Deck 5: Reform Resistance Revolution

Question 1

The English responded to colonial complaints against "taxation without representation" by asserting that

A) colonial lobbyists in London represented local interests there.
B) the assemblies provided adequate protection for colonial rights.
C) each member of Parliament virtually represented all the citizens of the empire.
D) each colony could send a representative to the House of Commons.
E) representation was not necessary for a government to tax.

Answer 1

each member of Parliament virtually represented all the citizens of the empire.

Question 2

The "regulators" in the Carolinas were

A) committees that opposed British policy.
B) committees that attempted to regulate the backcountry economy.
C) settlers that attempted to impose order in the absence of an organized government.
D) tax collectors who made regular collections from residents.
E) farmers who made illegal liquor.

Answer 2

settlers that attempted to impose order in the absence of an organized government.

Question 3

The principal reform envisioned by the Townshend Revenue Act was to

A) raise revenue.
B) unload tea from the East India Company.
C) establish the power of the King to tax.
D) hurt colonial trade.
E) pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges.

Answer 3

pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges.

Question 4

The group most responsible for overt resistance to acts of Parliament were the

A) Paxton Boys.
B) Sons of Liberty.
C) colonial assemblies.
D) "regulators."
E) citizens of Pennsylvania.

Question 5

The British government measure that established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Quebec was known as the

A) Toleration Act.
B) Quebec Act.
C) Proclamation of 1763.
D) Coercive Act.
E) the Stamp Act.

Question 6

The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775

A) more or less declared that a state of war existed in North America.
B) called for increased trade between the colonies and the mother country.
C) attacked George III.
D) belligerently affirmed colonial rights.
E) affirmed the loyalty of the colonists to the crown

Question 7

The Tea Act (1773)

A) attempted to save the British East India Company from financial disaster.
B) removed the tax on colonists' tea.
C) increased the price of colonists' tea.
D) placed a high new tax on the colonists' tea.
E) was endorsed by the American tea sellers.

Question 8

The Sugar Act (1764) placed a duty, or tax, on

A) imported French molasses.
B) domestic refined sugar.
C) British molasses.
D) Canadian rum.
E) all agricultural products.

Question 9

The religious group in North America that led the attack on slavery were the

A) Catholics.
B) Presbyterians.
C) Baptists.
D) Quakers.
E) Jews.

Question 10

John Wilkes is significant to British and American history because

A) he created a constitutional crisis in England.
B) he openly supported the patriots.
C) he convinced France to support the U.S.
D) his paper published attacks on the US patriots.
E) he convinced the English people to turn against the U.S.

Question 11

The main argument of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

A) moderated the system of taxation employed by the British.
B) demanded representation in the British Parliament.
C) denounced the monarchy as a degenerate institution.
D) called for George Washington to be named king.
E) demanded that France enter the war.

Question 12

Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as

A) one of increased centralized control over the colonies.
B) one of relaxed control over the colonies.
C) unchanged from before 1763.
D) one that sought to get rid of the colonies.
E) one that sought to exterminate the Indians.

Question 13

The Declaratory Act

A) repealed the Stamp Act.
B) declared that the colonies were in a state of insurrection.
C) asserted Parliament's absolute right to legislate for the colonies.
D) nullified the charters of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
E) established new taxes on the colonists.

Question 14

In Virginia, drafted resolutions solutions in 1765, which stated that colo nists could be taxed only by their own assemblies.

A) George Washington
B) John Dickinson
C) Patrick Henry
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) James Madison

Question 15

In 1770, British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for the one on

A) glass.
B) lead.
C) tea.
D) paper.
E) painters' colors.

Question 16

The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to

A) establish a republican regime.
B) avoid paying taxes.
C) restore the empire to what it had been before 1763.
D) establish a radically new vision of the future.
E) fight the Indians.

Question 17

The Coercive Acts

A) attempted to impose new taxes on the colonies.
B) forced the port of Boston to remain open to British ships.
C) reorganized the government of Massachusetts.
D) extended the power of the governor of New York.
E) suppressed the rights of Catholics in Maryland.

Question 18

Britain's hiring soldiers from to fight the colonists infuriated North Americans.

A) Canada
B) Germany
C) France
D) Spain
E) Portugal

Question 19

The colonists opposed the Stamp Tax because it

A) was the first direct internal tax passed by Parliament for the North American colonies.
B) was an indirect external tax on goods imported into the colonies.
C) was too expensive to enforce.
D) gave too much authority to colonial common law courts.
E) required a large number of tax collectors to be sent from England.

