APUSH Chapter 5 MC Quiz
Which of the following individuals would have been an unlikely Loyalist in 1776
A yeoman farmer in Massachusetts
Members of activist groups, such as the Sons of Liberty, were typically which of the following
Artisans, shopkeepers, poor laborers, 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 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 lower and middling glasses such as sugar and beer
Which of the following was the purpose of the Tea Act imposed by Parliament on the colonies in May 1773
The British needed to bail out the financially strapped British East India Company
Americans responded to the Stamp Act by comparing it to which past event
The Dominion of New England
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
How did the Stamp Act crisis of 1765 compare to the crisis over the Townshend duties in 1768
The stakes had risen; In 1765, American resistance to taxation had provoked an argument in Parliament; in 1768, it produced a British plan for military coercion
Which aspect of the Townshend Acts posed a great danger to American political autonomy, according to the colonists
The use of its revenue to pay royal officials
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
Why did New Englanders resent the Quebec Act of 1774
`It recognized Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec
