Question 1

The Proclamation of 1763 banned all new settlement in northern New England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Tea Act (1773)

Accepted Answer

A) attempted to save the British East India Company from financial disaster. 
B) removed the tax on colonists' tea. 
C) increased the price of colonists' tea. 
D) placed a high new tax on the colonists' tea. 
E) was endorsed by the American tea sellers. 
A) attempted to save the British East India Company from financial disaster. 
B) removed the tax on colonists' tea. 
C) increased the price of colonists' tea. 
D) placed a high new tax on the colonists' tea. 
E) was endorsed by the American tea sellers.

Question 3

The skirmish between British troops and colonists that led to the death of five colonists was the Boston Massacre.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The motive behind the American invasion of Canada in June 1775 was territorial expansion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Following the Coercive Acts, the American colonies called the First Continental Congress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Sarah Osborn only taught African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Phillis Wheatley was

Accepted Answer

A) the first black college student in American history. 
B) one of the victims of the Boston Massacre. 
C) a poet and slave. 
D) a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans. 
E) a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. 
A) the first black college student in American history. 
B) one of the victims of the Boston Massacre. 
C) a poet and slave. 
D) a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans. 
E) a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

Question 8

The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to

Accepted Answer

A) establish a republican regime. 
B) avoid paying taxes. 
C) restore the empire to what it had been before 1763. 
D) establish a radically new vision of the future. 
E) fight the Indians. 
A) establish a republican regime. 
B) avoid paying taxes. 
C) restore the empire to what it had been before 1763. 
D) establish a radically new vision of the future. 
E) fight the Indians.

Question 9

John Wilkes is significant to British and American history because

Accepted Answer

A) he created a constitutional crisis in England. 
B) he openly supported the patriots. 
C) he convinced France to support the U.S. 
D) his paper published attacks on the US patriots. 
E) he convinced the English people to turn against the U.S. 
A) he created a constitutional crisis in England. 
B) he openly supported the patriots. 
C) he convinced France to support the U.S. 
D) his paper published attacks on the US patriots. 
E) he convinced the English people to turn against the U.S.

Question 10

Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for

Accepted Answer

A) pay for Britain's military wars in Europe. 
B) supporting the British royal family. 
C) paying the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies. 
D) paying for British soldiers stationed in the colonies. 
E) payments to customs collectors. 
A) pay for Britain's military wars in Europe. 
B) supporting the British royal family. 
C) paying the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies. 
D) paying for British soldiers stationed in the colonies. 
E) payments to customs collectors.

Question 11

All of the following are true about the Revenue Act of 1766 except that

Accepted Answer

A) it reduced the duty on molasses. 
B) it was clearly a revenue measure. 
C) it generated more income for the empire than any other colonial tax. 
D) it applied only to foreign molasses imported into the mainland. 
E) few colonists attacked it for violating the principle of no taxation without representation. 
A) it reduced the duty on molasses. 
B) it was clearly a revenue measure. 
C) it generated more income for the empire than any other colonial tax. 
D) it applied only to foreign molasses imported into the mainland. 
E) few colonists attacked it for violating the principle of no taxation without representation.

Question 12

The Quebec Act (1774) established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Sugar Act, for Grenville, launched a war against

Accepted Answer

A) artisans. 
B) the elites. 
C) the colonial poor. 
D) physicians. 
E) smugglers. 
A) artisans. 
B) the elites. 
C) the colonial poor. 
D) physicians. 
E) smugglers.

Question 14

Which of the following was not part of the Townshend program?

Accepted Answer

A) a tax on tea, paper, paint, lead, and glass imported into the colonies 
B) recognition of colonial authority in providing supplies and housing for British troops 
C) the use of tax revenues to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges 
D) relocation of British troops from the frontier to the major seaport cities 
E) creation of a separate American Board of Customs Commissioners in Boston 
A) a tax on tea, paper, paint, lead, and glass imported into the colonies 
B) recognition of colonial authority in providing supplies and housing for British troops 
C) the use of tax revenues to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges 
D) relocation of British troops from the frontier to the major seaport cities 
E) creation of a separate American Board of Customs Commissioners in Boston

Question 15

The colonists viewed themselves as "Americans" as early as 1765.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following statements about the Tea Act of 1773 is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) It repealed import duties on tea in England. 
B) It mandated that tea to the colonies arrive only on special East India Company ships. 
C) It restricted tea sales to only a few distributors in each colonial port. 
D) The East India Company's tea would sell cheaper than smuggled tea. 
E) It was designed to provide the British government with much-needed revenue. 
A) It repealed import duties on tea in England. 
B) It mandated that tea to the colonies arrive only on special East India Company ships. 
C) It restricted tea sales to only a few distributors in each colonial port. 
D) The East India Company's tea would sell cheaper than smuggled tea. 
E) It was designed to provide the British government with much-needed revenue.

Question 17

The main argument of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Accepted Answer

A) moderated the system of taxation employed by the British. 
B) demanded representation in the British Parliament. 
C) denounced the monarchy as a degenerate institution. 
D) called for George Washington to be named king. 
E) demanded that France enter the war. 
A) moderated the system of taxation employed by the British. 
B) demanded representation in the British Parliament. 
C) denounced the monarchy as a degenerate institution. 
D) called for George Washington to be named king. 
E) demanded that France enter the war.

Question 18

The first Sons of Liberty were organized in the city of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first Sons of Liberty were organized...

Question 19

The ____________________ Act (1764) forbade the colonies from issuing any paper money as legal tender.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ Act (1764) forbade the colonies...

Question 20

As various unpopular parliamentary restrictions on the colonists' activities were repealed in the early 1770s, the colonists' confidence in the British government was restored.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Proclamation of 1763 banned all new settlement in northern New England.

The Tea Act (1773)

The skirmish between British troops and colonists that led to the death of five colonists was the Boston Massacre.

The motive behind the American invasion of Canada in June 1775 was territorial expansion.

Following the Coercive Acts, the American colonies called the First Continental Congress.

Sarah Osborn only taught African Americans.

Phillis Wheatley was

The reason most Americans took up arms in 1775 was to

John Wilkes is significant to British and American history because

Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for

All of the following are true about the Revenue Act of 1766 except that

The Quebec Act (1774) established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

The Sugar Act, for Grenville, launched a war against

Which of the following was not part of the Townshend program?

The colonists viewed themselves as "Americans" as early as 1765.

Which of the following statements about the Tea Act of 1773 is not true?

The main argument of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

The first Sons of Liberty were organized in the city of ____________________.

The ____________________ Act (1764) forbade the colonies from issuing any paper money as legal tender.

As various unpopular parliamentary restrictions on the colonists' activities were repealed in the early 1770s, the colonists' confidence in the British government was restored.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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