Deck 5: Imperial Breakdown 1763-1774

Question 1

At the end of the French and Indian War, which country gained possession of East and West Florida?

A) Spain
B) France
C) England
D) Portugal

Answer 1

England

Question 2

At the end of the French and Indian War, which country gained possession of Cuba?

A) Spain
B) France
C) England
D) Portugal

Answer 2

Spain

Question 3

At the end of the French and Indian War, which country gained possession of Louisiana?

A) England
B) France
C) Spain
D) Portugal

Answer 3

Spain

Question 4

The Proclamation of 1763 forbade white settlement:

A) west of the Appalachians.
B) in Louisiana.
C) in Canada.
D) west of the Rockies.

Question 5

The Quartering Acts required:

A) colonial assemblies be reduced in size by 75%.
B) colonial assemblies to provide barracks for British troops.
C) colonial assemblies to remit one-fourth of tax revenues to England.
D) none of the above

Question 6

The Proclamation of 1763 established civilian governments in:

A) Canada.
B) Louisiana.
C) Ohio.
D) Florida.

Question 7

After the French and Indian War, European alliances with the Indians:

A) became more important.
B) broke down.
C) became less important.
D) were strengthened.

Question 8

The Cherokee War took place where?

A) the southern Appalachian highlands
B) New England
C) Florida
D) the Mississippi River

Question 9

In 1760, the Cherokees captured:

A) Fort Loudoun.
B) Fort Duquesne.
C) New Orleans.
D) Fort McHenry.

Question 10

Neolin, who urged Indians to reject European goods and influence, was known as:

A) the Pennsylvania Prophet.
B) the Ohio Prophet.
C) the Maryland Prophet.
D) the Delaware Prophet.

Question 11

Pontiac, who led the Indians against the colonists and British troops, was a(n) _____ chief.

A) Ottawa
B) Cherokee
C) Delaware
D) Oneida

Question 12

The Paxton Boys massacred a group of which Indians?

A) Delawares
B) Oneidas
C) Conestogas
D) Cherokees

Question 13

Who convinced the Paxton Boys to disperse as they threatened the Pennsylvania Assembly?

A) Franklin
B) Penn
C) Hamilton
D) Washington

Question 14

The American Revenue Act was commonly known as the:

A) Sugar Act.
B) Navigation Act.
C) Stamp Act.
D) Corn Act.

Question 15

Who was the British Prime Minister that passed the American Revenue Act in 1764?

A) Chamberlain
B) Grenville
C) Churchill
D) Cromwell

Question 16

The British Constitution:

A) was written in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
B) is called the Magna Carta.
C) included English law and acts of Parliament.
D) was ratified by the American colonies.

Question 17

Violations of the Sugar Act were tried in vice-admiralty courts in:

A) Boston.
B) New York.
C) Halifax.
D) Philadelphia.

Question 18

Which act was the first to impose an internal tax on the colonies?

A) the Sugar Act
B) the Navigation Act
C) the Stamp Act
D) the Tea Act

Question 19

Who first referred to Americans as "Sons of Liberty"?

A) Isaac Barre
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Patrick Henry
D) George Washington

Question 20

This group led opposition to the Stamp Act.

A) Daughters of Liberty
B) Sons of Liberty
C) Land of Liberty
D) Legion of Liberty

Question 21

He said "when the People are oppressed," they are "discontented" and are not to be blamed.

A) Samuel Adams
B) George Mason
C) Patrick Henry
D) John Adams

Question 22

The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 was held in:

A) Boston.
B) Philadelphia.
C) Annapolis.
D) New York.

Question 23

The Stamp Act Congress adopted the:

A) Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
B) Bill of Rights.
C) Declaration of Independence.
D) Declaration Against Taxes.

Question 24

What act was passed by Parliament along with the repeal of the Stamp Act?

A) the Sugar Act
B) the Navigation Act
C) the Declaratory Act
D) the Corn Laws

Question 25

The Declaration of Rights and Grievances:

A) was written before the Stamp Act Congress convened.
B) called for the continuation of the Sugar Act.
C) was written in response to the Declaratory Act.
D) stated that Parliament had no right to tax the colonies.

Question 26

In 1767, Parliament passed an act suspending which colonial legislature?

A) New York
B) Massachusetts
C) Pennsylvania
D) Virginia

Question 27

Vigilante groups formed in North Carolina in the 1760s called themselves:

A) Regulators.
B) Sons of Liberty.
C) Enforcers.
D) none of the above

Question 28

In 1771, North Carolina governor William Tryon led the local militia against:

A) the Regulators.
B) the French.
C) the Cherokees.
D) the Sons of Liberty.

Question 29

Whose ship was named Liberty?

A) Patrick Henry
B) George Mason
C) John Adams
D) John Hancock

Question 30

Who wrote under the pen name "A Farmer in Pennsylvania"?

A) Benjamin Franklin
B) Alexander Hamilton
C) John Dickinson
D) William Penn

Question 31

The "Farmer from Pennsylvania's" writing was provoked primarily by the:

A) Stamp Act.
B) Sugar Act.
C) Quartering Act.
D) Townshend Duty Act.

Question 32

In response to the Townshend Duty Act, American colonists:

A) began a boycott of imported goods.
B) initiated the Revolutionary War.
C) proposed an income tax.
D) began growing their own tea.

Question 33

The burning of the Gaspee:

A) led to the hanging of several men.
B) was in response to British attempts to curb smuggling.
C) sparked the passage of the Stamp Act.
D) took place off the coast of South Carolina.

Question 34

What British Prime Minister proposed to rescind the Townshend duties?

