Road To Revolution, 1763-1775
This is 21 questions from Hippocampus in a nice, easy to use, interface.
- 1.One consequence of the British and American victory in the French and Indian War was:
- A.
The American colonies grew closer to Britain
- B.
Americans now feared the Spanish
- C.
A new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared
- D.
The Indians were stopped from ever again launching a deadly attack against whites
- E.
The Americans adopted several French customs
- 2.Parliament's repeal of the Stamp Act:
- A.
Was carried out at King George's request
- B.
Convinced the colonists that Parliament could be forced to yield to boycotts and mob action
- C.
Ended its right to tax the colonies
- D.
Led to a collapse of parliamentary power and a revival of the monarchy
- E.
All of the above
- 3.Colonists reacted to the passage of the Tea Act by:
- A.
Rejoicing that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation
- B.
Suspecting that it was a trick to get them to violate their principle of "No taxation without representation"
- C.
Immediately calling the First Continental Congress into session
- D.
Avoiding the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company
- E.
Voluntarily closing all ports to foreign trade
- 4.The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was:
- A.
An isolated incident
- B.
Directed only at the British East India Company
- C.
One of several similar protests to occur
- D.
Supported by friends of America in Britain
- E.
Carried out by the colonists’ Indian allies
- 5.The Quebec Act:
- A.
Outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec
- B.
Denied Quebec a representative assembly
- C.
Restricted Quebec's boundaries to the area north of the Great Lakes
- D.
Was generally ignored by the 13 seaboard colonies because it had little effect on their relations with Britain
- E.
Led to large numbers of French Canadians being relocated to Louisiana
- 6.The Quebec Act proved especially unpopular in the colonies because it accomplished all of the following EXCEPT :
- A.
Turn an extensive amount of territory over to Catholic control
- B.
Apply to all colonies, not just Massachusetts
- C.
Deny the French the right to retain many of their old customs
- D.
Alarm land speculators, who saw a huge area snatched from their grasp
- E.
Convince the colonists their rights as British subjects were at risk
- 7.The passage of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act:
- A.
Led many colonists to believe that the British were expanding colonial freedom
- B.
Were both accepted by colonists as legitimate laws under mercantilism
- C.
Resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament regarding the colonies
- D.
Exemplified to many colonists the ability of Parliament to correct itself
- E.
Convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty
- 8.The relationship between Britain and its American colonies fundamentally changed in 1763 when __________ assumed charge of colonial policy.
- A.
Charles Townshend
- B.
George Hanover
- C.
Lord North
- D.
William Pitt
- E.
George Grenville
- 9.Unlike the __________ Act, the __________ Act and the __________ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.
- A.
Townshend, Stamp, Sugar
- B.
Stamp, Sugar, Townshend
- C.
Stamp, Quartering, Townshend
- D.
Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar
- E.
Quebec, Declaratory, Townshend
- 10.
The following image by Paul Revere illustrates:- A.
The British perspective of the Boston Massacre
- B.
The American Perspective of the Boston Massacre
- C.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
- D.
The Stamp Act riots
- E.
The violence that followed the Boston Tea Party
- 11.When the British argued in favor of virtual representation, they meant that:
- A.
Practically all British subjects were represented in Parliament
- B.
Each elected member of Parliament represented all British subjects
- C.
Parliament could pass virtually every type of law except trade restrictions
- D.
Colonial legislatures’ laws would hold the same power as Parliament’s laws
- E.
Colonists would be able to elect representatives to Parliament
- 12.Mercantilism harmed the colonies in which of the following ways?
- A.
By forcing Virginia tobacco planters to sell their product only in Britain
- B.
By prohibiting colonial merchants from owning and operating their own ships
- C.
By preventing the creation of paper currency and banking in the colonies
- D.
By forcing the colonists to fall into debt through credit purchases from England
- E.
By forcing all the colonies to rely on slave labor
- 13.The implementation of nonimportation actions in protest of the Stamp Act was important politically because:
- A.
The French began to support the American cause
- B.
It stimulated colonial manufacturing
- C.
It showed the world the American’s commitment to nonviolence
- D.
It aroused revolutionary sentiments among ordinary men and women
- E.
It convinced Parliament it could not tax the colonies without their consent
- 14.The British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre had been sent to the colonies because of:
- A.
Violent protests against the Stamp Act
- B.
Resistance to the Quebec Act
- C.
Colonial protests against the Proclamation of 1763
- D.
Demands in England to send more troops to the colonies
- E.
Colonial resistance to the Townshend Act taxes on tea and other products
- 15.The Boston Tea Party caused the British to:
- A.
Close Boston harbor until the damages were paid for and order restored
- B.
Pass the Quebec Act to expand Catholicism in the colonies
- C.
Allow only the British East India Company to sell tea in America
- D.
Ship all colonial protesters to England for trial
- E.
Forbid all newspapers to issue new editions
- 16.American colonies strongly resented the Townshend Acts because:
- A.
They established the Anglican church as the official religion in all colonies
- B.
The taxes imposed in America would be far heavier than taxes in England
- C.
For the first time Britain would impose direct taxes on the colonies
- D.
The revenues would pay salaries for British judges and officials in America
- E.
Parliament had promised never to impose such taxes on the colonies
- 17.The most significant action taken by the First Continental Congress to protest the Intolerable Acts was:
- A.
Forming The Association to enforce a boycott of British goods
- B.
Arming the colonial militia to drive Redcoats out of Boston
- C.
Sending petitions to Parliament to repeal the act.
- D.
Sending petitions to King George III to reign in Parliament.
- E.
Agreeing to meet again in one year if the situation did not improve.
- 18.Which of the following events directly led to the first real military conflict between the colonists and Redcoats?
- A.
The Boston Tea Party
- B.
Colonists’ refusal to follow the Quebec Act
- C.
The Intolerable Acts
- D.
The Boston Massacre
- E.
The British attempt to seize colonial leaders and supplies at Lexington and Concord
- 19.The British government was especially concerned about rebellion in America because they also feared:
- A.
Losing control of the seas to America
- B.
Losing trade as America’s industrial base rapidly grew
- C.
War with France and a potential revolt in Ireland
- D.
Maintaining control of India
- E.
War with Russia
- 20.One advantage the colonists enjoyed over Britain as conflict broke out was:
- A.
An effective, well-organized government
- B.
Adequate financial resources to conduct a war
- C.
Nearly complete unity among the colonies
- D.
Fighting defensively on a large, mostly self-sufficient continent
- E.
Superior officers
- 21.In Common Sense Thomas Paine argued:
- A.
England should rule America
- B.
America would be better off as a French colony
- C.
The only way America could win a war with England was to ally with Indian tribes
- D.
Economic boycotts made the most sense in protesting English actions
- E.
An island should not rule a continent
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