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1 Chapter 5 Severing the Bonds of Empire, MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following posed the greatest threat to the British colonies in North America in the early eighteenth century? a. The Dutch b. The French c. The Iroquois Confederacy d. The Spanish 2. During both Queen Anne's War and King George's War, the Iroquois Confederacy a. allied with the British against the French. b. followed a policy of diplomatic isolation. c. allied with the Catabaws, the Shawnees, and the Delawares against the French and the British. d. followed a policy of neutrality. 3. The colonies rejected the Plan of Union adopted by the delegates to the Albany Congress because they a. disagreed with the plan's extension of rights to Indians. b. felt the plan was the work of a group of anti-british radicals. c. were afraid they would lose their autonomy. d. disliked the fact that delegates to the intercolonial legislature were appointed by Parliament. 4. Which of the following led the British formally to declare war against France in 1756? a. The pirating of British ships by French privateers b. The French assault against Nova Scotia c. The killing of General Edward Braddock and the devastating defeat of his forces in July 1755 by a combined force of French and Indians d. The capture of Colonel George Washington by French forces 5. Which of the following is true of William Pitt's policies toward the colonies during the Seven Years War? a. Pitt's policies called for the quartering of troops in private homes. b. Pitt's policies allowed Americans to have battlefront command positions. c. Pitt's policies placed recruitment of troops from the colonies in local hands. d. Pitt's policies encouraged British army personnel to confiscate supplies from colonists. 6. During the Seven Years' War, some Anglo-American merchants in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York a. actively supported France during the war by firing on British warships. b. often engaged in sea battles against French warships. c. called on the British navy to defend them against pirates in the Caribbean. d. continued to engage in illegal trade with the French West Indies.
2 7. Which of the following caused the Iroquois to abandon their traditional policy of neutrality and ally with Great Britain against France in September 1759? a. The British victory against French forces and the taking of Quebec b. The decision by the Ohio Indians to ally with the British c. The success of the French in retaking Newfoundland d. Fear that France would win the Seven Years War 8. As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, a. France was allowed to maintain its control over the North American fur trade. b. France ceded its major North American possessions to Great Britain. c. France was allowed to keep Louisiana. d. Spain was stripped of all land holdings in North America. 9. Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760? a. The British abrogated their trade agreements with the Cherokees. b. Both colonies had been capturing and enslaving Cherokees. c. The Cherokees realized that, if Great Britain defeated France, they would no longer be able to force concessions from the British by threatening to ally with France or Spain. d. The governors of both colonies had declared war against the Cherokees. 10. Which of the following British actions angered Native Americans in the Ohio Country and eventually led to Pontiac's uprising? a. The British raised the price of goods traded to Indian tribes in the Ohio Country. b. Chief Pontiac was angered by British attacks against the tribal villages of the Delawares. c. The British embarked on a program to destroy and eliminate tribes in the Ohio country. d. Chief Pontiac learned that the British were supplying his tribal enemies with arms and ammunition. 11. Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 to a. prevent the French from re-establishing themselves in North America. b. maintain the dominance of the large colonial landholders. c. restrict the power of colonial assemblies. d. prevent clashes between colonists and Indians. 12. Which of the following was the most pressing problem facing Great Britain at the end of the Seven Years War? a. Hostile Indian tribes in the Ohio country b. The government's war debt c. Economic hard times and unemployment in England d. Establishing legal authority over French settlers along the St. Lawrence
3 13. In light of the major problem confronting the British government in 1763, what decision did Prime Minister George Grenville make concerning Britain's North American colonies? a. He decided that the colonies should assume a greater share of the cost of running the empire. b. He decided that the aim of British policies should be to encourage the development of colonial manufacturing. c. He decided that colonial militia units should be permanently stationed along the crest of the Appalachians. d. He decided that representative assemblies in the colonies should be disbanded. 14. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763? a. An assembly is not representative unless all people twenty-one years of age and over have the right to vote. b. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents only the people from the region in which eligible voters had a chance to vote for him directly. c. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents the whole colony, not just the people from his district. d. The population must be approximately equal in each district from which an assembly's representatives are chosen. 15. Which of the following statements is most consistent with the political thought of the Real Whigs? a. Human beings will be free only when they decide to discard organized government. b. There is a constant threat to liberty within monarchical government. c. The only way to preserve order and stability is to put power into the hands of an enlightened monarch. d. Government should act in a positive manner to aid the poor, the destitute, and the aged. 16. The primary intent of the Sugar Act was to a. regulate colonial manufacturing. b. regulate trade. c. regulate colonial shipping. d. raise a revenue. 17. Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts? a. The colonists did not believe that Parliament had the power to regulate trade. b. These acts placed a financial burden on many colonists who were already suffering from the effects of a depressed colonial economy. c. These acts placed restrictions on the type of legislation that could be enacted by colonial assemblies. d. The colonists contended that Parliament had no legislative power in the colonies. 18. The primary reason for Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act was to a. force the colonists to recognize Parliament's right to tax them. b. raise revenue to help ease the debt burden of the British government. c. finance the system for distributing mail and publications throughout the colonies. d. establish parliamentary control over newspapers and pamphlets published in the colonies.