A) Townshend
B) North
C) Grenville
D) Chamberlain

Question 35

Crispus Attucks died during the:

A) Boston Massacre.
B) Boston Tea Party.
C) Battle of Lexington.
D) Battle of Concord.

Question 36

Who led the attack on the British schooner the Gaspee?

A) Crispus Attucks
B) Samuel Adams
C) Paul Revere
D) John Brown

Question 37

During the "Quiet Period," Americans drank smuggled tea from:

A) France.
B) Holland.
C) Spain.
D) Portugal.

Question 38

The Tea Act of 1773:

A) placed a tax on all tea coming into America.
B) made it illegal for non-British tea to enter America.
C) made it illegal for the colonists to grow tea.
D) exempted British tea from duties.

Question 39

Which company had the exclusive right to distribute tea in the British Empire?

A) The Dutch East India Company
B) Twinning's Tea Company
C) The Royal British Tea Company
D) The British East India Company

Question 40

Aboard what ship did the "Boston Tea Party" take place?

A) Yankee
B) Cornell
C) Dartmouth
D) Townshend

Question 41

Who was Massachusetts' royal governor at the time of the Boston Tea Party?

A) Grenville
B) Sargent
C) Smeal
D) Hutchinson

Question 42

Who reportedly gave the signal for the Boston Tea Party at Old South Meeting House?

A) John Adams
B) Paul Revere
C) Samuel Adams
D) Ethan Allen

Question 43

The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by passing the:

A) Coercive Acts.
B) Acts of Remuneration.
C) Tea Act.
D) Townshend Acts.

Question 44

The Boston Port Act was part of the:

A) Coercive Acts.
B) Townshend Acts.
C) Navigation Acts.
D) Quartering Acts.

Question 45

Which act allowed the crown to appoint the sheriffs who named juries in Massachusetts?

A) the Boston Port Act
B) the Administration of Justice Act
C) the Massachusetts Government Act
D) the Royal Jurisdiction Act

Question 46

What British commander in chief in America was named the governor of Massachusetts?

A) Townshend
B) Grenville
C) Braddock
D) Gage

Question 47

Under the Quebec Act, the southern boundary of Quebec became:

A) the St. Lawrence River.
B) Lake Michigan.
C) Lake Ontario.
D) the Ohio River.

Question 48

Colonists called the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts collectively the:

A) Intolerable Acts.
B) Shameful Acts.
C) Oppressive Acts.
D) Painful Acts.

Question 49

The First Continental Congress was held in response to the:

A) Boston Massacre.
B) Stamp Act.
C) Intolerable Acts.
D) Boston Tea Party.

Question 50

The Quebec Act:

A) increased the power of the Catholic Church.
B) was passed in an effort to appease the thirteen colonies.
C) was one of the factors that led to the Boston Tea Party.
D) shrunk the boundaries of Quebec.

Question 51

The Administration of Justice Act:

A) was part of the Quebec Act.
B) made colonists fear increased violence at the hands of British soldiers.
C) called for judges to be elected by local citizens.
D) specifically declared that American colonists were not British subjects.

Question 52

At the First Continental Congress:

A) only a minority of delegates was willing to go to war with Britain.
B) all thirteen colonies were represented.
C) the members opposed the rival Continental Association.
D) the members were in general agreement on all important issues.

Question 53

The First Continental Congress created the __________ to organize sanctions against the British.

A) Stamp Act Congress
B) Sons of Liberty
C) Continental Association
D) committees of correspondence

Question 54

The First Continental Congress resulted in the:

A) American Grand Council.
B) Albany Plan of Union.
C) Declaration of Independence.
D) endorsement of the Suffolk Resolves.

Question 55

In the months before the Revolution, those who advocated colonial rights called themselves:

A) Whigs.
B) Loyalists.
C) Patriots.
D) Tories.

Question 56

The Continental Congress created this to organize and enforce sanctions against the British.

A) the Patriot League
B) the Sons of Liberty
C) the Loyalist Association
D) the Continental Association

Question 57

South Carolina threatened to leave the Continental Congress unless:

A) each state was limited to one vote.
B) its delegate was named chairman.
C) rice was omitted from the non-exportation agreement.
D) the option of armed revolution was taken out of consideration.

Question 58

The Suffolk Resolves denounced the Coercive Acts as:

A) unfair.
B) unmanageable.
C) unconstitutional.
D) poorly conceived.

Question 59

In the wake of the First Continental Congress, Americans were forced to take sides for and against the:

A) Suffolk Resolves.
B) Continental Association.
C) Whigs.
D) none of the above

Question 60

Which of the following happened first?

A) George III becomes king of England
B) Sugar Act
C) Townshend duties
D) Boston Massacre

Question 61

Which of the following events happened last?

A) Quartering Act
B) Coercive Acts
C) Stamp Act repealed
D) Cherokee War

Question 62

How did the British and the colonists view the French and Indian War differently?

Question 63

What was the Boston Tea Party meant to protest?

Question 64

How were the taxes enacted in the Stamp Act different than taxes previously imposed on the colonists?

Question 65

Who was hurt by the Quebec Act?

Question 66

How did the British and the American ways of viewing representative government differ? How did these differences lead to problems between Britain and America?

Question 67

How did most colonists hope to handle America's difficulties with England? Why did they hold these views and why did they think such tactics would be successful?

Question 68

What did the British hope to achieve with the Quebec Act?

Question 69

Describe relations between the Indians and the various European and colonial powers in the period just prior to the American Revolution. How did these relations differ from those of earlier periods?

Question 70

How did the British attempt to handle colonial avoidance of duties?