CHAPTER 5 QUIZ

Which of the following statements describes the historical significance of the April 1776 Battle of Lexington and Concord?

The bloodshed that took place made further compromise impossible

On what basis did the American colonists object to the vice-admiralty courts in which violators of the Sugar Act were tried?

The courts were run by British-appointed judges and did not involve juries.

The colonists' real objections to the Sugar Act stemmed from which of the following?

The growing administrative power of the British government over the colonies

At the same time that Parliament imposed the Stamp Act, it also passed the Quartering Act, which required

colonial governments to provide barracks and food for British troops sent to America to protect them

Why did New Englanders resent the Quebec Act of 1774?

It recognized Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec.

What percentage of the average American colonists' income in the 1760s was typically spent on taxes?

25 percent

Which of the following individuals would have been an unlikely Loyalist in 1776?

A yeoman farmer in Connecticut

Patriots' widely publicized use of natural rights arguments to protest British actions in the 1760s inspired which of the following?

African American slaves to petition the Massachusetts legislature for the abolition of slavery

Members of activist groups, such as the Sons of Liberty, were typically which of the following?

Artisans, shopkeepers, poor laborers, and seamen

In the decade before the American Revolution, the colonists' achieved the greatest effect by using which of the following means of protest?

Boycotts

Why was the popular pamphlet entitled Common Sense significant?

It called for republicanism and convinced many colonists of the need to fight for American independence.

Which of the following outcomes resulted from the Continental Congress' approval of the Declaration of Independence?

Loyalists and anti-independence moderates left the Congress.

The 1774 Coercive Acts applied to which of the following colonies?

Massachusetts only

The Townshend Acts of 1767 imposed duties on which of the following goods?

Paper, paint, glass, and tea imported into the colonies

Which of the following statements characterizes the British government's attempts to meet its war debt following the Great War for Empire?

Parliament increased import taxes on items used by the poor and middling classes such as sugar and beer.

How did British politicians respond to the American's cry of "no taxation without representation"

Politicians argued that the colonists already had virtual representation

Which of the following was one reason the British sent 7,500 troops to North America after the end of the Great War for Empire in 1763?

The British government sought to prevent future Indian uprisings on the frontier.

Americans responded to the Stamp Act by comparing it to which past event?

The Dominion of New England

How did Britain's skyrocketing national debt affect its government in England and America in the 1760s?

The need for higher taxes spurred Britain to increase the size and power of its bureaucracy in England and America

Why did Chesapeake slave owners increasingly rally to the Patriot cause?

They feared the British would seize control of courts and assemblies in the South if they succeeded in doing so in Massachusetts

How did the Daughters of Liberty contribute to the American boycott of British goods in the late 1760s?

They promoted nonimportation by making and wearing homespun cloth

What prompted many southern yeomen and tenant farmers finally to support independence from Britain in 1775?

Virginia's royal governor's promise to free any slave who joined the Loyalists

The Stamp Act was instituted by Parliament in the colonies in 1765; it was

part of England's plan to create a more centralized imperial system in America.