Deck 4: The Empire in Transition Key

Question 1

In North America during the eighteenth century,French relations with the Indians differed from that of the English in that they

A) largely isolated themselves from Indian tribes.
B) offered the Indians more and better trading goods.
C) made little effort to convert Indians to Christianity.
D) were more tolerant of Indian cultures.
E) forced Indians to adjust to European ways.

Answer 1

were more tolerant of Indian cultures.

Question 2

The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

A) recognized the land rights of Indian tribes living within the colonies.
B) was intended to give the colonies greater independence from royal authority.
C) attempted to create a united front with New France against Indian attacks.
D) was approved by the colonial assemblies but was vetoed by Parliament.
E) revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other.

Answer 2

revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other.

Question 3

During the third phase of the French and Indian War,British leader William Pitt

A) barred the colonists from military service.
B) allowed Indian tribal leaders to dictate British battle strategy.
C) gave more authority to conduct the war over to the colonists.
D) ignored the complaints of colonists.
E) gradually loosened his tight control over the colonists.

Answer 3

gradually loosened his tight control over the colonists.

Question 4

The major participants in the Seven Years' War in North America were the

A) English, the Iroquois, and the Spanish.
B) French, the Spanish, and the English.
C) Iroquois, the English, and the French.
D) colonists, the English, and the Spanish.
E) French, the colonists, and the Spanish.

Question 5

In the years after the Glorious Revolution,political power in England increasingly shifted toward

A) Parliament.
B) the Anglican Church.
C) the colonial governors.
D) the monarchy.
E) the citizens.

Question 6

For most Indians in North America,the British victory in the French and Indian War

A) led to an improvement in relations with English colonists.
B) encouraged tribes to join the Iroquois Confederacy.
C) convinced many tribes to cease in their struggle against European expansion.
D) had disastrous effects on their future.
E) was cheered only by the Iroquois Confederacy.

Question 7

According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763,

A) France surrendered New Orleans and Canada to the British.
B) France ceded Canada and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain.
C) France agreed to pay England for the cost of the war.
D) England acquired all French naval vessels docked in North American ports.
E) France ceded all of its Caribbean colonies to England.

Question 8

During the first half of the eighteenth century,royal officials in America

A) contributed to England's overall lax control of the colonies.
B) had no significant influence on colonial finances.
C) began to increase the presence of British troops in the colonies.
D) were generally able and honest administrators.
E) chose Philadelphia as the capital of the colonies.

Question 9

The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713

A) ended King William's War.
B) slowed England's western expansion of its American colonies.
C) transferred territory from the French to the English in North America.
D) was a considerable victory for Spain in North America.
E) transferred territory from the English to the French in the Caribbean.

Question 10

In North America during the eighteenth century,the most powerful native group was the

A) Sioux.
B) Chickasaw.
C) Cherokee.
D) Iroquois.
E) Seminole.

Question 11

By the 1750s,American colonial assemblies

A) had claimed the right to levy taxes.
B) were petitioning the king to charter new colonies to the west.
C) consisted of colonists all approved by royal governors.
D) existed only to implement the policies of the English Parliament.
E) felt little loyalty to the English government.

Question 12

of the French and Indian War,

A) only the Iroquois Indians were allied with the French.
B) the Iroquois remained largely passive.
C) English colonists fought with the support of the Iroquois.
D) the colonists fought primarily against the Iroquois.
E) the colonists fought with the French against the English.

Question 13

During the first half of the eighteenth century,England's administration of the colonies

A) was decentralized and inefficient.
B) began to assert greater authority over newspapers and public expression.
C) was notable for its strict enforcement of trade policies.
D) was primarily concerned with checking the growth of New France.
E) sought new means to tax American merchants.

Question 14

What future American revolutionary figure surrendered to French forces in 1754 at Fort Necessity in the Ohio Valley?

A) George Washington
B) Benedict Arnold
C) Patrick Henry
D) James Madison
E) John Adams

Question 15

King George's War

A) was a conflict between England and the Iroquois.
B) saw England acquire Newfoundland from the French.
C) saw English colonists remain out of the conflict.
D) failed to resolve European conflicts in North America.
E) inspired the American Revolution.

Question 16

Through the first half of the eighteenth century,the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with

A) England, and then France.
B) both France and England at the same time.
C) France only.
D) England only.
E) no European powers.

Question 17

The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now

A) Buffalo.
B) St. Louis.
C) Detroit.
D) Pittsburgh.
E) Chicago.

Question 18

The French and Indian War was fought in

A) All these answers are correct.
B) India.
C) the West Indies.
D) Europe.
E) the North American interior.

Question 19

In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War,England

A) confirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions.
B) shifted its interest away from the Caribbean colonies.
C) lost some of its global commercial supremacy.
D) granted more political autonomy to the American colonies.
E) confirmed its commercial supremacy and shifted its interest away from the Caribbean colonies.

Question 20

In the aftermath of King George's War

A) military activity west of England's North American colonies steadily declined.
B) the French moved out of the Ohio Valley.
C) relations among the English, French, and Iroquois deteriorated.
D) the English abandoned many of their fortresses in the interior.
E) the Iroquois decided not to grant any future trade concessions to the English.

Question 21

British official Thomas Hutchinson

A) called for suppression of colonial demonstrations.
B) was murdered during colonial protests against the Stamp Act.
C) signed his name to the "Virginia Resolves" to support the colonists' position.
D) was an early and outspoken supporter of the Stamp Act.
E) had his home ransacked by anti-Stamp Act demonstrators.

Question 22

Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of

A) colonial governments increasing taxes on British merchants.
B) the Boston Tea Party.
C) a colonial nonimportation agreement.
D) the banning of British merchant ships from some colonial ports.
E) the Boston Massacre.

Question 23

The Proclamation of 1763

A) was generally effective.
B) disrupted England's western trade in the colonies.
C) encouraged settlement of the western edge of the colonies.
D) led to renewed conflict with the remaining French colonists in the West.
E) was supported by many Indian tribal groups.

Question 24

The Declaratory Act of 1766

A) was an attempt by outgoing minister George Grenville to save face.
B) caused renewed protests throughout the colonies.
C) All these answers are correct.
D) threatened the colonies with military action should future protests develop.
E) was a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority over the colonies.

Question 25

When he became British prime minister,George Grenville

A) believed the colonial economies could not weather the cost of the recent war.
B) believed the American colonists had been indulged for far too long.
C) criticized William Pitt for being too harsh in dealing with the American colonies.
D) initially sought to further decentralize government authority in the American colonies.
E) began a cost-cutting effort by reducing the number of British officials in America.

Question 26

The French and Indian War in North America

A) led England to conclude that its relationship with the colonies was strong.
B) led England to conclude that the American colonies were not worth protecting.
C) began a period of almost continual warfare for England.
D) greatly enriched the English government's finances.
E) demonstrated that increasing England's control over the colonies would not be easy.

Question 27

The Townshend Duties of 1767

A) were withdrawn before they took effect.
B) were ultimately ratified by the New York Assembly.
C) were taxes on what Townshend believed to be external transactions.
D) drew no immediate objection from the colonists.
E) constituted a form of taxation quite similar to the Stamp Act.

Question 28

The Stamp Act of 1765

A) provided much needed revenue to the American colonies.
B) actually affected only a few New England merchants.
C) was consistent with traditional parliamentary efforts to regulate commerce.
D) helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government.
E) required the consent of the colonial assemblies before going into effect.

Question 29

Many colonists believed the legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765

A) would have little long-term effect on the economy of the colonies.
B) signified the British finally understood the desires of the colonists.
C) showed the British were committed to the long-term success of the colonies.
D) meant the British were trying to take away their tradition of self-government.
E) would lead to renewed hostilities with Indians in the West.

Question 30

In the 1760s,the Grenville ministry increased its authority in the colonies by

A) stationing regular British troops permanently in America.
B) closing the port of Boston.
C) outlawing the Sons of Liberty.
D) banning political meetings.
E) closing newspapers that criticized the English government.

Question 31

In 1770,the Townshend Duties were ended by

A) Lord Chatham.
B) Lord North.
C) George III.
D) the Marquis of Rockingham.
E) Charles Townshend.

Question 32

The Stamp Act of 1765

A) required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents.
B) cost the British government much more money than it made in revenues.
C) established a royal postal system between the American colonies and England.
D) replaced the Sugar Act of 1764.
E) proved to be ineffective, as most colonies refused to accept it.

