Chapter 7 Midterm

Question 1

Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved

Answer 1

Compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire

Question 2

When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were

Answer 2

Reluctant revolutionaries

Question 3

In a broad sense, America was

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A revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans

Question 4

The American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on

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The willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good

Question 5

Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government

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Depended on the virtue of its citizenry

Question 6

The “radical Whigs” feared

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The arbitrary power of the monchary

Question 7

Mercantilists believed that

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A country’s economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury

Question 8

Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except

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Become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible

Question 9

The first Navigation Laws were designed to

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Eliminate Dutch shippers from the American carrying trade

Question 10

Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except

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Prevent the colonies from developing militias

Question 11

Before 1763 the Navigation Laws

Answer 11

Were only loosely enforced in the American colonies

Question 12

A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763 when ______ assumed charge of colonial policy

Answer 12

George Grenville

Question 13

Sugar Act

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First British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies

Question 14

Stamp Act

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Generated the most protest in the colonies

Question 15

Declaratory Act

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Asserted Parliament’s absolute power over the colonies

Question 16

The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the

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Sugar Act

Question 17

Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act

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Convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty

Question 18

Unlike the _____ Act, the ____ Act and the _____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports

Answer 18

Townshend, Stamp, Sugar

Question 19

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act, (B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, (D) repeal of the Stamp Act

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A, C, D, B

Question 20

Actions taken by the colonists that helped them unite include

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All of the above

Question 21

“Virtual” representation meant that

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Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects

Question 22

Colonial protest against the Stamp Act took the form of

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All of the above

Question 23

The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because

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It was light and indirect

Question 24

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, (D) Intolerable Acts

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B, A, C, D

Question 25

Samuel Adams

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A phamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas and information on resisting British policy

Question 26

John Adams

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A Massachusetts politician who opposed the moderates’ solution to the crisis at the First Continental Congress

Question 27

Crispus Attucks

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A casualty of the Boston Massacre

Question 28

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

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D, C, B, A

Question 29

When parliament passed the Tea Act, colonists

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Suspected that it was a trick to get them to violate their principle of “no taxation without representation”

Question 30

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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Consider ways of redressing colonial grievances

Question 31

Th First Continental Congress

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Called for a complete boycott of British goods

Question 32

As the War of Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

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All of the above

Question 33

All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except

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The long supply lines

Question 34

Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they

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Feared that If George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical

Question 35

The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except

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The use of numerous European officers

Question 36

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

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Fought for both the Americans and the British

Question 37

Regarding American independence

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Only a select minority supported independence with selfless devotion