APUSH Chapter 6 and 7
American colonists responded to the various coercive colonial laws enacted by Parliament in the late 1760s and enforced by British colonial authorities in all of the following ways except they Select one: a. engaged in a violent campaign of attacks against British soldiers and customs agents in major Atlantic seaboard cities. b. convened the Stamp Act Congress to address their political and economic grievances to the king and Parliament including calling for the repeal of the Stamp Act. c. visibly protested paying any duties required by these coercive colonial laws, including the famous Boston Tea Party, in an effort to force their repeal and regain a measure of economic independence from Britain. d. protested and publicly assailed the use of admiralty courts to try colonial violators of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.
A
As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne Select one: a. the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack. b. the British controlled the frontier. c. General Braddock was forced to leave the military. d. George Washington was left without a military command.
A
Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which Select one: a. promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die. b. implied that the French was like the snake, waiting to be cut apart by the Albany Plan. c. argued that the British would cut apart the French (like the snake) once the Albany Plan was accepted. d. promoted the idea that America, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die.
A
Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because Select one: a. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies. b. they did not feel that they had been well represented at the Albany Congress. c. it placed too much power in the hands of local governments. d. it did not provide for the common defense.
A
Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved Select one: a. compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire. b. removing the majority of the British navy from American waters. c. removing British troops from American soil. d. beginning a war with Spain.
A
Colonists objected to the enactment of the Stamp Act in 1765 because Select one: a. they objected strenuously to the Stamp Act's naked violation of the political principle of "no taxation without representation." b. they opposed all taxes. c. they believed it could not be repealed. d. they desired immediate political independence from Great Britain.
A
France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when Select one: a. it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763. b. farming proved to be unprofitable. c. it could not entice enough settlers to America. d. King Louis XIV died.
A
In 1773, ____ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence. Select one: a. Virginia b. Georgia c. Massachusetts d. Maryland
A
In some ways, the Navigation Laws and mercantilist system were a burden to certain colonists because Select one: a. they stifled economic initiative. b. they gave greater benefits to slaveholders. c. Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilist principles. d. northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters.
A
Match each individual on the left with the correct description. A. Samuel Adams B. John Adams C. Crispus Attacks D. Baron von Stueben 1. a casualty of the Boston Massacre 2. a foreign volunteer who drilled American troops during the War of Independence 3. a pamphleteer who first organized committees of correspondence to exchange ideas and information on resisting British policy 4. a Massachusetts politician who defeated the proposed home rule solution to the imperial crisis at the First Continental Congress advocated by colonial moderates Select one: a. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 b. A-2, B-4, C-2, D-2 c. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-2 d. A-4, B-1, C-2. D-2
A
None of the thirteen colonies except ____ were formally planted by the British government. Select one: a. Georgia b. Massachusetts c. Maryland d. South Carolina
A
The British Crown's royal veto of colonial legislation Select one: a. was used sparingly by the British Parliament. b. was opposed by many members of the British Parliament. c. prohibited colonists from conducting the slave trade. d. was what finally provoked the War of Independence. e. was used frequently to overturn laws passed in colonial assemblies.
A
The French wanted to control the interior basin of Louisiana because they Select one: a. sought to block imperial encroachment by Spain in the Gulf of Mexico region. b. wanted to keep the area unfortified. c. liked its climate. d. saw it as a dumping ground for undesirables.
A
The Quartering Act required that colonists Select one: a. provide housing and food for British troops. b. try those accused of theft in admiralty courts. c. ship all of their export goods through England. d. pay one quarter of their income to the British crown.
A
The first Navigation Laws were designed to Select one: a. eliminate Dutch shippers from the American carrying trade. b. support the mapping of the Atlantic trade routes. c. help colonists get the best possible price for their trade goods. d. foster a colonial economy that would offer healthy competition with Britain's.
A
Unlike the ____ Act, the ____ Act and the ____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports. Select one: a. Stamp, Sugar, Townshend b. Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar c. Stamp, Quartering, Townshend d. Townshend, Stamp, Sugar
A
Which of the following is not a true statement about American women's roles during the Revolution? Select one: a. Many women urged husbands and sons to stay home and safeguard their families and property instead of volunteering for to serve in a colonial militia or the Continental army. b. Many American women were camp followers, who cooked, cleaned and sewed for the troops. c. American women ran businesses while the men fought the British. d. They received money and rations for services provided to troops.
