APUSH ch 6-7

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, and (D) Intolerable Acts. a. A, B, C, D b. D, B, C, A c. C, B, D, A d. B, A, C, D e. A, C, D, B

A, C, D, B

Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War? a. The British looked down on the colonists as amateurish and contemptible. b. The colonists considered themselves to be on the cutting edge of British civilization. c. The British were dismayed by American shippers trafficking goods to enemy ports of the Spanish and French. d. All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort. e. the British refused to recognize any American militia commission above the rank of captain.

All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort.

In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763 a. American colonists obeyed the law they hated. b. British relations with France improved. c. relations between the American colonies and the British government improved. d. the American colonies believed their destiny had been destroyed. e. American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation.

American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation.

The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit a. Virginia tobacco planters. b. British merchants. c. New England merchants. d. backwoods farmers. e. the Crown.

British merchants.

As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts a. British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order. b. the port of Boston was closed. c. Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. d. Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation. e. Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.

British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order.

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, and (D) Boston Tea Party. a. C, D, A, B b. B, A, C, D c. D, C, B, A d. A, B, D, C e. A, D, C, B

D, C, B, A

None of the thirteen colonies except ____ were formally planted by the British government. a. Virginia b. Maryland c. South Carolina d. Georgia e. Massachusetts

Georgia

Which of the following is not a true statement about American women's roles during the Revolution? a. American women ran businesses while the men fought the British. b. Many American women were camp followers, who cooked, cleaned and sewed for the troops. c. They received money and rations for services provided to troops. d. Some women dressed as men and served in battle. e. Many women urged husbands and sons to stay home and safeguard their families and property instead of volunteering for to serve in a colonial militia or the Continental army.

Many women urged husbands and sons to stay home and safeguard their families and property instead of volunteering for to serve in a colonial militia or the Continental army.

All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War except a. France. b. Prussia. c. Spain. d. Austria. e. Russia.

Prussia

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. Quartering, Stamp, Sugar

Stamp, Sugar, Townshend

The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the Stamp Act. b. Declaratory Act. c. Townshend Acts. d. Quartering Act. e. Sugar Act.

Sugar Act.

Identify the statement that is false. a. Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies. b. Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible. c. The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs. d. Republican and Whig ideas predisposed the Americans to be more aware of threats to their rights. e. Distance weakens authority, great distance weakens authority greatly.

The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs.

In 1773, ____ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence. a. Virginia b. Maryland c. Massachusett s d. Georgia e. Rhode Island

Virginia

In a broad sense, America was a. a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans. b. a place that nurtured a love for Britain. c. completely dependent on Britain for economic support. d. a place where no new ideas took shape. e. essentially a conservative society.

a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans.

Government in New France (Canada) was a. almost completely autocratic. b. democratic. c. similar to that of the English colonies. d. noted for its trial by jury. e. free from the king's control.

almost completely autocratic.

The First Continental Congress a. was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen colonies. b. adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the colonies under British direction. c. made a ringing declaration of America's independence from Britain. d. called for a complete boycott of British goods. e. failed to endorse a Declaration of Rights for colonists living in America.

called for a complete boycott of British goods.

French motives in the New World included the desire to a. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops. b. convert Indians to Protestantism. c. compete with Spain for an empire in America. d. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle. e. compete with Portugal for an empire in America.

compete with Spain for an empire in America.

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following except a. the enormous distances between the colonies. b. geographical barriers like rivers. c. conflicting religions. d. varied nationalities. e. contempt for the British government.

contempt for the British government.

During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with a. a large military presence for protection. b. decades of salutary neglect. c. higher taxes passed by Parliament. d. stronger parliamentary direction. e. representative seats in the British Parliament.

decades of salutary neglect.

Republicanism held that the stability of society and the authority of the government a. rested with the legislature. b. depended on a strong hierarchical culture. c. rested with a strong monarchy. d. rested on an interdependence of all citizens. e. depended on the virtue of its citizenry.

depended on the virtue of its citizenry

For interior Indian tribes in North America, the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War a. safeguarded their lands from further encroachment by colonists. b. eliminated their ability to play off rival European powers against each other. c. forced these Indians to negotiate exclusively with the Spanish. d. pushed them onto reservations. e. None of these

eliminated their ability to play off rival European powers against each other.

For the American colonies, the Seven Years' War a. ended the myth of British invincibility. b. left them in need of experienced officers. c. offered the opportunity to grow closer to the British. d. gave them the opportunity to finally gain control of Mississippi. e. helped improve relations between Britain and the colonies.

ended the myth of British invincibility.

France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when a. its fishing industry faltered. b. farming proved to be unprofitable. c. King Louis XIV died. d. it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763. e. it could not entice enough settlers to America.

farming proved to be unprofitable.

Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they a. favored French domination of North America. b. were strongly pacifist. c. feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical. d. rejected colonialism. e. opposed the mercantilist system.

feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical.

When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he a. ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their warrelated expenditures. b. ordered a fullscale assault on the French West Indies. c. relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army. d. focused on developing a successful military strategy in the QuébecMontréal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada. e. remained popular with the wealthy but not the poor.

focused on developing a successful military strategy in the QuébecMontréal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada.

African Americans during the Revolutionary War a. fought for both the Americans and the British. b. fought only for the British. c. fought only for the Americans. d. supported neither side, as both enslaved them. e. seized the opportunity to gain their freedom by running away to Barbados.

fought for both the Americans and the British.

Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because a. it did not provide for the common defense. b. the British approved it. c. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies. d. they did not feel that they had been well represented at the Albany Congress. e. it placed too much power in the hands of local governments.

it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies.

The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because a. Parliament believed the colonists would not object. b. the money was needed to support troops. c. it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. d. it was the only tax passed by the colonists. e. colonial governors requested it.

it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation.

The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to a. request the help of the British military. b. keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British. c. prevent the French from attacking American outposts. d. support George Washington's desire to head the colonial militia.

keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British.

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams a. promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. b. promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. c. kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. d. served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. e. led to the Boston Massacre.

kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters.

When colonists shouted "No taxation without representation," they were denying Parliament's power to a. legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever. b. levy revenueraising taxes on the colonies. c. enforce the old Navigation Laws. d. regulate trade in the empire. e. choose colonial legislators who would pass taxes.

levy revenueraising taxes on the colonies.

As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of a. highly reliable and wellsupplied troops. b. potential aid from the Armed Neutrality League. c. a wellorganized, strongly committed, and united population. d. many outstanding civilian and military leaders. e. able naval leaders.

many outstanding civilian and military leaders.

The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because a. of the many converts to Catholicism. b. of the health care they provided. c. they made peace with the Indians. d. they encouraged the Indians to participate in the fur trade. e. of their exploration and work as geographers.

of their exploration and work as geographers.

Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways except a. assembling in public to hold spinning bees. b. making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. c. publicly signing petitions declaring their boycott of consumer goods imported from England. d. organizing branches of Daughters of Liberty organizations to help enforce nonimportation agreements and boycotts against British goods. e. participating as delegates to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 in New York City.

participating as delegates to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 in New York City.

The coureurs de bois and the voyaguers a. were critical French military divisions that helped France gain and retain political control of Québec. b. were allied with Jesuit missionaries in achieving similar goals and objectives for the Indians in New France. c. played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France.

played critical roles in recruiting local Indian tribes to develop the French fur business in New France.

The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following except it a. aroused antiCatholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. b. potentially undermined the asserted democratic rights and institutions of American colonists, including the right to jury trials and the election of representative assemblies, throughout North America, not merely in Quebec. c. denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. d. alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. e. was regarded as an unjustified political reaction by the British authorities to the unrest in Boston.

potentially undermined the asserted democratic rights and institutions of American colonists, including the right to jury trials and the election of representative assemblies, throughout North America, not merely in Quebec.

Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except a. prevent the colonies from developing militias. b. restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws. c. nullify any colonial legislation deemed bad for the mercantilist system. d. restrain the colonies from printing paper currency. e. enumerate products that must be shipped to Britain.

prevent the colonies from developing militias.

The Proclamation of 1763 a. was warmly received by American land speculators. b. removed the Spanish and Indian menace from the colonial frontier. c. declared war on Chief Pontiac and his fierce warriors. d. prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. e. opened Canada to American settlement.

prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The outcome of the Battle of Québec in 1759 a. had little impact on the Seven Years' War. b. was a key turning point in Queen Anne's War. c. was a dramatic victory for the French. d. ended the war of French succession. e. resulted in the emergence of Great Britain as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America.

resulted in the emergence of Great Britain as the overwhelmingly dominant power in America.

