Quiz 5

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

In the 1760s and early 1770s, lawyers and other educated Americans used common-law arguments mainly to

assert the colonists' rights and liberties as Englishmen

At the same time as 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.

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

Why did the British General Gage refuse to use his military force to protect the stamps that were to be used once the Stamp Act took effect?

Gage believed that military force would disperse the protests but spark an insurrection.

For this question, refer to the following two excerpts."[T]he Colonies, had all along neglected to cultivate a proper understanding with the Indians, and from a mistaken notion, have greatly dispised them, without considering, that it is in their power at pleasure to lay waste and destroy the Frontiers. . . . Without any exageration, I look upon the Northern Indians to be the most formidable of any uncivilized body of people in the World. Hunting and War are their sole occupations, and the one qualifies them for the other, they have few wants, and those are easily supplied, their properties of little value, consequently, expeditions against them however successful, cannot distress them, and they have courage sufficient for their manner of fighting, the nature and situation of their Countrys, require not more."William Johnson to the British Lords of Trade, 1763"Brethren, in former times our forefathers and yours lived in great friendship together and often met to strengthen the chain of their friendship. As your people grew numerous we made room for them and came over the Great Mountains to Ohio. . . . Soon after a number of your people came over the Great Mountains and settled on our lands. We complained of their encroachments into our country, and, brethren, you either could not or would not remove them. . . . Therefore, brethren, unless you can fall upon some method of governing your people who live between the Great Mountains and the Ohio River and who are now very numerous, it will be out of the Indians' power to govern their young men, for we assure you the black clouds begin to gather fast in this country. . . . We find your people are very fond of our rich land. We see them quarrelling every day about land and burning one another's houses. So that we do not know how soon they may come over the River Ohio and drive us from our villages, nor do we see you brethren take any care to stop them."John Killbuck Jr., or Gelelemend, to the governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, December 1771Which of the following most directly resulted from the issues described in the two passages above?

Indian nations shifted their alliances among competing European powers.

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.

Which of the following actions did the First Continental Congress ultimately decide to implement in 1774?

Threatening to cut off almost all American exports to Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies