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The Road to Revolution: 1754-1775 - Quiz 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thomas Paine's Common Sense was? | blamed George III for the colonies' problems and urged Americans to declare their independence. |
| A historian compared tax lists for the years 1687 and 1771. What changes do you think he found in the Boston of 1771 compared to the Boston of 1687? | a more stratified social structure. |
| Benjamin Franklin epitomized which movement in colonial America? | the Enlightenment. |
| Colonial Committees of Correspondence were created to? | publicize grievances against England. |
| The Intolerable Acts of 1774 included all of the following EXCEPT? | new taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper. |
| The ideology of revolutionary republicanism? | borrowed ideas from a variety of former Whig and Enlightenment thinkers. |
| The Stamp Act Congress was significant because it? | marked an important step toward the unity of the colonies. |
| What is typical of the role that colonial women played during the Townshend crisis? | organizing spinning bees. |
| What is the French and Indian War also refereed to? | Seven Years War |
| What did the Proclamation of 1763 state? | settlers were prohibited from crossing the Appalachians. |
| What were the Sons of Liberty (Created in 1765)? | It was a inter-colonial association was created by the elite in an attempt to channel crowd action into acceptable forms of resistance. |
| England passed the Stamp Act in 1765 to? | raise money to reduce England's national debt. |
| A accomplishment of the First Continental Congress was to? | petition the king to recognize the colonists' rights. |
| During the early 1770s, the patriots sought freedom from parliamentary authority but continued to pledge allegiance to the king. This patriot position was difficult for the British to understand because? | in the British mind the king was part of Parliament and the two could not be separated. |
| Which of the following had the least significance in providing experience and concepts that were used by the colonists in their arguments and fight for independence? | the development by the colonists of crops for export. |
| Which of the following states the principle of virtual representation, as it was argued during the 18c? | all English subjects, including those who are not allowed to vote, are represented in Parliament. |
| what did the the Declaratory Act of 1766 state? | it stated that parliament had the power to make laws binding on the colonies. |
| The Molasses Act was intended to enforce England's mercantilist policies by? | forcing the colonists to buy sugar from other British colonies rather than from foreign producers. |
| What was the writ of assistance? | allowed the British to ransack a colonial merchant's house in search of illegal goods. |
| The most important consequence of the Boston Tea Party was the? | enactment by Parliament of the Coercive Act. |
| The British response to the American claim of no taxation without representation was that? | members of Parliament represented the interests of all people in the British Empire. |
| Events in the late 1760s and early 1770s helped to bring about a new consensus in the colonies. What was the consensus? | that Parliament had no lawmaking authority over the colonies except for the right to regulate imperial commerce. |
| During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was? | boycotting British goods. |
| A general search warrant used by the British customs officials to hunt for smuggled goods. | writ of assistance |
| Colonial radicals formed these groups in each town and colony to spread the word of any new English aggression. | Committees of Correspondence |
| This pre-1763 British policy overlooked colonial violations of Britain's trade laws and allowed the colonies to govern themselves. | Salutary Neglet |
| The ability of colonial legislatures in the 18c to initiate money bills, specifying the amount to be raised and its uses. | Power of the Purse |
| This law passed in Parliament was specifically designed to regulate American trade. | Navigation Act |
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