Question 20

During Pontiac' s War,

A) combined Indian tribal forces seized ten British forts and besieged two others.
B) the English introduced germ warfare by giving the Indians smallpox-infested blankets.
C) the Paxton Boys murdered unarmed Christian Indian men, women, and children.
D) the Indians were united as never before.
E) all of these choices

Question 21

The First Continental Congress met in

A) New York.
B) Boston.
C) Philadelphia.
D) Charleston.
E) Washington.

Question 22

Which of the following was not a consequence of the Boston Tea Party?

A) British soldiers could now be housed among civilians if necessary.
B) Town meetings in Massachusetts were prohibited.
C) The port of Boston was closed until Bostonians had made restitution for the tea.
D) British soldiers or officials charged with a crime in Massachusetts would be tried either in another colony or in England.
E) the Massachusetts council was to be appointed.

Question 23

The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to

A) force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War.
B) reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War
C) centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies.
D) encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden.
E) encourage the colonies to declare independence.

Question 24

The Boston Massacre

A) occurred when a group of British soldiers illegally fired into a crowd that was harassing them.
B) was followed by a murder trial in which John Adams acted as a defense attorney.
C) resulted in a change of quarters for British soldiers to Castle William in Boston harbor.
D) marked the failure of Britain's attempt at military coercion.
E) all of these choices

Question 25

All of the following are true about the Revenue Act of 1766 except that

A) it reduced the duty on molasses.
B) it was clearly a revenue measure.
C) it generated more income for the empire than any other colonial tax.
D) it applied only to foreign molasses imported into the mainland.
E) few colonists attacked it for violating the principle of no taxation without representation.

Question 26

Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to

A) coordinate intercolonial communication and organize efforts to defend American liberties.
B) send letters and petitions expressing colonial views to Spain and France.
C) organize the first postal system in North America.
D) improve relations between merchants in America and in England.
E) share information regarding Indian uprisings.

Question 27

Which of the following was not part of the Townshend program?

A) a tax on tea, paper, paint, lead, and glass imported into the colonies
B) recognition of colonial authority in providing supplies and housing for British troops
C) the use of tax revenues to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges
D) relocation of British troops from the frontier to the major seaport cities
E) creation of a separate American Board of Customs Commissioners in Boston

Question 28

The Declaration of Independence was primarily written by

A) John Adams.
B) Benjamin Franklin.
C) Thomas Jefferson.
D) James Madison.
E) Patrick Henry.

Question 29

One of the consequences of colonial rhetoric about liberty and rights was

A) the ordination of women as lay preachers in the Anglican church.
B) an end to the use of indentured servants.
C) an increase in the number of declared skeptics and atheists.
D) extending the right to vote to women.
E) agitation for the extension of equality and freedom to all people including slaves.

Question 30

Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for

A) pay for Britain's military wars in Europe.
B) supporting the British royal family.
C) paying the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies.
D) paying for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
E) payments to customs collectors.

Question 31

The colonial response to the Stamp Act included

A) street violence and riots.
B) economic boycotts.
C) petitions to Parliament.
D) resolutions passed by colonial assemblies.
E) all of these choices

Question 32

Phillis Wheatley was

A) the first black college student in American history.
B) one of the victims of the Boston Massacre.
C) a poet and slave.
D) a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans.
E) a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

Question 33

The Cherokee War

A) lasted from 1750-1770.
B) occurred in the Carolinas.
C) began when Cherokee warriors attacked Charleston.
D) demonstrated the strength of British troops in America.
E) was fought against the Spanish in Florida.

Question 34

The Sugar Act, for Grenville, launched a war against

A) artisans.
B) the elites.
C) the colonial poor.
D) physicians.
E) smugglers.

Question 35

The greatest revenues to come in from the Sugar Act were expected to be from the tax on

A) refined sugar.
B) molasses.
C) Madeira wine.
D) coffee.
E) tea.

Question 36

Which of the following statements about the Tea Act of 1773 is not true?

A) It repealed import duties on tea in England.
B) It mandated that tea to the colonies arrive only on special East India Company ships.
C) It restricted tea sales to only a few distributors in each colonial port.
D) The East India Company's tea would sell cheaper than smuggled tea.
E) It was designed to provide the British government with much-needed revenue.

