Deck 5: Bursting the Bonds of Empire

Question 1

Americans viewed English policies after 1763 as

A) threats to their economic interests.
B) evidence of English corruption.
C) a systematic attack on their constitutional liberties.
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above.

Question 2

Parliament, beginning in 1699, attempted to increase revenue by requiring which of the following colonial goods to be shipped to England before export abroad?

A) woolen cloth
B) beaver hats
C) finished iron products
D) molasses

Answer 2

molasses

Question 3

The era from 1689 to 1763 was one of chronic warfare in both Europe and North America.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Seven Years' War proved to be one of the most significant wars fought in the New World.

Question 5

George Grenville's program to raise revenue proposed that all imperial debts be paid by the American colonists.

Question 6

The Declaratory Act, passed in response to the colonial turmoil over the Stamp Act, failed to resolve the issue of Parliament's right to tax the colonies.

Question 7

To avoid potential violence, Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts tried to convince the East India Company to return its shiploads of tea to England rather than attempt unloading in Boston.

Question 8

By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the fabric of government was badly torn in most colonies.

Question 9

The colonial clergy failed to support the cause of independence during the buildup to revolution.

Question 10

Cities contained only 5 percent of the colonial population.

Question 11

The Philadelphia militia failed to support the radical leaders of the Revolution in the city.

Question 12

Colonial women played a vital role in the movement toward revolution.

Question 13

In 1696, Parliament tightened imperial administration in America with the creation of additional ________ courts, which functioned without juries, to prosecute smugglers who evaded trade restrictions.

Question 14

England declared war on Spain in 1739, presumably because the Spanish severed the ear of English sea captain ________.

Question 15

To discuss creation of a colonial union and possible alliance with the Iroquois Indians, colonial representatives met in 1754 at ________.

Question 16

At Fort Duquesne, the French rebuffed the attempts of young Virginia militia colonel ________ to establish an English fort at the forks of the Ohio River.

Question 17

France, Austria, and ________ fought against Great Britain and Prussia during the French and Indian War.

Question 18

Between 1759 and 1761, the ________ tribe fought against the British in North America.

Question 19

The ________ ended the Seven Years' War in 1763.