Question 33

When George III assumed the throne of England,he

A) mandated official recognition of the Church of England in all colonies.
B) was considered to have a brilliant mind for politics.
C) feared using the authority of his monarchy.
D) was painfully immature.
E) faced a full rebellion in the colonies.

Question 34

The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both

A) feared violence from western farmers.
B) demanded independence from England.
C) demanded the redistribution of the land making up the former French colonies.
D) demanded tax relief.
E) sought to increase the authority of local colonial governments.

Question 35

The Sugar Act of 1764 was designed to

A) eliminate the illegal sugar trade among the colonies, the French, and the West Indies.
B) All these answers are correct.
C) damage the market for sugar grown in the colonies.
D) establish new vice-admiralty courts in America to try accused smugglers.
E) lower the colonial duty on molasses.

Question 36

Who among the following took the lead in protesting against the Stamp Act?

A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Samuel Adams
C) George Mason
D) Ben Franklin
E) Patrick Henry

Question 37

The Mutiny (or Quartering)Act of 1765

A) was regarded by objecting colonists as a form of taxation without consent.
B) declared that all ships in the colonial navy must have a British officer on board.
C) required colonists to evacuate their farms to occupying British soldiers.
D) resulted in the killing of several British soldiers by colonists.
E) allowed British officers to force colonists into military service for England.

Question 38

Legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 adversely affected ________ in America.

A) southern planters
B) New England merchants
C) small farmers
D) All these answers are correct.
E) urban workers

Question 39

In 1766,in response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act,the British government

A) rescinded the Stamp Act.
B) attempted to arrest the authors of the "Virginia Resolves."
C) sent additional troops to the colonies.
D) created the Currency Act.
E) closed the port of Boston.

Question 40

The "Virginia Resolves" stated that

A) Virginia must do its part to reimburse England for the cost of colonial military defense.
B) independence from England was the only solution to the tax crisis.
C) anyone who supported the right of Parliament to tax was an enemy of the colony.
D) the English government had no authority over the economic activities of Virginians.
E) Virginians should not be required to pay taxes.

Question 41

Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,

A) all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed.
B) each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area.
C) the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths.
D) large areas of England had no direct political representation.
E) only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament.

Question 42

In the 1760s,"country Whigs" were English colonists who

A) feared the political protests would damage the long-term profits of America.
B) called on King George III to more firmly assert his authority.
C) believed the political philosophy of John Locke gave too much power to the king.
D) considered the British government to be corrupt and oppressive.
E) defended the British imperial system.

Question 43

The colonial boycott of tea in 1773

A) was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax.
B) involved relatively small numbers of people.
C) was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
D) resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty.
E) had little financial effect on England.

Question 44

Prior to the 1760s,cooperation between colonies was not good.

Question 45

In 1774,the First Continental Congress

A) called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.
B) proposed that the colonies tax themselves at Parliament's demand.
C) agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade.
D) accepted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.
E) issued an order for the arrest of all colonists loyal to the king.

Question 46

Taverns were important in the growth of revolutionary sentiment because

A) they become central meeting places to discuss ideas about resistance.
B) All these answers are correct.
C) they were the only public places where one could legally speak without fear of arrest.
D) colonists increasingly resented the heavy British duties on alcohol.
E) the tavern was one of the few places where men and women gathered together to speak.

Question 47

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by

A) reducing the geographic size of the colony.
B) repealing the Tea Act.
C) threatening to launch a war against the Massachusetts militia.
D) withdrawing its military protection of Massachusetts.
E) reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.

Question 48

In the eighteenth century,the English constitution was

A) All these answers are correct.
B) unpopular in both England and America.
C) an unwritten document.
D) difficult to change.
E) based on "actual" representation of all individuals.

Question 49

The leading colonial figure involved in the Boston Massacre was

A) Patrick Henry.
B) Samuel Adams.
C) James Otis.
D) George Mason.
E) Thomas Jefferson.

Question 50

In the eighteenth century,under the English government's theory of representation,

A) the king spoke to Parliament on behalf of the American colonies.
B) each American colony was allowed one non-voting representative in Parliament.
C) the American colonies were represented by the courts.
D) the American colonies had no claim to any political representation.
E) the American colonies were represented in Parliament.