A
With the British and American victory in the Seven Years' War Select one: a. a new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared. b. the British no longer retaliated against the Indians. c. Americans now feared the Spanish. d. the American colonies grew closer to Britain.
A
Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act, (B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, and (D) repeal of the Stamp Act. Select one: a. C, B, A, D b. A, C, D, B c. A, B, D, C d. C, A, D, B
B
As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of Select one: a. a well-organized, strongly committed, and united population. b. many outstanding civilian and military leaders. c. potential aid from the Armed Neutrality League. d. highly reliable and well-supplied troops.
B
At the outset of the American War of Independence Select one: a. most of the American business community sacrificed profit for victory. b. only a select minority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion and at enormous personal risk to themselves and their families. c. a majority of Americans supported the cause selflessly. d. France provided generous military and economic assistance.
B
By the end of the War for Independence Select one: a. America had built a strong navy. b. a few thousand American regular troops were finally whipped into shape. c. the majority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion. d. America had an army larger than Britain's.
B
Colonists emerged from the French and Indian War Select one: a. with the respect of the British government. b. more confident in their military strength. c. more loyal to Britain than ever. d. solidly allied with Native Americans.
B
During the early settlement of Quebec, the actions of Samuel de Champlain Select one: a. illustrated a lack of French interest in developing political and economic relations with Indian tribes of the region. b. included forging a pivotal alliance with the Hurons that inspired the lasting hatred of the Iroquois. c. angered the government of King Louis XIV of France. d. were marked by tension and violence with the Hurons.
B
For interior Indian tribes in North America, the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War Select one: a. safeguarded their lands from further encroachment by colonists. b. eliminated their ability to play off rival European powers against each other. c. forced these Indians to negotiate exclusively with the Spanish. d. pushed them onto reservations.
B
In a broad sense, America was Select one: a. a place that nurtured a love for Britain. b. a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans. c. completely dependent on Britain for economic support. d. essentially a conservative society.
B
Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they Select one: a. opposed the mercantilist system. b. feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical. c. favored French domination of North America. d. were strongly pacifist.
B
The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit Select one: a. New England merchants. b. British merchants. c. backwoods farmers. d. Virginia tobacco planters.
B
The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following except it Select one: a. aroused anti-Catholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. b. denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. c. alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. d. potentially undermined the asserted democratic rights and institutions of American colonists, including the right to jury trials and the election of representative assemblies, throughout North America, not merely in Quebec.
B
The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of Select one: a. the Mississippi River. b. the Ohio River Valley. c. the Great Lakes. d. the St. Lawrence River.
B
The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the Select one: a. Townshend Acts. b. Sugar Act. c. Declaratory Act. d. Stamp Act.
B
Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except Select one: a. provide a market for British manufactured goods. b. become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible. c. supply Britain with products such as tobacco, sugar and ships' masts. d. furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy.
B
With the end of the Seven Years' War, the disunity, jealousy, and suspicion that had long existed in the American colonies Select one: a. continued without change. b. began to melt somewhat. c. resulted in renewed acts of violence. d. finally came to a complete end.
B
All of the following were direct benefits reaped by the Americans from the mercantile system of Britain except Select one: a. London paid high prices for ship parts to American producers. b. protection of the world's mightiest navy and army without a penny of cost. c. British allowed the Americans to freely trade with other countries and compete on the open market. d. Virginia tobacco planters enjoyed a monopoly in the British market.
C
Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, and (D) Intolerable Acts. Select one: a. D, B, C, A b. C, B, D, A c. B, A, C, D d. A, B, C, D
C
As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts Select one: a. Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign. b. Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. c. British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order. d. Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation. Feedback
C
Before 1763, the Navigation Laws Select one: a. were enforced heavily in the American colonies and were very effective. b. hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies. c. were only loosely enforced in the American colonies. d. discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants.
C
Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because Select one: a. the French government had promised to help. b. the British were weak as a result of the Seven Years' War. c. the Indians were in a precarious position. d. of the Proclamation of 1763.