4 19. Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act? a. It subjected violators to a trial without a jury. b. It had little or no impact on ordinary colonists. c. It had to be approved by the colonial assemblies before it went into effect. d. It applied only to legal documents such as contracts, deeds, and wills. 20. Which of the following questions best expresses the ideological dilemma that faced the colonists from 1765 to 1774? a. How can we justify our resistance to unpopular acts of Parliament when we do not resist unpopular acts of our own assemblies? b. How can we claim that Parliament has limited power over us when each colonial charter was issued by Parliament? c. How can we justify our opposition to certain acts of Parliament without questioning Parliament's authority over us? d. How can we challenge the authority of Parliament without also challenging the authority of our colonial assemblies? 21. Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act and the proposed Stamp Act? a. Although Parliament may regulate trade, only the colonial assemblies have the power to enact laws pertaining to domestic affairs in their respective colonies. b. Because the colonists live some three thousand miles from the mother country, it is understood that they do not enjoy all of the rights of Englishmen. c. Even though the colonists believe an act of Parliament to be unconstitutional, they must obey that act until it is repealed. d. A colonial assembly has power equal to that of the British Parliament. 22. The final decision made by the House of Burgesses regarding the Stamp Act Resolves leads to which of the following conclusions? a. The burgesses denied Parliament the right to pass any legislation affecting the colonies. b. The burgesses felt they owed no obedience to Parliament. c. The burgesses believed George III to be a tyrant. d. The burgesses did not seek independence from England. 23. Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies? a. Although the colonies are dependent on Great Britain, they are not Great Britain's slaves. b. The American colonies owe obedience to the King but not to Parliament. c. The colonies are morally superior to Great Britain. d. Parliament has no jurisdiction over the American colonies. 24. Which of the following ideas was considered by Parliament to be basic to the British theory of government? a. The wisdom of governmental policies may not be questioned. b. Parliament may exercise absolute authority over all colonial possessions. c. The king's power is absolute. d. All British subjects are entitled to individual representation in Parliament.
5 25. What was the main reason that resistance leaders wanted members of the South End and North End gangs to participate in anti-stamp Act demonstrations? a. If the demonstrations caused adverse consequences, they would fall on gang members rather than on resistance leaders. b. Their participation would show that people of all social classes opposed the act. c. Gang members were much more experienced in leading demonstrations to protest British actions. d. Gang members were adept at avoiding arrest. 26. Which of the following is an accurate description of the Sons of Liberty, created in 1765? a. The organization was founded by colonists who opposed the colonial resistance movement. b. This intercolonial association was created by the elite in an attempt to channel crowd action into acceptable forms of resistance. c. This intercolonial association was founded by a group of newspaper editors who composed a series of essays on the subject of liberty. d. The organization was strongest in the South and was composed of radicals who demanded separation from Great Britain. 27. To protest the Stamp Act, colonial merchants a. refused to sell any British-made products in the American colonies. b. created nonexportation associations to help stop the flow of raw materials to England. c. hired privateers to harass British merchant ships in the Atlantic and Caribbean. d. created nonimportation associations to put pressure on British exporters. 28. By 1766, some wealthy London merchants had allied with the American colonies because a. they believed an independent America would be to their advantage. b. they had protested Parliament's unfair tax policies for years and felt such an alliance would bolster their cause. c. the nonimportation movement in the colonies hurt them financially. d. the Sugar Act threatened their economic rights. 29. The most important reason for repeal of the Stamp Act was the a. formal protests made by colonial assemblies. b. replacement of Grenville as prime minister by Lord Rockingham. c. nonimportation movement. d. threat of even more violent and destructive mob action. 30. How did the Townshend duties differ from previous customs taxes? a. They attempted to implement the new economic policy of mercantilism. b. Their enforcement was left to the colonial assemblies. c. The revenue collected from the duties could be used only to pay off the British national debt. d. They applied to goods imported into the colonies from Great Britain, not from foreign countries.
6 31. Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by John Dickinson in Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania? a. Parliament may regulate colonial trade only with the concurrence of the colonial legislatures. b. Parliament has no authority over the colonies. c. Parliament does not have the power to regulate colonial trade. d. Parliament may not use its power to regulate colonial trade for the purpose of raising revenue. 32. The Massachusetts assembly was dissolved in late 1768 because a. the Massachusetts governor decided to govern the colony without such an assembly. b. it supported the recent protest petition adopted by the Virginia House of Burgesses. c. it called for open resistance to the Townshend Acts. d. it refused to recall the Massachusetts circular letter. 33. Public rituals were important to the resistance movement because they a. ensured that the dominant elite in the colonies could maintain control over the movement. b. conveyed to illiterate colonists the ideas on which the movement was based. c. diverted the minds of the colonists from problems within their colonies. d. intimidated people into joining the movement. 34. Well-to-do women helped enlist people's support for the resistance movement by a. conducting door-to-door recruiting campaigns. b. engaging in public spinning bees. c. organizing fund-raising events. d. giving street lectures on virtue. 35. How did the boycott movement of differ from the boycott movement of ? a. The earlier movement created an economic recession throughout the colonies. b. Colonial merchants had no financial incentive to support the boycott of c. In the economy was so depressed that the boycott threatened merchants with bankruptcy. d. The boycott of helped revive a seriously depressed colonial economy. 36. The nonimportation movement that was called to protest the Townshend duties was a. endorsed by most of the colonial assemblies. b. inspired by colonial merchants who sought economic gain. c. supported by all colonists from all classes. d. effective in reducing colonial imports from England. 37. Lord North convinced Parliament to repeal the Townshend duties, except the tax on tea, because of his conviction that a. such a concession would lead to meaningful negotiation between Parliament and the colonies. b. the duties were detrimental to the economic well-being of the colonies. c. only colonial assemblies had the power to impose taxes in the colonies. d. it was bad policy to impose duties on trade within the empire.
