Question 1

Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the Stamp Act.

Accepted Answer

nonimportation agreements

Question 2

In response to the Gaspee affair of 1772-73,colonial assemblies formed

Accepted Answer

A) militia units. 
B) committees of correspondence. 
C) provisional governments. 
D) a national army. 
E) a delegation to Parliament. 
A) militia units. 
B) committees of correspondence. 
C) provisional governments. 
D) a national army. 
E) a delegation to Parliament. B

Question 3

____ drafted the Virginia Resolutions in 1765,which stated that colonists could be taxed only by their own assemblies.

Accepted Answer

A) George Washington 
B) John Dickinson 
C) Patrick Henry 
D) Thomas Jefferson 
E) James Madison 
A) George Washington 
B) John Dickinson 
C) Patrick Henry 
D) Thomas Jefferson 
E) James Madison C

Question 4

Many colonists blamed one another for failing to win complete repeal of all of the Townshend duties.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The first colonial crisis to develop after 1763 was over the Tea Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Phillis Wheatley

Accepted Answer

former slave from Boston whose

Question 7

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 8

Women did not participate in the resistance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) one of increased centralized control over the colonies. 
B) one of relaxed control over the colonies. 
C) unchanged from before 1763. 
D) one that sought to get rid of the colonies. 
E) one that sought to exterminate the Indians. 
A) one of increased centralized control over the colonies. 
B) one of relaxed control over the colonies. 
C) unchanged from before 1763. 
D) one that sought to get rid of the colonies. 
E) one that sought to exterminate the Indians.

Question 11

The group most adversely affected by the passage of the Sugar Act (1764)were

Accepted Answer

A) Virginia planters. 
B) New England merchants. 
C) Pennsylvania farmers. 
D) New York manorial lords. 
E) backcountry traders. 
A) Virginia planters. 
B) New England merchants. 
C) Pennsylvania farmers. 
D) New York manorial lords. 
E) backcountry traders.

Question 12

The Coercive Acts were implemented in response to the Boston Massacre.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

All thirteen colonial assemblies considered a stamp tax to be unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The group most responsible for overt resistance to acts of Parliament were the

Accepted Answer

A) Paxton Boys. 
B) Sons of Liberty. 
C) colonial assemblies. 
D) "regulators." 
E) citizens of Pennsylvania. 
A) Paxton Boys. 
B) Sons of Liberty. 
C) colonial assemblies. 
D) "regulators." 
E) citizens of Pennsylvania.

Question 15

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 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Sugar Act

Accepted Answer

important part of Britain's at

Question 17

The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to

Accepted Answer

A) force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War. 
B) reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War 
C) centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies. 
D) encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden. 
E) encourage the colonies to declare independence. 
A) force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War. 
B) reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War 
C) centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies. 
D) encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden. 
E) encourage the colonies to declare independence.

Question 18

The colonial response to the Stamp Act included

Accepted Answer

A) street violence and riots. 
B) economic boycotts. 
C) petitions to Parliament. 
D) resolutions passed by colonial assemblies. 
E) all of these choices 
A) street violence and riots. 
B) economic boycotts. 
C) petitions to Parliament. 
D) resolutions passed by colonial assemblies. 
E) all of these choices

Question 19

In response to the Boston Port Act,colonists organized the First ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Continenta

Question 20

Sarah Osborn only taught African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: Reform, resistance, revolution

Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the Stamp Act.

In response to the Gaspee affair of 1772-73,colonial assemblies formed

____ drafted the Virginia Resolutions in 1765,which stated that colonists could be taxed only by their own assemblies.

Many colonists blamed one another for failing to win complete repeal of all of the Townshend duties.

The first colonial crisis to develop after 1763 was over the Tea Act.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Phillis Wheatley

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

Women did not participate in the resistance.

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

Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as

The group most adversely affected by the passage of the Sugar Act (1764)were

The Coercive Acts were implemented in response to the Boston Massacre.

All thirteen colonial assemblies considered a stamp tax to be unconstitutional.

The group most responsible for overt resistance to acts of Parliament were the

The main argument of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

IDENTIFICATIONS -Sugar Act

The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to

The colonial response to the Stamp Act included

In response to the Boston Port Act,colonists organized the First ____________________.

Sarah Osborn only taught African Americans.

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