C
France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the Select one: a. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. b. Protestant takeover of the French government. c. end of the religious wars. d. revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
C
French motives in the New World included the desire to Select one: a. convert Indians to Protestantism. b. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops. c. compete with Spain for an empire in America. d. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle.
C
Government in New France (Canada) was Select one: a. democratic. b. similar to that of the English colonies. c. almost completely autocratic. d. noted for its trial by jury.
C
Identify the statement that is false. Select one: a. Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible. b. Republican and Whig ideas predisposed the Americans to be more aware of threats to their rights. c. The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs. d. Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies.
C
In a sense, the history of the United States began with the Select one: a. Revolutionary War. b. Boston Tea Party. c. fall of Quebec and Montreal. d. July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence.
C
In the colonial wars before 1754, Americans Select one: a. received more support from France than Britain. b. functioned as a unified fighting force. c. demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity. d. were not involved in combat.
C
In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War Select one: a. England turned Florida over to Spain. b. France lost all its valuable sugar islands in the West Indies. c. France surrendered to Great Britain all of its territorial claims to North America. d. Spain ceded all of Louisiana, including New Orleans, to Britain.
C
In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763 Select one: a. British relations with France improved. b. relations between the American colonies and the British government improved. c. American colonists moved west, defying the Proclamation. d. the American colonies believed their destiny had been destroyed.
C
Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act Select one: a. led many colonists to believe that the British were expanding colonial freedom. b. resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament regarding the colonies. c. convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty. d. required action by each colonial legislatures.
C
The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was Select one: a. an isolated incident of protest against British rule in the American colonies. b. the result of the Intolerable Acts. c. the provocation against the British authorities to enact and implement more coercive and authoritarian laws governing the colonies. d. directed only at the British East India Company.
C
The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to Select one: a. raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain. b. reduce the number of printed documents in America. c. raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense. d. punish the American colonists.
C
The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the Seven Years' War Select one: a. was an immediate and universally successful military operation. b. concentrated on Quebec and Montreal. c. was prompted, in part, by the fact that in 1756 the undeclared war in America had merged into a world conflict. d. was initially hampered significantly by poor strategic decision making by Britain's war leaders.
C
The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because Select one: a. they made peace with the Indians. b. they encouraged the Indians to participate in the fur trade. c. of their exploration and work as geographers. d. of the health care they provided.
C
The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to Select one: a. punish the Indians. b. allow western settlement by the colonists. c. work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising. d. oppress the colonists.
C
The War of Jenkins's Ear was Select one: a. fought in European waters. b. a great victory for Spain. c. confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia. d. the event that established the policy of salutary neglect.
C
The founding of the American colonies by the British was Select one: a. rarely undertaken by trading companies or religious groups. b. based on the high-minded aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers. c. undertaken in a haphazard manner. d. undertaken by the government in every case.
C
The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because Select one: a. Parliament believed the colonists would not object. b. the money was needed to support troops. c. it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. d. colonial governors requested it.
C
Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except Select one: a. enumerate products that must be shipped to Britain. b. restrain the colonies from printing paper currency. c. prevent the colonies from developing militias. d. restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws. e. nullify any colonial legislation deemed bad for the mercantilist system.
C
Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War Select one: a. resulted in a stronger French presence in North America. b. united British colonists in strong support of the mother country. c. was fought initially on the North American continent. d. did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England.
C
When colonists shouted "No taxation without representation," they were denying Parliament's power to Select one: a. enforce the old Navigation Laws. b. regulate trade in the empire. c. levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies. d. legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever.
C
Which of the following statements is false? Select one: a. Bostonians dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor in protest of the tea tax. b. Anger at the tea tax led to mass efforts to turn cargo ships around in New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. c. By 1773, it was clear that a colonial rebellion was inevitable. d. British officials granted the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies to prevent its bankruptcy.
C
Although the fur business in New France was a lucrative government-supported industry in the 1680s and 1690s, its importance to the French government paled in comparison to Select one: a. allying France with Spain against Great Britain in the emerging imperial competition in North America. b. ensuring French Huguenots could safely migrate to New France for religious reasons. c. supporting the Indian salvation work of Jesuit missionaries in New France. d. supporting the production of sugar and rum in the French Caribbean colonies.
