shift out of the supply curve and a shift back in the demand curve.
D) A shift back in the supply curve, which increases the price and decreases the quantity.

Question 27

The Navigation Acts required that colonists use England as an "entrepot." This resulted in

A) additional shipping and handling costs for colonial trade.
B) increased prices for colonial imports.
C) an increased share of profits going to middlemen.
D) an estimated total economic burden of less than 1 percent of colonial income.
E) All of the above.

Question 28

What was not a grievance of the Continental Congress that met in October 1774?

A) Taxes had been imposed upon the colonies by the British Parliament.
B) The colonies were not permitted to trade with nations other than England.
C) England had confiscated western colonial land.
D) Persons could be transported out of the colonies for trials.

Question 29

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 had all of the following effects except :

A) increased the price of farm labor
B) increased the price of farm land
C) decreased competition for existing farmers
D) encouraged Scotch, Irish and German immigrants to rebel against England