history ch 4

What key issue most drove the new British policies in the colonies after the French and Indian War?

British war debt

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

British, French, and Iroquois.

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing the ______ Acts, which Americans referred to as the ______ Acts.

Coercive; Intolerable

People of European ancestry born in the Americas are known as

Creoles.

Which of the following U.S. cities was established by French explorers and colonizers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Detroit, Michigan

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

Henry

Which of the following statements about the Sugar Act of 1764 are correct?

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

Which of the following statements about the Boston Massacre is accurate?

It was used by resistance leaders to foment public outrage.

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

Lexington and Concord.

Which of the following are means that the French used to try to control their empire in North America?

Mississippi plantations fortresses feudal estates trading posts

British victory in the Seven Years' War confirmed its commercial supremacy and cemented its control over portions of North America.

True

The British need for revenue resulted in new policies that had a disastrous effect on its relationship with the American colonies.

True

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

White settlers were moving into Native American lands.

Although the colonies in 1754 were reluctant to cooperate, they had successfully worked with one another with regard to which of the following matters?

a colonial postal service road construction intercolonial trade

Who was Ethan Allen?

a land speculator that took up the cause of the Green Mountain farmers

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

a local North American conflict between England and France that swept up native groups throughout the west

In the face of massive financial problems after the Seven Years' War, many British leaders came to believe their only hope was

a system of taxation administered by London.

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

Which of the following were provisions of the Coercive Acts?

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

The Mutiny Act of 1765 required

colonists to help provision and maintain the British army stationed in America.

The First Continental Congress wanted to stop all trade with Great Britain by

creating a series of boycotts.

The day-to-day administration of colonial affairs by England's government in the 1700s 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 recommended preparations be made for defense against British attack

Which of the following describes the general nature of the internal rebellions that occurred in the colonies in the 1760s?

farmers against landowners

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

for fear it would disrupt commerce the ineptitude of provincial governors

The midnight rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes were significant because they

gave Americans at Lexington and Concord warning of the British forces' approach.

Which inflammatory measures did Charles Townshend steer through Parliament in 1767?

imposing new taxes on imports disbanding the New York Assembly

The Coercive Acts were intended to ______ Massachusetts.

isolate

The citizen-soldiers of Massachusetts were known as

minutemen.

In 1754, a group of delegates from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and New England met in Albany. Their original intent was to

negotiate a treaty with the Iroquois.

Which of the following did Grenville's administration do?

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

By the mid-eighteenth century, which of the following executives wielded the most power in England?

prime minister

The period between the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party is best characterized as a time of

relative calm.

Which of the following was not one of the major decisions made by the First Continental Congress in September 1774?

resolution that the king recognize the colonies as a single political entity

The spirit of resistance that grew more quickly in Massachusetts than elsewhere can be attributed to its elaborately developed

tavern culture.

In Massachusetts, ______ became increasingly important centers of resistance in the 1760s and 1770s.

taverns

What did the Virginia Resolves declare?

that Americans had the same rights as the English that only the Virginia assembly could tax Virginians

The first phase of the French and Indian War began when

the French attacked Fort Necessity.

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

the Seven Years' War.

Internal rebellions in New York and New England in the 1760s had their roots in

the class system.

In 1763, England was able to turn its attention to its American colonies because it

was experiencing peace for the first time in decades.

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

way to relieve the country's debts.

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

Albany

Under the Proclamation of 1763, white settlement west of the ______ was forbidden.

Appalachian Mountains

The events of March 5, 1770, when a group of British soldiers opened fire on a crowd, are known as the . (Please enter only one full word per space and spell carefully.)

Blank 1: Boston, boston, boton, or Bloody Blank 2: Massacre, masacre, `Massacre, masacare, Massacare, or Massicer

To dispute English taxes in the Americas, James Otis persuaded his colleagues in the Massachusetts assembly to meet with other colonial delegates. This multicolony group met in 1765 and became known as the Congress.

Blank 1: Stamp Blank 2: Act

Although colonists in other colonial cities protested the Tea Act, the protest in ______ garnered the most attention.

Boston

Which of the following statements about the alliances of native groups during the French and Indian War are accurate?

The Iroquois remained largely passive throughout the conflict. Most native people saw their alliances as a means for expelling one power or the other from their lands. Most native peoples sided with the French.