REAL QUESTIONS Flashcards
According to textbook, how did women participare in protesting the Townshend Acts
Spinning homespun clothing to aid the trade boycott
According to textbook, How did colonist respond to the repeal of the Stamp Act
Praising Parliment and King George III
According to textbook, the coercive or intolerable acts includecd 4 specific laws. First was the boston port act. The other 3 are all of the following except.
Glass Act
According to textbook, the “Declaration of Rights and Grievences” produced by the Continintal Congress included which of the following assortions
All of the above
The tension leading to the boston massacare were caused by
The presence of several thousand British soilders in Boston
A major difficulty that confronted the First Continental Congress was
The fact that the delegates from different regions were unfamiliar with one another (a reflection of strong spirit of localism)
The first continintal congress took all of the following actions EXCEPT
calling for a complete separation from Great Britian
Most signifigant consequence of the Seven Years War was
It left Britian with enormous debt
Which one of the following was NOT a major problem facing the British at the end of the French and Indian War
French territorial holdings in North America
Why did colonist oppose the Tea Act
It appeared to be a trick to get colonist to accept parliaments authority to Tax Colonist
Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act
They did not think Parliment had the constitutional authority to impose revenue taxes on them
What compelled parliament to repeal the townshed Duties
A colonial trade boycott
What was the primart pourpose of the Proclomation of 1764
To help england avoid having to pay for costly indian wars in the colonies
The pamphlet _____ presented justification to Americans for their break with great Britain
Common Sense
Boston Massacare
Raised the possibility of colonial armed resistance
Delagates to the stamp act congress essisantialy agreed witu the Verginia Resolutions that
Parlamentry taxation violated colonist’ rights and libertys
what of the following prohibited colonial settlement est of the appalation mountains
Proclamation of 1763
In the treaty of 1763 of Paris that ended the french and indian war, Britian acquired all the following accept
New Orleands
All of these factors existed in Colonial America except
A living and active corprate will to be a nation
Why were colonist alarmed by the Qubec Act
All of the Above
Within Parliment, the repeal of the stamp act came largley as a consequence of mounting concern over the colonists’
Economic boycott of english trade
From the perspective of 1770, colonist believed that the troublesome events they had experiecnced in the 1760’s were the consequenes of
a deliberate plot by corrupt leaders of parliment to rob the colonist of their rights
According ti your textbook, why did King George III issue the Royal Proclimation of 1763 and limit settlement west of appalation Mountians
To limit wars with Native Americans
According ti your textbook, what was the pourpose of the Tea Act
Help the East India Company
According ti your textbook, what was the most important differance between the Stamp and sugar act
Stamp act was direct tax while sugar act modified pre-existing duty
According ti your textbook, why was the boston massacare signifigant
Tied colonist together through shared sympathy for Boston
Ristance to townshed duties resulted in the dispatch of British troops to Boston in 1768, their presence provoked the
Boston Massacare
When colonist protested stamp act with the cry “no taxation without representation,” George Greville argued that
each member of parlament, regardless of his residence, represented all colonist in the empire
