Deck 6: The Limits of Imperial Control, 1763-1775

Question 1

The Proclamation Line of 1763 aroused the resentment of which of the following?

A) American colonists
B) French settlers
C) Native Americans
D) British taxpayers

Answer 1

American colonists

Question 2

What 1781 event ended Spanish hopes for rapid expansion in California?

A) the Yuma Revolt
B) the Popé Uprising
C) the Stono Rebellion
D) Pontiac's Uprising

Answer 2

the Yuma Revolt

Question 3

Neolin urged his followers to __________.

A) take up farming
B) study European culture
C) return to ancient ways
D) migrate further west

Answer 3

return to ancient ways

Question 4

What rumor was confirmed by Cook's fleet?

A) There was gold in Southeast Asia.
B) The Spanish and Dutch were allied in the South Pacific.
C) The Russians had a foothold in the North American fur trade.
D) The French had seized control of Hawaii.

Question 5

What major challenge did the Spanish face after 1763?

A) how to make a smooth transition to republican government
B) how to get along with its new French allies
C) how to defend its expanded American empire from European rivals
D) how to regain the territory it lost in the Treaty of Paris

Question 6

Which of the following strengthened the position of pro-war Indian factions in the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes region?

A) he Albany Conference
B) the Treaty of Paris
C) the Treaty of Ghent
D) Bacon's Rebellion

Question 7

Juan Bautista de Anza led the effort to __________.

A) establish an overland route to California
B) subdue the California Indians
C) impose Spanish rule on central California
D) fight off British attempts to establish settlements in California

Question 8

What did John Wilkes attack in the North Britton?

A) the Coercive Acts
B) the king's peace settlement with France
C) Parliament's efforts to silence the king
D) British imperialism

Question 9

The "Paxton Boys" __________.

A) broke the Indian siege of Fort Pitt
B) were killed by Pontiac and his followers
C) marched on Philadelphia to demand increased protection on the frontier
D) led a spirited defense of white settlements in the Ohio Valley

Question 10

What was the outcome of Pontiac's War?

A) a victory for American colonists
B) a victory for the British
C) a victory for the Indians
D) stalemate

Question 11

Spanish leaders established a token presence along the California coast in response to a perceived threat from __________.

A) Portugal
B) the Dutch
C) France
D) Russia

Question 12

The Proclamation Line of 1763 __________.

A) was welcomed by the upper classes of the Chesapeake colonies
B) forbid colonials settlers from moving west of the Ohio River
C) was strictly enforced by French officials
D) reserved all the land east of the Mississippi River for Indians

Question 13

Why did Carlos III expel the Jesuits from the Spanish realm in 1767?

A) They opposed administrative reform in the colonies.
B) They were allied with France.
C) They objected to the king's marital infidelities.
D) They supported greater protections for Native Americans.

Question 14

Pontiac's Uprising threatened __________ outposts in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region.

A) Dutch
B) French
C) British
D) Spanish

Question 15

__________ helped establish the initial Spanish outpost at San Diego Bay.

A) José de Galvez
B) Juan Bautista de Anza
C) Bartolome de Las Casas
D) Junípero Serra

Question 16

Vitus Bering __________.

A) claimed Mexico for Russia
B) was killed in Hawaii by his own men
C) drove the English out of their base at Anchorage, Alaska
D) proved that Asia was not linked to North America

Question 17

What was the primary objective of Russian policies and actions in Alaska?

A) to create new Russian farm communities
B) to convert local peoples to Christianity
C) to gain access to furs
D) to establish a strategic outpost

Question 18

With which of the following would Pontiac have most likely agreed?

A) Indian peoples had to master European technologies.
B) Indian peoples faced a common enemy in white settlers.
C) Indian peoples had no choice but to retreat further west.
D) Indian peoples were inferior to Europeans.

Question 19

What prompted Juan Bautista de Anza's 1774 expedition through the Southwest?

A) rumors of a city of gold
B) the challenge of supplying Spanish settlers in California
C) the threat posed by French explorers
D) rumors of a new Indian uprising

Question 20

James Cook's expeditions __________.

A) ranged from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica
B) proved that a "northwest" passage did exist
C) resulted in trade relations between Britain and Japan
D) brought England into the lucrative Australian-North American fur trade

Question 21

The __________ imposed a tax on legal contracts, land deeds, newspapers, and almanacs.

A) Currency Act
B) Stamp Act
C) Quartering Act
D) Sugar Act

Question 22

Which of the following was a goal of the Sugar Act?

A) to secure the Ohio Valley
B) to increase colonial exports
C) to punish Boston
D) to reduce smuggling

Question 23

The Stamp Act was meant to help pay for __________.

A) the defense of the British colonies in America
B) an ambitious infrastructure project in Britain
C) a new war with Spain
D) the acquisition of Spanish Florida

Question 24

John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were __________.

A) Real Whigs
B) Tories
C) anarchists
D) ministerial advisors

Question 25

Which of the following was a consequence of the Currency Act of 1764?

A) a surge in colonial economic growth
B) a reduced money supply in the colonies
C) mass unemployment
D) an increase in colonial exports

Question 26

The Declaratory Act __________.

