Exam 5: The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

Discuss the nature of colonial protests against the Stamp Act outside the colony of Massachusetts, paying particular attention to Patrick Henry's proposals before the Virginia House of Burgesses. What were the consequences of these actions?

Committees of observation and inspection were officially charged with enforcing the Continental Association, and they also

Which of the following British actions angered Native Americans in the Ohio Country and eventually led to Pontiac's uprising?

Discuss the causes, consequences, and significance of the Regulator movements of the late 1760s (South Carolina) and early 1770s (North Carolina).

Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act?

As a result of the passage of the Tea Act,

How did the Townshend duties differ from previous customs taxes?

The Boston statement of rights and grievances, drafted by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772, differed from previous patriot pamphlets in that it

Explain the constitutional arguments presented against the Sugar and Stamp Acts by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. What constitutional arguments were presented in subsequent pamphlets between 1764 and the Tea Act's passage in 1773? How did these arguments differ from Otis's? Why were they different?

During the years from 1765 to 1774, why did skilled craftsmen, professionals, and members of the "educated elite" in the colonies encourage the participation of "disfranchised" or "ordinary" colonists in crowd action (street protests and public rituals) associated with the American resistance movement? Why, at the same time, were these leaders of the resistance movement also apprehensive about the participation of "disfranchised" or "ordinary" colonists in crowd action? ∙ Cite at least two specific instances in which the elite men who led the resistance movement welcomed the involvement of "ordinary" colonists in crowd action. ∙ Cite at least two specific instances in which such men were apprehensive about the involvement of "ordinary" colonists in crowd action.

Which of the following is true of the patriots' perception of the Coercive and Quebec Acts?

Well-to-do women helped enlist people's support for the resistance movement by

The most difficult task facing the delegates to the First Continental Congress was

After all but one of the Townshend duties were repealed, patriots

Look at the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act as an impartial outside observer, and explain whether or not the perceptions of the patriots indicated in the statement below were accurate. "The Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act seemed to prove what the patriots had feared since 1768, that Great Britain had embarked on a deliberate plan to oppress them. It seemed as though the full dimensions of the plot against American rights and liberties had at last been revealed."

Beginning with the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767, examine the colonial events that led to the Boston Massacre. Was it truly a "massacre"? Explain. Did Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre portray what actually happened? Explain. What were the consequences of the "massacre"?

What did the Treaty of Paris of 1763 stipulate?

Defend the following statement: "Britain's attempts to tighten the reins of government and raise revenues from the colonies in the 1760s and early 1770s convinced many Americans that the Real Whigs' reasoning applied to their circumstances¼. They began to interpret British measures in light of the Real Whigs' warnings and to see evil designs behind the actions of Grenville and his successors."

Beginning with passage of the Tea Act in 1773, discuss the events that led to the Boston Tea Party. Was patriot behavior justified, or should it be considered an intemperate act of lawlessness? Explain.

Which of the following posed the greatest threat to the British colonies in North America in the early eighteenth century?