D
As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress Select one: a. Americans reluctantly obeyed the British laws. b. Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested. c. America sent new petitions to Parliament. d. the drift towards war became inevitable and fighting between the American colonists and Great Britain commenced in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Mass.
D
During the Seven Years' War Select one: a. the colonists lost confidence in their own military capability. b. British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops. c. colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibility of the British regulars. d. British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials.
D
In responding to Chief Pontiac's uprising of allied western Indian tribes, the British Select one: a. failed to appreciate the long-term need to keep regular troops along an increasing restless and dangerous frontier. b. were reluctant to engage in harsh, suppressive tactics that would alienate Pontiac and his Indian allies. c. downplayed the need to stabilize relations with western Indian tribes. d. engaged in a form of biological warfare against Pontiac and his allies.
D
Most American colonists held which of the following comparative views of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts? Select one: a. The Stamp Act was less harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the direct taxes on goods authorized by the Stamp Act could be reduced or repealed by colonial assemblies and governors. b. The Townshend Act was less harmful and obnoxious to American colonists because the goods were rarely used by colonists; while, the items taxed by the Stamp Act were commonly used by many colonists throughout America. c. The Stamp Act was more harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the former was a hidden, indirect import duty on goods that was not readily apparent to the colonial consumer at the time of sale of the taxed good or service. d. The indirect versus direct and internal versus external tax distinctions made by British political authorities concerning the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts were meaningless because the American colonists had no meaningful political representation.
D
Republicanism held that the stability of society and the authority of the government Select one: a. rested with the legislature. b. rested on an interdependence of all citizens. c. rested with a strong monarchy. d. depended on the virtue of its citizenry.
D
The First Continental Congress Select one: a. failed to endorse a Declaration of Rights for colonists living in America. b. adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the colonies under British direction. c. made a ringing declaration of America's independence from Britain. d. called for a complete boycott of British goods.
D
The Seven Years' War was also known in America as Select one: a. the War of Jenkins's Ear. b. the War of the Austrian Succession. c. Queen Anne's War. d. the French and Indian War.
D
The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following except Select one: a. the enormous distances between the colonies. b. varied nationalities. c. conflicting religions. d. contempt for the British government
D
The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the Select one: a. lack of Indian participation. b. carryover of European tactics to America. c. large number of troops committed by both sides. d. use of primitive guerrilla warfare.
D
The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to Select one: a. gain peace with France. b. prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies. c. propose independence of the colonies from Britain. d. achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.
D
The most politically consequential of the responses by the American colonists to the Intolerable Acts was Select one: a. the Boston Massacre. b. a rejection of the Quebec Act by the colonial legislatures. c. call for a complete break with Great Britain and a declaration of independence. d. the summoning of the First Continental Congress in 1774.
D
The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to Select one: a. be able to put more of its settlers there in order to increase farm production. b. stop Spain from extending its empire. c. stop the Indian attacks on its outposts. d. link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.
D
When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he Select one: a. ordered a full-scale assault on the French West Indies. b. relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army. c. ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-related expenditures. d. focused on developing a successful military strategy in the Québec-Montréal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada.
D
When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were Select one: a. up until the end wanting more than the "rights of Englishmen." b. clearly opposed to tightening commercial bonds to the British. c. eager revolutionaries. d. reluctant revolutionaries.
D
When the government of Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal the Townshend revenue duties in 1770 Select one: a. the American colonists avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company. b. the American colonists rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation. c. the American colonists shortly thereafter called the First Continental Congress into session in January 1771. d. the American colonists remained unassuaged because Parliament retained the three-pence tax on tea, upholding Parliament's asserted right to tax the colonists.
D
With the military defeat of Chief Pontiac and his western Indian alliance, the British decided to Select one: a. let the colonists assume financial responsibility for defending themselves. b. enlist the aid of France to halt the Indian menace. c. remove troops stationed in the colonies. d. stabilize Indian-white relations.
D
Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways except Select one: a. making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. b. organizing branches of Daughters of Liberty organizations to help enforce nonimportation agreements and boycotts against British goods. c. publicly signing petitions declaring their boycott of consumer goods imported from England. d. participating as delegates to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 in New York City.
D
All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except Select one: a. long supply lines. b. second-rate officers. c. soldiers who were incapable of fighting effectively. d. the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in case of trouble.
c
