Chapter 3. Society an Culture in Provincial

The American Theater of the Seven Years' War was a conflict among the:

British, French, and Iroquois.

Although they remained largely passive during the French and Indian War, the Iroquois were formally allied with the _______.

English

In 1774 and 1775, who debated different proposals in its efforts to please the American colonies?

English Parliament.

The __________ __________ led to a growing power of the English Parliament over the king.

Glorious Revolution

How did George III contribute to conflict between England and the colonies?

He suffered from bouts of insanity, appointed unstable coalitions of ministers and was determined to reassert the authority of the monarchy.

The House of Burgesses rejected the most extreme proposals introduced by Patrick _________, a passionate critic of British policies.

Henry

The __________ __________ of five nations represented the most powerful native presence in the Ohio Valley.

Iroquois Confederacy

A false statement about the English constitution is

It establishes fixed, unchangeable rules presented in a codified list.

Statements about The Sugar Act of 1764

It strengthened the duty on sugar while lowering it on molasses. It established new courts to try accused smugglers.

In general, which of the following groups interacted comfortably and peaceably with Native Americans?

Jesult missionaries and French fur traders.

British General Thomas Gage Initially hesitated to arrest __________ near Lexington

John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

On april 18, 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent a detachment of soldiers to

Lexington and Concord.

Which of the following was true of royal officials appointed to serve in America as governors customs collectors, or naval officers?

They tended to get their jobs through bribery or favoritism. Some remained in England and hired substitutes to take their place.

Why was the Proclamation of 1763 ineffective?

White Settlers refused to honor it. British authorities failed to enforce it.

Why was it necessary for the British to issue the Proclamation of 1763?

White settlers had begun moving into tribal lands.

The British decided to ultimately repeat the Stamp Act because of:

a colonial boycott and economic pressure.

Which of the following best characterizes the first phase of the French and Indian War?

a local conflict in which encroaching English colonists fought to defend themselves against Native American raids.

Resistance to imperial authority was most concentrated among colonial:

assemblies.

The fall of Quebec in 1759 marked the:

beginning of the end of the war.

In response to Charles Townshend's attempt to tax and control the flow of goods, Boston merchants helped organize a(n) _______ of all goods subject to the tax.

boycott

The day-to-day administration of colonial affairs by England's government in the 1700's tended to be:

decentralized.

The British wanted to avoid warfare on the frontier for fear it would:

disrupt trade.

On the night of December 16, 1773, 150 Boston men disguised as Native Americans:

dumped the cargo of several ships into the harbor.

The first Continental Congress did which of the following?

endorsed a list of grievances and recommended preparations be made for defense against British attack.

In response to the Coercive Acts, women's groups mobilized to:

extend boycotts of British goods.

Which of the following describes the general nature of the Internal Rebellions that occurred in the colonies in the 1760s?

farmers against landowners

Americans viewed constitutions as:

fixed and permanent.

Why did English politicians exert little control over the North Americans colonies prior to 1763?

for fear it would disrupt commerce and the ineptitude of provincial governors.

In the aftermath of King George's War, the Iroquois Confederacy __________ the British.

granted trading concessions to

American protestors such as the Paxton Boys and Regulators often against:

high taxes.

Which of the following did Grenville's administration do?

impose the Mutiny, Sugar, and Currency Acts, send British ships to patrol colonial waters in search of smugglers and permanently station British troops in the colonies.

Before 1763, colonial assemblies had the power to

make appropriations, approve political appointments, levy taxes and pass laws.

Unlike William Pitt, George maintained that the colonies:

needed to help pay for their own defense and administration.

Name two of the titles William Pitt held.

prime minister and secretary of state.

Which of the following were provisions of the Coercive Acts?

reducing the powers of the Massachusetts colonial government, closing the port of Boston and requiring colonists to board troops.

Which of the following was not one of the concessions William Pitt made in the third phase of the war?

reparations for loss of life or property as a result of the fighting.

The tea act of 1773 angered many colonists because it:

seemed like taxation without representation. gave special treatment to the East India Company. threatened to put American merchants out of business.

Grenville's program succeeded in antagonizing

settlers who resented the closing of the west to land speculation and fur trading. northern merchants with increased taxes and restraints on commerce. southern planters by raising taxes and preventing land speculation.

The currency Act of 1764 required the colonial assemblies to

stop issuing paper currency.

What did George Washington do in the summer of 1754 at Fort Necessity?

surrender to the French.

The first phase of the French and Indian War began when:

the French attacked Fort Necessity.

In 1763, England found itself desperately in need of revenues because of which of the following?

the need to administer new territory in North America and the cost of many years of fighting.

The Grenville program succeeded in

uniting colonists in opposition to the British government.

In 1773, the British East India Company:

was sitting on large stocks of tea that it could not sell in England and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

By the 1750's and 1760's, the English government viewed taxation as a

way to relieve the country's debts.

The first real proposed for a general government to rule all colonies was the __________ Plan.

Albany

It was difficult for Americans to protest against British Legislation of the 1760's largely because

Americans also fought among each other.

The events of March 5, 1770, when a group of British soldiers opened fire on a crowd, are known as the _______ _______.

Boston Massacre.

The __________ was a response to fears that settlement in the upper Ohio Valley would spark war with Native Americans.

Proclamation of 1763

The __________ __________ were the western boundary of French-claimed territory in North America at the end of the seventeenth century.

Rocky Mountains

The __________ Act imposed a tax on printed documents.

Stamp

To dispute English Taxes in the Americas, James Otis persuaded his colleagues in the Massachusetts assembly to meet with other colonial delegates. This multi-colony group met in 1765 and became known as the _________ __________ Congress.

Stamp Act

The French and Indian War was a part of a larger struggle between England and France called:

The Seven Years' War.