3.3 Taxation Without Representation
What was the intended purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?
Te assert the rights of colonists while remaining loyal to the crown.
The concerns expressed in the excerpt above were in direct response to which of the following?
A new tax on the colonies in an attempt to raise revenue for the crown.
The ideas expressed in the excerpt above most directly challenged with British notion?
Virtual Representation.
During the same year this letter was written (1767), all of the following forms of resistance had occurred EXCEPT
citizen attacks on British soldiers.
All of the following had similar effects on colonial sentiment as the image EXCEPT:
the Proclamation of 1763.
The interactions described in the image are best understood in the context of which of the following?
Colonists who had long favored remaining loyal to the British were beginning to move towards a desire for independence by the mid 1770s.
The excerpt best supports which of the following arguments?
In spite of repeated violence and claimed violations of natural rights, colonists wanted to remain a part of the British empire.
The event described in the image was a response to which of the following events or actions?
Increase of the unwelcome presence of British soldiers in Boston.
The author of the article could best be characterized as which of the following?
Someone who wanted to use diplomacy to solve the taxation dispute.
The Olive Branch Petition was written following which event?
The Battle of Bunker Hill.
Which of the following events most directly led to the creation of this image?
The Coercive Acts.
Which of the following was founded in direct response to the series of laws represented in this image?
The First Continental Congress.
Which of the following groups would MOST LIKELY have supported the point of view expressed in the image?
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty.
Which of the following events can be most directly compared to the kind of protest exhibited by the Stamp Act Congress?
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
The point of view of this excerpt is most likely a response which of the following?
The Townshend Acts.
In the excerpt, the author is reacting to British taxes that resulted most directly from which of the following?
The need to pay off debt from the French and Indian (Seven Years) War.
New complaints of colonists directed towards the Townshend Act were most likely the result of which of the following?
The revenue from the Townshend Acts was being used to pay British Royal Governors, taking that authority and power away from the colonial assemblies.
What was the short term effect of the King's rejection of the Olive Branch petition?
Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense"
This image would have most likely been used for which of the following purpose?
To provoke the anger of the citizens after the end of salutary neglect.
