78 Questions
Which event helped to precipitate the American Revolution?
The tightening bonds between colonies and the mother country
What did Americans initially seek during the Revolution?
To claim the rights of Englishmen
What is the main idea of the text?
Americans were reluctant revolutionaries
Which group of people suffered the most from the colonial nonimportation agreements?
Laborers
What did Parliament pass immediately after repealing the Stamp Act?
The Declaratory Act
What did the British government define as its constitutional principle?
Absolute and unqualified sovereignty over its North American colonies
What two ideas shaped American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century?
Republicanism and radical Whigs
What did the Whigs fear in relation to the monarchy and his ministers?
The use of patronage and bribes
Why were the American colonists predisposed to be on alert against any threat to their rights?
All of the above
What theory justified British control over the colonies?
Mercantilism
Which event sparked resentment among the American colonists in 1763?
The Navigation Laws
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
To raise revenues for the British navy
Why were the colonists angered by the Quartering Act of 1765?
It required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops
What slogan did the colonists raise in opposition to the Stamp Act?
No taxation without representation
Why did many of the colonies issue paper money?
To replace gold and silver coins
What was the purpose of the Navigation Laws imposed by Britain?
To restrict colonial trade with other European countries
Why did the colonists resent the royal veto imposed by the British crown?
Because it nullified colonial legislation
What were some direct benefits that the colonists received from the mercantile system?
Protection from the British navy
Why did the Americans deny the right of Parliament to impose taxes on them?
Because they believed only their own elected colonial legislatures could legally tax them
What did Grenville claim about representation in Parliament?
Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects, including Americans
What was the principle that the colonists clung to with tenacious consistency?
No taxation without representation
What was the most effective step toward intercolonial unity?
The widespread adoption of nonimportation agreements against British goods
What two ideas shaped American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century?
Republicanism and radical Whig ideas
What theory justified British control over the colonies?
Mercantilism
What did the British authorities expect the American colonists to do?
Import manufactured goods exclusively from Britain
What did the Whigs warn citizens to be on guard against?
Corruption
What did the Navigation Law of 1650 aim to do?
Regulate the mercantilist system
Victory in which war made Britain the master of a vastly enlarged imperial domain in North America?
The Seven Years' War
What change in British colonial policy helped to precipitate the American Revolution?
The financial costs of empire
What did Americans initially seek during the Revolution?
The rights of Englishmen
What did the New World nurture in terms of ideas about society, citizen, and government?
New ideas about the nature of society, citizen, and government
What did the Americans deny the right of Parliament to impose on them?
Taxes
Which financial issue led to the prohibition of colonial legislatures from printing paper currency and passing indulgent bankruptcy laws?
Dire financial need
What was the purpose of the British crown's royal veto?
To nullify colonial legislation
What did British policy inflict on the colonies in terms of currency?
A drain of gold and silver coins
What was the purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764?
To raise tax revenue in the colonies for the crown
What did enterprising colonial merchants learn to do in regards to the Navigation Laws?
To disregard or evade troublesome restrictions
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
To raise revenues to support the new military force
Why did the Americans oppose the Stamp Act?
They saw it as a violation of their rights as Englishmen
What did the circular letter from the Massachusetts House of Representatives state?
Taxation without consent would be preferable to partial representation in Parliament
What did the Americans chant in opposition to the Stamp Act?
"No taxation without representation"
What did Benjamin Franklin write in 1775 about the treatment of the colonies by Britain?
The colonies were used and kept in a state of perpetual economic adolescence
Which group of people enforced the nonimportation agreements against violators?
The Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty
What did the Americans insist was the only legal authority that could tax them?
The colonial legislatures
What did Grenville claim about representation in Parliament?
Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects
What did the Stamp Act Congress do in response to the stamp tax?
They drew up a statement of their rights and grievances
What did the Americans consider the taxes imposed by the distant British Parliament to be?
A piratical assault on the sacred rights of property
Which group of people were negatively impacted by the colonial nonimportation agreements?
Merchants, manufacturers, and shippers
What did Parliament pass immediately after repealing the Stamp Act?
The Declaratory Act
What did the British government define as its constitutional principle?
Absolute and unqualified sovereignty over its North American colonies
Why did the colonists want a measure of sovereignty of their own?
They wanted to have control over their own affairs
What did the residents of New York do after the repeal of the Stamp Act?
They erected a leaden statue to King George III
Which British minister was responsible for passing the Townshend Acts in 1767?
Champagne Charley
What was the most important regulation of the Townshend Acts?
An import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea
Why did the colonists oppose the Townshend Acts?
They disagreed with the distinction between internal and external taxes
Which body was not a legislative but a consultative body?
The First Continental Congress
Who warned that the Quebec Act of 1774 would introduce 'priestly tyranny' into Canada?
Alexander Hamilton
What did the Congress create that called for a complete boycott of British goods?
The Association
What was the most significant action of the Congress?
The creation of The Association
According to the text, what was one of the major challenges faced by the American rebels during the war?
Lack of unity and organization
What was the name of the written constitution adopted by the disorganized colonists during the war?
Articles of Confederation
Why did the individual states resent the attempts of Congress to exercise its powers?
They regarded themselves as sovereign
Which city was most affected by the Boston Port Act of 1774?
Boston
Who was one of the men who attended the Continental Congress in 1774?
Samuel Adams
Which company was facing bankruptcy and was awarded a complete monopoly of the American tea business?
British East India Company
What were the 'Intolerable Acts'?
Acts passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts
What was the purpose of the Quebec Act of 1774?
To grant religious freedom to the French-Canadians
What did the American tea drinkers see the British move as?
A shabby attempt to trick the Americans
What did the determined Americans consider more important than price?
Principle
What did the colonists do to protest against the tea tax?
Dumped the tea into Boston harbor
Who expressed distrust of militia during the Revolutionary War?
General George Washington
Who withdrew a son from the army rather than see him fight against fellow Anglo-Saxons?
William Pitt
Which group of people openly cheered American victories during the Revolutionary War?
English Whig factions
Who calculated that during the prolonged campaign in which the redcoats captured Bunker Hill, about 60,000 American babies were born?
Benjamin Franklin
Which event in 1767 led to the suspension of the legislature of New York?
The passing of the Townshend taxes
What was the outcome of the clash between townspeople and redcoats on March 5, 1770?
Eleven citizens were killed or wounded
Who organized the local committees of correspondence in Massachusetts?
Samuel Adams
What was the chief function of the local committees of correspondence?
To spread the spirit of resistance by interchanging letters
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