Question 1

Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 2

What caused the Regulator movements of the late 1760s and early 1770s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tobacco growers were angry over high commissions charged by tobacco factors. 
B)  Backcountry farmers were angry that the rights of local Indian tribes were officially recognized. 
C)  Merchants believed that British economic policies were harmful to the import business. 
D)  Backcountry farmers believed that they did not have an adequate voice in colonial politics. 
A)  Tobacco growers were angry over high commissions charged by tobacco factors. 
B)  Backcountry farmers were angry that the rights of local Indian tribes were officially recognized. 
C)  Merchants believed that British economic policies were harmful to the import business. 
D)  Backcountry farmers believed that they did not have an adequate voice in colonial politics.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 4

Explain the impact of the French and Indian War on interior Indian tribes, the American colonists, and the colonists' relationship with Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

The French and Indian War had a signific

Question 5

How did the colonists resist the Townshend Acts? What role did women play in the resistance?

Accepted Answer

The colonists resisted the Townshend Act

Question 6

Discuss the purpose, makeup, tactics, and ultimate effectiveness of the committees of observation and inspection.

Accepted Answer

The committees of observation and inspec

Question 7

What led directly to the dissolution of the Massachusetts Assembly in 1768?

Accepted Answer

A)  The governor's refusal to govern the colony without such an assembly. 
B)  The Assembly's support of the protest petition adopted by the Virginia House of Burgesses. 
C)  The Assembly's resolution to oppose the Townshend Acts. 
D)  The Assembly's refusal to recall the Massachusetts circular letter. 
A)  The governor's refusal to govern the colony without such an assembly. 
B)  The Assembly's support of the protest petition adopted by the Virginia House of Burgesses. 
C)  The Assembly's resolution to oppose the Townshend Acts. 
D)  The Assembly's refusal to recall the Massachusetts circular letter.

Question 8

The decision to send British troops to Boston in 1768 was largely due to

Accepted Answer

A)  Lord North's desire to precipitate a crisis in Massachusetts. 
B)  Indian tribes raiding 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. 
A)  Lord North's desire to precipitate a crisis in Massachusetts. 
B)  Indian tribes raiding 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.

Question 9

Which of the following is an accurate description of the Sons of Liberty, created in 1765?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 10

How did the boycott movement of 1765−1766 differ from the boycott movement of 1768−1769?

Accepted Answer

A)  The earlier movement created an economic recession throughout the colonies. 
B)  Colonial merchants had no financial incentive to support the boycott of 1768−1769. 
C)  In 1768−1769, the economy was so depressed that the boycott threatened merchants with bankruptcy. 
D)  The boycott of 1768−1769 helped revive a seriously depressed colonial economy. 
A)  The earlier movement created an economic recession throughout the colonies. 
B)  Colonial merchants had no financial incentive to support the boycott of 1768−1769. 
C)  In 1768−1769, the economy was so depressed that the boycott threatened merchants with bankruptcy. 
D)  The boycott of 1768−1769 helped revive a seriously depressed colonial economy.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of William Pitt's policies toward the colonies during the Seven Years War?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 12

To protest the Stamp Act, colonial merchants

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 13

Parliament's intent in passing the Quebec Act was to

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 14

Which of the following ideas was considered by Parliament to be basic to the British theory of government?

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 15

Lord North convinced Parliament to repeal the Townshend duties, except the tax on tea, because of his conviction that

Accepted Answer

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. 
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.

Question 16

The purpose of the pamphlet that was drafted and distributed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772 was to

Accepted Answer

A)  state the rights of colonists and 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. 
A)  state the rights of colonists and 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.

Question 17

What was the primary purpose of the Sugar Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  To regulate colonial manufacturing 
B)  To regulate trade 
C)  To regulate colonial shipping 
D)  To raise revenue 
A)  To regulate colonial manufacturing 
B)  To regulate trade 
C)  To regulate colonial shipping 
D)  To raise revenue

Question 18

Great Britain issued which proclamation to prevent clashes between colonists and Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Proclamation of 1765 
B)  Proclamation of 1760 
C)  Proclamation of 1758 
D)  Proclamation of 1763 
A)  Proclamation of 1765 
B)  Proclamation of 1760 
C)  Proclamation of 1758 
D)  Proclamation of 1763

Question 19

Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760?

Accepted Answer

A)  The British abrogated their trade agreements with the Cherokees. 
B)  Both colonies had been capturing and enslaving Cherokees. 
C)  The Cherokees were angry about British atrocities and realized that 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. 
A)  The British abrogated their trade agreements with the Cherokees. 
B)  Both colonies had been capturing and enslaving Cherokees. 
C)  The Cherokees were angry about British atrocities and realized that 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.

Question 20

Which of the following questions best expresses the ideological dilemma that faced the colonists from 1765 to 1774?

Accepted Answer

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? 
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?

Exam 5: The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies?

What caused the Regulator movements of the late 1760s and early 1770s?

Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence?

Explain the impact of the French and Indian War on interior Indian tribes, the American colonists, and the colonists' relationship with Great Britain.

How did the colonists resist the Townshend Acts? What role did women play in the resistance?

Discuss the purpose, makeup, tactics, and ultimate effectiveness of the committees of observation and inspection.

What led directly to the dissolution of the Massachusetts Assembly in 1768?

The decision to send British troops to Boston in 1768 was largely due to

Which of the following is an accurate description of the Sons of Liberty, created in 1765?

How did the boycott movement of 1765−1766 differ from the boycott movement of 1768−1769?

Which of the following is true of William Pitt's policies toward the colonies during the Seven Years War?

To protest the Stamp Act, colonial merchants

Parliament's intent in passing the Quebec Act was to

Which of the following ideas was considered by Parliament to be basic to the British theory of government?

Lord North convinced Parliament to repeal the Townshend duties, except the tax on tea, because of his conviction that

The purpose of the pamphlet that was drafted and distributed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772 was to

What was the primary purpose of the Sugar Act?

Great Britain issued which proclamation to prevent clashes between colonists and Native Americans?

Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760?

Which of the following questions best expresses the ideological dilemma that faced the colonists from 1765 to 1774?

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