Chapter 4: The Empire in Transition

In response to Charles Townshend's attempt to tax and control the flow of goods, Boston merchants helped organize a(n) ______________ of all goods that were subject to the tax

Boycott

What key issue most drove the new British policies in the colonies after the French and Indian War?

British war debt

The American theater of the Seven Years' War was a conflict among the...

British, French and Iroquois

William Pitt's policies of impressment and forced quartering of troops...

Caused tension between the colonists and British authorities

The Mutiny Act of 1765 required...

Colonists to help provision and maintain the British army stationed in America

After the Iroquois granted trading alliances to the British, the French responded by...

Constructing new fortresses in the Ohio Valley

The First Continental Congress wanted to stop all trade with Great Britain by...

Creating a series of boycotts

People of European ancestry born in the Americas are known as...

Creoles

The day-to-day administration of colonial affairs by England's government in the 1700s tended to be....

Decentralized

The British wanted to avoid warfare on the frontier, for fear it would...

Disrupt trade

On the night of December 16, 1773, 150 Boston men disguised as Native Americans...

Dumped the cargo of several ships into the harbor

What was the general nature of the internal rebellions that occurred in the colonies in the 1760s?

Farmers against landowners

Which of the following were among the means that the French used to try to control their empire in North America?

Feudal estates Trading posts Fortresses Mississippi plantations

The midnight rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes were significant because they...

Gave Americans at Lexington and Concord warning of the British forces' approach

In the aftermath of King George's War, the Iroquois Confederacy __________ the British

Granted trading concessions to

Which inflammatory measures did Charles Townshend steer through Parliament in 1767?

Imposing new taxes on imports Disbanding the New York Assembly

During the second phase of the French and Indian War, the British forced colonists to join the military, a practice known as...

Impressment

What impact did King George's War have on the geopolitical situation in North America?

It disintegrated the balance of power among the Iroquois, French and English

Which of the following statements about the Sugar Act of 1764 are correct?

It established new courts to try accused smugglers It strengthened the duty on sugar while lowering it on molasses

Which statement about the Boston Massacre is accurate?

It was used by resistance leaders to foment public outrage

On April 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent a detachment of soldiers to...

Lexington and Concord

Lord North assumed that Americans would support the Tea Act because it...

Lowered the price of tea

Which statements about the alliances of Native American groups during the French and Indian War are accurate?

Most native peoples sided with the French The Iroquois remained largely passive throughout the conflict Most native people saw their alliances as a means for expelling one power or the other from their lands

In 1754, a group of delegates from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and New England met in Albany. Their original intent was to...

Negotiate a treaty with the Iroquois

How did the colonial assemblies of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century compare to the House of Commons in the British Parliament?

Neither were particularly democratic

In 1773, the British East India Company was...

On the verge of bankruptcy Sitting on large stocks of tea that it could not sell in England

T/F: British victory in the Seven Years' War confirmed its commercial supremacy and cemented its control over portions of North America

True

T/F: The British need for revenue resulted in new policies that had a disastrous effect on Britain's relationship with the American colonies

True - Britain's redefinition of the colonial relationship was both dramatic and disastrous

Suspicions about democracy and the masses in both Britain and the colonies were most reflected in...

Voting requirements

In 1763, England was able to turn its attention to its American colonies because it...

Was experiencing peace for the first time in decades

Why was it necessary for the British to issue the Proclamation of 1763?

White settlers were moving into Native American lands

Although the colonies were reluctant to cooperate in 1754, they had successfully worked together on which matter?

A colonial postal service Road construction Intercolonial trade

Who was Ethan Allen?

A land speculator that took up the cause of the Green Mountain farmers

Which description best characterizes the first phase of the French and Indian War?

A local North American conflict between England and France that swept up native groups throughout the West

What was not among the major decisions made by the First Continental Congress in September 1774?

A resolution that the king recognize the colonies as a single political entity

In the face of massive financial problems after the Seven Years' War, many British leaders came to believe that their only hope was...

A system of taxation administered by London

The first real proposal for a general government to rule all colonies was the ___________ Plan

Albany

Although colonists in other colonial cities protested the Tea Act, the protest in _____________ garnered the most attention

Boston

The events of March 5, 1770, when a group of British soldiers opened fire on a crowd, are known as the ____________ ____________

Boston Massacre

Which actions were taken by the Grenville administration in an effort to increase its authority in the colonies?

Permanently station British troops in the colonies Send British ships to patrol colonial waters in search of smugglers Enforce the Mutiny, Sugar and Currency Acts

Which executive wielded the most power in England by the mid-eighteenth century?

Prime minister

Which actions were taken by the First Continental Congress?

Recommended preparations be made for defense against British attack Endorsed a list of grievances

The period between the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party is best characterized as a time of...

Relative calm

What was not among the concessions William Pitt made in the third phase of the war?

Reparations for loss of life or property as a result of the fighting

To dispute English taxes in the Americas; James Otis persuaded his colleagues in the Massachusetts assembly to meet with other colonial delegates. This multicolony group met in 1765 and became known as the ________________ Congress

Stamp Act

The Boston Massacre occurred when Captain Thomas Preston...

Stationed troops to protect a building

At the end of the French and Indian War, the French...

Surrendered all title to the North American mainland

The spirit of resistance that grew more quickly in Massachusetts than elsewhere can be attributed to the region's elaborately developed...

Tavern culture

In Massachusetts, ___________ became increasingly important centers of resistance in the 1760s and 1770s

Taverns

After Charles Townshend died, Lord North secured the repeal of all the Townshend Duties except the tax on...

Tea

What did the Virginia Resolves declare?

That Americans had the same rights as the English That only the Virginia assembly could tax Virginians

The first phase of the French and Indian War began when....

The French attacked Fort Necessity

Internal rebellions in New York and New England in the 1760s had their roots in...

The class system

Which statement about the distribution of power in eighteenth-century England is accurate?

The unwritten constitution called for the distribution of power among the monarchy, the aristocracy and the people