QUIZ 1: RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND

The man who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it," was:

Patrick Henry

Lord Grenville's program included the:

Quartering Act

Which of the following was NOT an act that England passes to control colonial trade?

Tobacco Act

The _____ levied taxes to pay the salaries of those enforcing the law.

Townshend program

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 returned:

all of the above

From their beginning, the Navigation Acts were strictly enforced.

false

In mercantilism, a country's wealth was determined by how much _____ it had.

gold and silver

In protest of the ______ Act, a group called the Sons of Liberty boycotted English goods.

stamp

The Revolution was not caused so much by the acts of the British government as by its attitudes.

true

The shortage of money in the colonies forced the colonists to use a system of barter.

true

The _____ permitted the English to search colonial homes.

writs of assistance

Why were the Navigation Acts initially not enforced by England?

England was at war with France and wanted the loyalty of the colonies. A struggle was going on between the king of England and Parliament.

What Acts were passed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable acts

The English turned down the Albany Plan of Union because they preferred to deal with the colonies individually rather than as a group.

true

The French and Indian War was the final colonial war between France and England.

true

What British acts did the First Continental Congress seek to revoke?

Intolerable acts

Select all that apply. How did the British Parliament respond to the colonists' opposition to the Stamp Act and boycott of English goods?

It repealed the Stamp Act. It passed a Declaratory Law.