7 38. The decision to send British troops to Boston was largely due to a. Lord North's desire to precipitate a crisis in Massachusetts. b. Indian raids against Massachusetts colonists. c. the riot that followed the seizure of the Liberty by customs officials. d. the decision by the North ministry to use force to suspend the Massachusetts assembly. 39. Which of the following is true of the Boston Massacre? a. A group of Boston citizens was attacked by British soldiers without provocation. b. A group of off-duty British soldiers took revenge against several Boston laborers who had insulted them. c. A Boston mob goaded British soldiers into firing into a crowd. d. Several leading resistance leaders in Boston were taken into custody and summarily executed. 40. After all but one of the Townshend duties were repealed, patriots a. continued to speak of impending tyranny and of a deliberate plot against American liberties. b. called for negotiations with George III to prevent future problems. c. praised Parliament for having the political courage to admit its mistakes. d. called for the election of representatives to an intercolonial legislature. 41. During the early 1770s, the patriots sought freedom from parliamentary authority but continued to pledge allegiance to the king. This patriot position was difficult for the British to understand because a. in the British mind Parliament was divinely inspired. b. the British felt more allegiance to Parliament than to the king. c. in the British mind the king was part of Parliament and the two could not be separated. d. the British wanted to replace the king with an elected head of state. 42. Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence? a. They provided legal counsel to patriots whose rights had been abridged by British authorities. b. They provided daily reports on the movement of British troops. c. They assumed the primary responsibility of writing anti-british essays for colonial newspapers. d. They provided a communications network designed to involve more colonists in the resistance movement by widening the movement's geographic scope. 43. The purpose of the pamphlet that was drafted and distributed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772 was to a. involve residents from all Massachusetts towns in the resistance movement. b. collect funds to defray expenses incurred by the Sons of Liberty. c. encourage the formation of local militia units. d. gain support for negotiations with the British.
8 44. The Boston statement of rights and grievances, drafted by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772, differed from previous patriot pamphlets in that it a. did not mention the necessity of obedience to Parliament. b. did not profess allegiance to the king. c. attempted to define the precise limits of parliamentary authority. d. claimed that colonial assemblies had the right to judge the constitutionality of acts of Parliament. 45. As a result of the passage of the Tea Act, a. the British East India Company was given a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies. b. the tax on tea imported into the American colonies was repealed. c. Parliament indicated a willingness to allow the American colonies to have more of a voice in the regulation of trade. d. tea sold in the American colonies became so expensive that it was affordable only to the upper classes. 46. Parliament's intent in passing the Coercive Acts was to a. do away with the right of a trial by jury in the American colonies. b. punish Boston and the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. c. dissolve self-government in the British colonies in North America. d. make the Catholic Church the established church in the American colonies. 47. Some leaders of the American resistance movement viewed passage of the Tea Act as a. a sign that Parliament was willing to compromise on the major issues of disagreement between itself and the American colonies. b. an indication that Parliament eventually intended to establish an East India Company monopoly on all colonial trade. c. an indication that Parliament eventually intended to prohibit the sale of all tea in the American colonies. d. proof that Parliament would respond positively to colonial assemblies if they presented their grievances in a respectful way 48. Parliament's intent in passing the Quebec Act was to a. provide governmental reforms for the former French colony of Quebec. b. strip the inland colonies of land and power. c. create a model of colonial government in Quebec that eventually would be imposed on all the colonies. d. warn that eventually the Catholic Church would be given favored status in all the colonies. 49. Which of the following is true of the patriots' perception of the Coercive and Quebec Acts? a. They viewed them as just punishment for the wrongs committed by Boston citizens in the Boston Tea Party. b. Because of divisions within their ranks, the patriots had no unified view of these acts. c. They viewed the Coercive Acts as repressive but cared little about the Quebec Act because it applied to Canada. d. They viewed both as a deliberate plot by the British to destroy their rights.
9 50. In the immediate aftermath of the passage of the Coercive and Quebec Acts, the colonies a. decided that reconciliation with Great Britain was not possible. b. were confused and disorganized, and could not agree on an appropriate response. c. agreed to an immediate boycott of British goods. d. agreed to send delegates to an intercolonial congress which would meet in Philadelphia.
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