Question 51

In 1775,the Conciliatory Propositions

A) temporarily reduced tensions in the colonies.
B) were issued as an appeal by the British government to colonial moderates.
C) forced Parliament to send more troops to Boston.
D) called on Parliament to reduce taxes for the sake of colonial peace.
E) saw Parliament agree to the terms of the First Continental Congress.

Question 52

Which of the following statements regarding the Coercive Acts is true?

A) Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance.
B) The acts were basically ignored by other colonial legislatures.
C) Colonial boycotts decreased.
D) Massachusetts became politically isolated from the other colonies.
E) The acts had little practical effect on the Massachusetts colony.

Question 53

Creole refers to people of European ancestry born in the Americas.

Question 54

The Boston Massacre

A) turned Paul Revere into a martyr for the cause of colonial independence.
B) resulted in the death of several British soldiers.
C) included a trial in which British soldiers were convicted of murder.
D) led to Paul Revere's midnight ride of warning.
E) was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.

Question 55

Eighteenth-century parliamentary leaders were less inclined than seventeenth-century English monarchs to exert control over their empire.

Question 56

At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General Thomas Gage,the commander of the British garrison in Boston,

A) offered to resign his command to avoid war.
B) arrested Sam Adams and John Hancock near Lexington.
C) believed the colonists' calls for independence were justified.
D) considered his army too small to act without reinforcements.
E) was convinced that Americans would never actually dare to fight.

Question 57

The Boston Tea Party of December 1773

A) took place in response to Boston's turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor.
B) shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
C) took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
D) frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace.
E) triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.

Question 58

In their competition for the allegiance of native tribes,the English could offer more and better goods than the French.

Question 59

The Tea Act of 1773

A) All these answers are correct.
B) followed a few years of relative calm between England and the American colonies.
C) was intended to benefit a private British company.
D) lowered the price of tea for American colonists.
E) provided no new tax on tea.

Question 60

English and American supporters of the English constitution felt it correctly divided power

A) between Parliament and the monarchy.
B) between the commercial and landholding classes on both sides of the ocean.
C) among the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the common people.
D) between England and the American colonies.
E) among the monarchy, Parliament, and the courts.

Question 61

Why did the Navigation Acts not spark colonial rebellion,as did the acts passed after 1763?

Question 62

Up until the 1760s,how did the British governance of the colonies shape the general attitudes of Americans regarding their rights and responsibilities within the British Empire?

Question 63

Following the Seven Years' War,the British government faced huge problems of imperial organization but had ample funds to deal with those problems.

Question 64

The Boston Massacre was the British response to the Boston Tea Party.

Question 65

Parliament and the colonial legislatures did not always see eye to eye,but at least they shared a similar understanding about the nature of representative government.

Question 66

In general,the colonists regarded the political burden of the post-1763 imperial program to be worse than the economic burden.

Question 67

,relations among the English,French,and Iroquois in North America rapidly deteriorated.

Question 68

Massachusetts's extensive tavern system contributed to the colony's revolutionary activity.

Question 69

saw the French retain a portion of their holdings on the North American mainland.

Question 70

The Proclamation of 1763 decreed that Parliament had the right to pass laws dealing with the colonies.

Question 71

proposed that the colonists not be taxed by Parliament,but rather tax themselves at Parliament's demand.

Question 72

The British move on Lexington and Concord in April 1775 was designed to provoke a major battle and end the war before it could really begin.

Question 73

The Tea Act of 1773 actually reduced the price of tea to colonial consumers.

Question 74

The Stamp Act helped to unify the colonies.

Question 75

The First Continental Congress convened before the events at Lexington and Concord in April 1775.

Question 76

The Tea Act of 1773 angered colonial consumers,but it was supported by colonial merchants.

Question 77

The Currency Act of 1764 gave the colonial legislatures the power to print paper money.

Question 78

The Stamp Act was interpreted by the colonies as a direct attempt by Parliament to raise revenues without the consent of the colonial legislatures.

Question 79

Why was British rule in the colonies decentralized? What groups benefited from this,and how?

Question 80

The British were more tolerant of Indian culture and Indian religions than were the French.