Multiple Choice Chapter 06 Self-Quiz 1

. American Major General Richard Montgomery

exposed Benedict Arnold as a traitor.

was killed leading an invasion of Quebec by the Continental Army.

refused to fight for the British during the French and Indian War.

was a loyalist.

. Which of the following was part of George Grenville's plan for the colonies?

the Declaratory Act

the Molasses Act

the Currency Act

the Quebec Act

. One of the significant outcomes of Pontiac's Rebellion was that

even friendly Indians in the Great Lakes region were required to move into New France

it proved the military superiority of the British empire over Indians and colonists

it led George III to issue the Proclamation of 1763

it upended the fur trade for the next decade

. The Sons of Liberty coalesced around resistance to the

Molasses Act.

Currency Act.

Quebec Act.

Stamp Act.

. Regulators in North Carolina took up arms against imperial officials who

protected Susquehannock Indians.

tried to enforce taxes and legal judgments against them.

attempted to collect Stamp Act taxes.

refused to forswear their allegiance to the crown.

. White women were a key part of colonial resistance against taxes on tea because

they controlled the familyâs grocery purchases.

they controlled the finances of their families.

tea was an important part of womenâs social rituals.

they were more pro-independence than men.

. John Adams and Josiah Quincy defended the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre

because they were the most famous lawyers in the city.

because they believed everyone had a right to a fair trial.

because the governor was attempting to humiliate them.

because they planned to secretly work for the soldiers' conviction.

. The Tea Act

broke the East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to the colonies.

was overturned by Parliament in March of 1773.

was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.

actually lowered the price of tea in the colonies.

. The Quebec Act

was passed at the same time as the Tea Act.

outlawed the practice of Catholicism in Canada.

expanded royal control in Canada.

returned a portion of Canada to the French.

. Parliament passed the Coercive Acts in response to

the Boston Tea Party.

the events at Lexington and Concord.

the Stamp Act uprisings in Boston.

the first meeting of the Continental Congress.

. Patriots use of the term "slavery" to describe their oppression under British policies

was roundly criticized by abolitionists.

indicated the degree to which they feared the British government.

sparked a string of major slave uprisings in Charleston.

made no sense to Parliament or the king.

. Governor Dunmore of Virginia

offered freedom to slaves who joined the British.

acted as a spy for the colonists until he was executed by General Gage.

angered colonists by enforcing the Tea Act.

authored the Coercive Acts.

.

Which of the following led to the colonists' Declaration of Independence?

An acute economic depression in 1774 and 1775 that bankrupted colonial businesses.

British encouragement of Indian raids on western settlements in the spring of 1775.

General Gage's capture of a powder cache in September 1774.

The king's refusal to mediate between the colonists and Parliament.

. The Declaration of Independence

established a provisional government for the colonies.

provided a list of grievances.

offered a mechanism for ending hostilities should peace be desired by the colonists.

included protections for Americans' freedom of speech.

. Which of the following battles preceded the Declaration of Independence?

Lexington and Concord

Cowpens

Quebec

Guilford Courthouse

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