A) asserted Parliament's right to make laws for the colonies
B) established clear limits on Parliamentary authority
C) was cheered by colonial elites
D) established a new tax on estates

Question 27

Patrick Henry's "Virginia Resolves" __________.

A) challenged Parliament's right to impose taxes
B) outlined fundamental natural rights
C) called for independence from Britain
D) questioned British conduct during the Seven Years' War

Question 28

Why did Grenville decide to keep a large garrison in the American colonies?

A) to help collect tax revenues
B) to enforce the fragile peace in the east
C) to protect newly acquired territories
D) because colonists were unruly and resistant to government authority

Question 29

In the view of many Whigs, the British government balanced the power of __________.

A) landowners, merchants, and workers
B) the king, the Parliament, and the church
C) the monarchy, the church, and the merchants
D) the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the people

Question 30

Which of the following was most likely to be a Regulator?

A) a small farmer
B) an established planter
C) an unskilled laborer
D) an urban tradesman

Question 31

Why was the repeal of the Stamp Act a hollow victory for the colonists?

A) It was accompanied by the passage of the Declaratory Act.
B) It was accompanied by the passage of the Townshend Duties.
C) It was accompanied by the passage of the Sugar Act.
D) It was accompanied by the passage of the Tea Act.

Question 32

John Wilkes was a(n) ______________.

A) outspoken critic of Grenville's ministry
B) backcountry farmer
C) leading advocate of colonial autonomy
D) staunch monarchist

Question 33

Proponents of balanced government drew on the work of what philosopher to explain their views?

A) Zeno
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Plato

Question 34

The Townshend Revenue Act imposed a tax on imported __________.

A) coal
B) sugar
C) glass
D) coffee

Question 35

Why did colonial critics object to revenues from the Townshend Duties being used for "the administration of justice, and the support of civil government"?

A) They interpreted the phrase "support of civil government" to mean the establishment of a police state.
B) They interpreted the phrase "support of civil government" to mean the abolition of colonial legislatures.
C) They interpreted the phrase "administration of justice" to mean the indefinite imprisonment of political opponents.
D) They interpreted the phrase "administration of justice" to mean expanded searches of American homes and shops.

Question 36

Nonimportation plans called upon colonists to __________.

A) join mass demonstrations
B) refuse to serve in the British army
C) take up arms
D) boycott British goods

Question 37

Throughout the second half of 1765, the Sons of Liberty promoted __________ in an effort to prevent the implementation of the Stamp Act.

A) civil disobedience
B) committees of correspondence
C) a boycott of British goods
D) street violence

Question 38

In February 1768, the __________ legislature petitioned the king for redress from oppressive Parliamentary measures.

A) South Carolina
B) New York
C) Massachusetts
D) Virginia

Question 39

What was the most effective form of protest used by the colonists?

A) public demonstrations
B) threats of violence against crown officials
C) colonial assemblies sending petitions to the crown
D) boycotts of British goods

Question 40

John Dickinson's "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" __________.

A) dismissed any distinction between external and internal taxation
B) challenged the constitutionality of the vice-admiralty courts
C) argued in favor of the right to a trial by a jury of your peers
D) decried the growing tensions between Britain and its colonies

Question 41

Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal all the Townshend Duties except the one on __________.

A) tea
B) paint
C) rum
D) coffee

Question 42

Who were the Regulators and what did they want?

Question 43

What was the Gaspée?

A) a British customs boat
B) a sloop owned by John Hancock
C) a British Man-of-War
D) a French smuggling vessel

Question 44

What did British political thinkers mean by "balanced government"? Why did the Real Whigs believe that Britain's balanced government was in danger?

Question 45

The Tea Act of 1773 let the East India Company bypass the requirement that __________.

A) 90 percent of all tea shipments be sold to British customers
B) it sell tea to the highest bidder, regardless of nationality
C) merchants ship Asian tea through England on its way to colonial ports
D) its ships pass a rigorous inspection process

Question 46

Describe the steps that led to Spanish colonization of the California coast.

Question 47

In September 1774 the __________ met in Philadelphia.

A) Stamp Act Congress
B) First Continental Congress
C) Pennsylvania Assembly
D) Sons of Liberty

Question 48

What measures did George Grenville take in an effort to impose order on Britain's American colonies?

Question 49

Crispus Attucks, one of the men killed in the Boston Massacre, was a(n) __________.

A) indentured servant
B) leading legislator
C) ex-slave
D) poor farmer

Question 50

The Boston Port Act __________.

A) made Boston an official British naval base
B) put Royal officials in charge of the port of Boston
C) imposed a new tax on Boston's exports
D) cut off Boston's sea commerce

Question 51

On April 18, 1775, British troops marched on __________ to capture a stockpile of military supplies.

A) Fort Ticonderoga
B) Boston
C) Bunker Hill
D) Concord

Question 52

The __________ Resolves condemned the Coercive Acts.

A) Suffolk
B) Virginia
C) Kentucky
D) Concord

Question 53

Governor __________ of Massachusetts was seen by many in Boston as an enemy of colonial rights.

A) Richard North
B) Thomas Gage
C) George Hewes
D) Thomas Hutchinson

Question 54

The Tea Act was passed in an effort to __________.

A) start a trade war with the Netherlands
B) eliminate Britain's national debt
C) punish colonial protestors
D) aid the East India Company