Question 37

Which of the following statements is not true concerning the New England Restraining Act?

A) It barred New Englanders from the Atlantic fisheries.
B) It allowed New England to trade with England.
C) It was introduced to Parliament in January 1775.
D) It prohibited commerce between New England and any place except Britain and the British West Indies.
E) It banned New England's commerce with the British West Indies.

Question 38

The Boston Massacre trials and the Gaspee Affair

A) convinced the English that they should vigorously punish individual political activists.
B) temporarily reduced tensions between the colonies and England.
C) increased colonial fear and distrust of English motives and policies.
D) effectively established Parliament's right to tax the colonies.
E) had no lasting impact on relations between the colonies and England.

Question 39

The only colony not to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress was

A) Georgia.
B) Vermont.
C) Rhode Island.
D) South Carolina.
E) Massachusetts.

Question 40

Colonists objected to the Quebec Act because it

A) nullified colonial property rights in Ohio.
B) extended French civil law to the area between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River.
C) established French as the official language of Canada.
D) blocked chances for their own expansion.
E) raised their taxes.

Question 41

The Quebec Act (1774) established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

Question 42

The Quartering Act of 1765 successfully resolved the vexing problem of how to house British troops in the Americas.

Question 43

The unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, whose home was destroyed by a crowd in 1765, was Daniel Dulany.

Question 44

During the 1760s, the Hudson Valley was the scene of widespread tenant unrest.

Question 45

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to benefit western Indians.

Question 46

Sarah Osborn only taught African Americans.

Question 47

George Washington was named military commander of the Continental Army because he had military experience and was from a region outside of the northeast.

Question 48

The first colonial crisis to develop after 1763 was over the Tea Act.

Question 49

All thirteen colonial assemblies considered a stamp tax to be unconstitutional.

Question 50

The Proclamation of 1763 banned all new settlement in northern New England.

Question 51

The Coercive Acts were implemented in response to the Boston Massacre.

Question 52

The Currency Act of 1764 forbade the colonies to issue any paper money as legal tender.

Question 53

John Wilkes was the advisor to the king most criticized by North American colonists.

Question 54

The author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was John Dickinson.

Question 55

Following the Coercive Acts, the American colonies called the First Continental Congress.

Question 56

By the summer of 1776, patriot forces had won control of the territory in all thirteen colonies.

Question 57

Women did not participate in the resistance.

Question 58

The skirmish between British troops and colonists that led to the death of five colonists was the Boston Massacre.

Question 59

The idea that the British Parliament represented the needs and interests of all the empire's subjects was known as virtual representation.

Question 60

The Quartering Act (1765) stated that one-fourth of the revenue from the Stamp Act was to be given back to the colonies.

Question 61

Tea provided three-quarters of the revenue raised under the Townshend Revenue Act.

Question 62

The threat of colonial nonexportation was much more radical than nonimportation.

Question 63

As various unpopular parliamentary restrictions on the colonists' activities were repealed in the early 1770s, the colonists' confidence in the British government was restored.

Question 64

The Second Continental Congress operated as an American equivalent of Parliament.

Question 65

The Declaratory Act was acceptable to the colonists because they interpreted it as prohibiting Parliament from levying taxes on the colonists.

Question 66

The actual monetary loss resulting from the tea destroyed in Boston Tea Party was small.

Question 67

Many colonists blamed one another for failing to win complete repeal of all of the Townshend duties.

Question 68

The colonists viewed themselves as "Americans" as early as 1765.

Question 69

At first, Britain's George Grenville used voluntary measures to get the colonists to pay for British troops stationed in North America.

Question 70

The primary purpose of the Townshend Revenue Act was not to generate revenue.

Question 71

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was particularly effective in nudging the Mid-Atlantic colonies toward independence.

Question 72

Pontiac's War was named for a Seneca chief.

Question 73

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the army to quarter its soldiers in public buildings rather than private homes.

Question 74

The Paxton Boys were all convicted of murder.

Question 75

The 1733 Molasses Act was successful in keeping French molasses out of the British colonies in North America.

Question 76

The Stamp Act was never enforced.

Question 77

The Stamp Act was the last in a series of direct taxes on the colonies.

Question 78

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act primarily because of pressure from British merchants and manufacturers.

Question 79

The motive behind the American invasion of Canada in June 1775 was territorial expansion.

Question 80

The 2^nd Continental Congress had unanimous support for the Declaration of Independence.