Chapter 7 Midterm Flashcards
Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved
Compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire
When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were
Reluctant revolutionaries
In a broad sense, America was
A revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans
The American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on
The willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good
Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government
Depended on the virtue of its citizenry
The “radical Whigs” feared
The arbitrary power of the monchary
Mercantilists believed that
A country’s economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury
Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except
Become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible
The first Navigation Laws were designed to
Eliminate Dutch shippers from the American carrying trade
Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except
Prevent the colonies from developing militias
Before 1763 the Navigation Laws
Were only loosely enforced in the American colonies
A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763 when ______ assumed charge of colonial policy
George Grenville
Sugar Act
First British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies
Stamp Act
Generated the most protest in the colonies
Declaratory Act
Asserted Parliament’s absolute power over the colonies
The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the
Sugar Act
Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act
Convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty
Unlike the _____ Act, the ____ Act and the _____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports
Townshend, Stamp, Sugar
Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act, (B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, (D) repeal of the Stamp Act
A, C, D, B
Actions taken by the colonists that helped them unite include
All of the above
“Virtual” representation meant that
Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects
Colonial protest against the Stamp Act took the form of
All of the above
The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because
It was light and indirect
Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, (D) Intolerable Acts
B, A, C, D
Samuel Adams
A phamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas and information on resisting British policy
John Adams
A Massachusetts politician who opposed the moderates’ solution to the crisis at the First Continental Congress
Crispus Attucks
A casualty of the Boston Massacre
Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, (D) Boston Tea Party
D, C, B, A
When parliament passed the Tea Act, colonists
Suspected that it was a trick to get them to violate their principle of “no taxation without representation”
The First Continental Congress was called in order to
Consider ways of redressing colonial grievances
Th First Continental Congress
Called for a complete boycott of British goods
As the War of Independence began, Britain had the advantage of
All of the above
All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except
The long supply lines
Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they
Feared that If George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical
The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except
The use of numerous European officers
African Americans during the Revolutionary War
Fought for both the Americans and the British
Regarding American independence
Only a select minority supported independence with selfless devotion