All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except a. secondrate officers. b. soldiers who were incapable of fighting effectively. c. the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in case of trouble. d. long supply lines. e. brutal treatment of their soldiers.

soldiers who were incapable of fighting effectively.

The French wanted to control the interior basin of Louisiana because they a. liked its climate. b. wanted to keep the area unfortified. c. sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain in the Gulf of Mexico region. d. feared Dutch expansion into the territory. e. saw it as a dumping ground for undesirables.

sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain in the Gulf of Mexico region.

With the military defeat of Chief Pontiac and his western Indian alliance, the British decided to a. stabilize Indianwhite relations. b. let the colonists assume financial responsibility for defending themselves. c. remove troops stationed in the colonies. d. enlist the aid of France to halt the Indian menace. e. open land west of the Appalachian mountains to settlement.

stabilize Indianwhite relations.

Despite some economic benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists generally disliked it because it a. forced the South into a onecrop economy. b. favored the northern over the southern colonies. c. required American colonists to display a measure of economic initiative and selfsufficiency as they were unable to demonstrate trading in international economic markets. d. stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors. e. forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.

stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors.

The Seven Years' War was also known in America as a. the War of Jenkins's Ear. b. the French and Indian War. c. the War of the Austrian Succession. d. King William's War. e. Queen Anne's War.

the French and Indian War.

Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because a. the British were weak as a result of the Seven Years' War. b. the British had deliberately infected Indians with smallpox. c. of the Proclamation of 1763. d. the Indians were in a precarious position. e. the French government had promised to help.

the Indians were in a precarious position.

As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress a. Americans reluctantly obeyed the British laws. b. the drift towards war became inevitable and fighting between the American colonists and Great Britain commenced in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Mass. c. Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested. d. America sent new petitions to Parliament. e. Ben Franklin returned to the colonies since his efforts failed.

the drift towards war became inevitable and fighting between the American colonists and Great Britain commenced in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Mass.

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was a. an isolated incident of protest against British rule in the American colonies. b. directed only at the British East India Company. c. the provocation against the British authorities to enact and implement more coercive and authoritarian laws governing the colonies. d. enthusiastically supported by friends of colonists in America who had economic interests in the colonies.

the provocation against the British authorities to enact and implement more coercive and authoritarian laws governing the colonies.

The most politically consequential of the responses by the American colonists to the Intolerable Acts was a. a rejection of the Quebec Act by the colonial legislatures. b. the summoning of the First Continental Congress in 1774. c. the Boston Massacre. d. the closing of Boston Harbor by the Massachusetts colonial assembly. e. call for a complete break with Great Britain and a declaration of independence.

the summoning of the First Continental Congress in 1774.

The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except a. poor organization. b. sectional jealousy, which constantly interfered with the appointment of military leaders. c. great difficulties in raising money to support the army. d. the use of numerous mediocre European officers. e. a weak central authority running the war effort.

the use of numerous mediocre European officers.

In some ways, the Navigation Laws and mercantilist system were a burden to certain colonists because a. northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters. b. those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy, which protected colonial and British trade. c. they stifled economic initiative. d. Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilist principles. e. they gave greater benefits to slaveholders.

they stifled economic initiative.

The founding of the American colonies by the British was a. accomplished in a wellplanned fashion. b. based on the highminded aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers. c. undertaken by the government in every case. d. undertaken in a haphazard manner. e. rarely undertaken by trading companies or religious groups.

undertaken in a haphazard manner.

The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the a. large number of troops committed by both sides. b. lack of Indian participation. c. carryover of European tactics to America. d. use of primitive guerrilla warfare. e. advanced technology used during the warfare.

use of primitive guerrilla warfare.

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington a. won a decisive and hardfought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne. b. was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a tenhour siege in July 1754. c. received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities. d. helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia. e. displayed his twenty years of military experience to great military success.

was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a tenhour siege in July 1754.

Unlike the first three AngloFrench wars, the Seven Years' War a. won the British territorial concessions. b. united British colonists in strong support of the mother country. c. was fought initially on the North American continent. d. did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England. e. resulted in a stronger French presence in North America.

was fought initially on the North American continent.