Chapter 6 Quiz

. At the end of King George's War, France's position in North America was

unchanged since the war ended in a stalemate.

greatly stronger since the French now controlled Louisbourg.

in decline since they were in not as good a position to trade with their Native American allies.

defeated since they lost control of the St. Lawrence River.

. What was the geographic focal point for the outbreak of the French and Indian War?

The Ohio River Valley

The St. Lawrence Valley

Frontier regions of South Carolina and Georgia

Coastal New England

. Colonial cooperation with the British government during the French and Indian War could best be described by which of the following?

All parties were entirely cooperative.

The colonies were willing to lend monetary support but not troops.

The colonies were reluctant to send troops or money.

The colonies were willing to send troops but not money.

. Among concessions France made to Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris 1763 was the cession of

all French claims to Canada.

all French claims to land in the Ohio River Valley.

New Orleans and all claims west of the Mississippi River to Spain.

All of the above

. Together, the Currency Act and Sugar Act of 1764 were intended to

make the colonies at least partially responsible for the expense of administering the colonies.

raise enough money to offset British debt.

eliminate foreign competition from colonial shores.

be the first direct taxes on the colonies.

. Of the following pieces of British legislation, which one caused the most public outrage?

Sugar Act

Currency Act

Stamp Act

Quartering Act

. Which of the following professions was affected most by the Stamp Act?

Merchants

Farmers

Fishermen

Lawyers

. Constitutionalism is comprised of which of the following?

The rule of law

The principle of consent

The principle that one cannot be subjected to laws or taxation except by elected representatives

All of the above

. Colonial protests to the Stamp Act included all of the following except

mob action in Boston.

the execution of Massachusetts Governor Hutchinson.

Stamp Act Congress in New York.

nonimportation agreements against British exports to the colonies.

. The Townshend Duties were meant as an

external, not an internal, tax.

internal, not an external, tax.

way to let the colonies tax themselves.

way to coerce colonies into compliance.

. Republicanism is a set of doctrines or beliefs that hold that

people tend to be naturally morally weak and exceptional effort was required to protect liberty and virtue.

power tends to expand itself at the expense of the people.

power is always dangerous.

All of the above

. According to republican thought, the greatest threat to virtue was

tyranny.

luxury.

laziness.

constitutionalism.

. Tea was dumped in Boston in protest against

increased taxes on tea.

the lingering Townshend Duty on tea.

cheap Dutch tea that was being imported.

cheap English tea that would be sold directly to consumers.

. During the First Continental Congress of 1774, the delegates agreed to

a wartime strategy against England.

try to reconcile their differences with the King.

put economic pressure on England with a series of boycotts.

dump any tea that appeared on America's shores.

. How did Susannah Johnson "experience the empire"?

She participated in the Boston Tea Party.

She was taken captive during the French and Indian War.

She was ostracized as a loyalist.

She raised money for the Continental Army.

. Why did notions of "civilized" war break down in America?

Troops often relied on plunder and Native Americans adapted their traditional practices of war.

Colonists were unexperienced in traditional military tactics.

The American geography demanded different military styles.

British forces viewed colonists as uncivilized.

. What did the Proclamation of 1763 decree?

The colonies should share in the wealth accrued during the French and Indian War.

The colonies were in formal rebellion.

The colonies could not issue their own currency.

The American frontier was closed to colonization.

. How did governments begin financing their operations during the seventeenth century?

Privateering on the open seas

Holding prisoners of war for ransom

Borrowing money from citizens by selling them bonds

Increasing the amount of currency in circulation by huge amounts

. The Stamp Act protests directly caused which event?

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Massacre

The Intolerable Acts

None of the above

. Which statement best describes the state of relations between the colonies and Britain at the end of 1774?

Very poor; revolution was a foregone conclusion

Improving since Britain abolished its new taxes on the colonies

Damaged but not yet irrevocably broken

Totally broken; the American Revolution had begun

. How did the British government try to make an example of John Hancock?

Local authorities imprisoned him for violating the Sugar Act.

Customs commissioners seized his ship and threatened to fine him.

He was executed in Boston, which sparked the Boston Massacre.

They sent him in chains to Britain where he had to stand trial for violating import regulations.

. What was the concept of "virtual" representation in Parliament?

Local authorities consulted colonial representatives for their input.

The colonies could send input about laws via the mail.

The colonies were in effect represented by each member of Parliament, who was supposed to act on behalf of the empire.

The colonies were allotted one Parliament member to represent them in entirety.

. The Virginia Resolves was made up of four resolutions protesting the

Quartering Act.

Sugar Act.

Stamp Act.

Declaratory Act.

.

Before the war, the British territory included the Thirteen Colonies in the eastern United States. The region west of the Thirteen Colonies and southern Canada were disputed by Great Britain and France. Florida and regions south of Texas belonged to Spain, while the remaining region belonged to France.

After the war, the eastern and the east central United States, and southern Canada belonged to Britain.

Map 6-3: The North American Colonies Before and After the French and Indian War. Which of the following developments resulted from the change depicted in the map?

Greater opportunities for Native American tribes after the Seven Years' War

Increasing tensions between English colonists and Native Americans

Future warfare between England and Spain in North America

None of the above

. France and England were at war with one another more than half of the time between 1689 and 1763.

True

False

. The War of Jenkins's Ear and King George's War involved European nations struggling to take a portion of their opponents' empire.

True

False

. George Washington led a group of Virginians to the Ohio River Valley in 1754 to lay claim to the region for England.

True

False

. Unlike British soldiers, colonial forces were civilians who believed their service was strictly defined and that if the terms of their service were changed, they were free to go home.

True

False

. Following the French and Indian War, Spanish Florida was transferred to the French.

True

False

. Male European captives of Native American raids were more likely to choose to remain in captivity than female captives.

True

False

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