unit 3 quiz 1 questions

"What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the Revolution; it was only an effect andconsequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in thecourse of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington."John Adams, former president of the United States, letter to Thomas Jefferson, former president of the UnitedStates, 1815 Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s? A) Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies B) The forging of American Indian political alliances with European powers C) Increased involvement of colonial merchants in the Atlantic economy D) The expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

A) Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies

The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to * A) raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America B) reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods C) fund the colonial postal system D) impose a mercantilist system on the colonies E) reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures

A) raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

"'I ordered my company to fire,' [George] Washington reported. . . . This incident . . . led to massive French retaliation and the outbreak of what was soon a world war. It raged in North America for six years, 1754-60, in Central and South America, in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, in India and the East, and not least in Europe, where it was known as the Seven Years War (1756-63). . . . Horace Walpole [stated]: 'The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.'"Paul Johnson, historian, A History of the American People, 1997 Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in North America? * A) intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies B) Efforts by Britain to monopolize tobacco sales in Europe C) Spanish attempts to end British control of the trans-Atlantic slave trade D) Britain's desire to enact new taxes on Native American nations

A: Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies

"From infancy I was taught to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed my reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excellence. Benevolence towards mankind excites wishes for their welfare, and such wishes endear the means of fulfilling them. Those can be found in liberty alone, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man, on every occasion, to the utmost of his power. . . ."These being my sentiments, I am encouraged to offer you, my countrymen, my thoughts on some late transactions, that in my opinion are of the utmost importance to you. . . ."If the BRITISH PARLIAMENT has a legal authority to order, that we shall furnish a single article for the troops here, and to compel obedience to that order; they have the same right to order us to supply those troops with arms, clothes, and . . . to compel obedience to that order also. . . . What is this but taxing us at a certain sum, and leaving to us only the manner of raising it? How is this mode more tolerable than the STAMP ACT?"John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, 1768 To which of the following was Dickinson responding in his letters? * A) Native American challenges to European control of the fur trade B) Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years' War C) Efforts by the Spanish to reclaim territory in North America D) Arguments regarding the creation of a new national constitution

B) Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years' War

For the increase of shipping... from thenceforward, no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be imported into or exported out of any lands, islands, plantations, or territories to his Majesty belonging... but in ships or vessels asdo... belong only to the people of England... and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners at least areEnglish...."And it is further enacted... that... no sugars, tobacco, cottonwool, indigos, ginger, fustic, or other dyeing wood, ofthe growth, production, or manufacture of any English plantations in America, Asia, or Africa, shall be...transported from any of the said English plantations [colonies] to any land... other than to such other Englishplantations as do belong to his Majesty."English Parliament, Navigation Act of 1660 In the 1760s many English colonists in North America reacted to imperial governance by A) opposing restrictions on religious worship B) protesting a lack of representation in Parliament C) refusing to adopt the English legal system D) demanding independence from England

B: protesting a lack of representation in Parliament

The Stamp Act crisis was important in the coming of the American Revolution for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: A) The colonists demonstrated their willingness to use violence rather than legal means to frustrate British policy. B) The crisis coincided with a British decision to garrison regular troops in American cities. C) American patriots realized that British inflexibility made revolution virtually inevitable. D) The British maintained that the colonies had no right to independence form parliamentary authority. E) Patriot leaders claimed that the ac denied them their British birthrights.

C: American patriots realized that British inflexibility made revolution virtually inevitable

the sons of liberty initiated the Boston tea party in direct response to: A: the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War B: Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts C: British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy D: British attacks on colonial troops at Lexington and Concord E: Lord Hillsborough's decision to dissolve the Massachusetts Assembly

C: British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy

"'I ordered my company to fire,' [George] Washington reported. . . . This incident . . . led to massive French retaliation and the outbreak of what was soon a world war. It raged in North America for six years, 1754-60, in Central and South America, in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, in India and the East, and not least in Europe, where it was known as the Seven Years War (1756-63). . . . Horace Walpole [stated]: 'The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.'"Paul Johnson, historian, A History of the American People, 1997 The British government attempted to restrict westward settlement following the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in order to A) support the fur trade east of the Appalachian Mountains B) discourage immigration to the North American colonies C) give French settlers time to leave Canada D) minimize conflicts with Native Americans

D) minimize conflicts with Native Americans

The American colonists' slogan "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of A: Salutary neglect B: nativism C: mercantilism D: virtual representation E: classical republicanism

D: virtual representation

British colonists in North America objected to the Stamp Act primarily because it A: threatened the free press B: disrupted trade with the West Indies C: closed the colonial courts D: enriched corrupt officials E: taxed them without their consent

E: taxed them without consent