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Which event helped to precipitate the American Revolution?

  • The victory in the Seven Years' War
  • The tightening bonds between colonies and the mother country (correct)
  • The need to garrison troops along the American frontier
  • The squabble about economic policies

    • What did Americans initially seek during the Revolution?

  • To claim the rights of Englishmen (correct)
  • To shoulder the financial costs of empire
  • To establish a new nation
  • To separate from the mother country

    • What is the main idea of the text?

  • Americans were reluctant revolutionaries (correct)
  • The victory in the Seven Years' War made Britain the master of North America
  • America was a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery
  • The Revolution was inevitable due to irreconcilable differences between Americans and Britons

    • Which group of people suffered the most from the colonial nonimportation agreements?

    <p>Laborers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Parliament pass immediately after repealing the Stamp Act?

    <p>The Declaratory Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the British government define as its constitutional principle?

    <p>Absolute and unqualified sovereignty over its North American colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What two ideas shaped American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century?

    <p>Republicanism and radical Whigs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Whigs fear in relation to the monarchy and his ministers?

    <p>The use of patronage and bribes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were the American colonists predisposed to be on alert against any threat to their rights?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theory justified British control over the colonies?

    <p>Mercantilism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event sparked resentment among the American colonists in 1763?

    <p>The Navigation Laws</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

    <p>To raise revenues for the British navy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were the colonists angered by the Quartering Act of 1765?

    <p>It required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What slogan did the colonists raise in opposition to the Stamp Act?

    <p>No taxation without representation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did many of the colonies issue paper money?

    <p>To replace gold and silver coins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Navigation Laws imposed by Britain?

    <p>To restrict colonial trade with other European countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the colonists resent the royal veto imposed by the British crown?

    <p>Because it nullified colonial legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were some direct benefits that the colonists received from the mercantile system?

    <p>Protection from the British navy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the Americans deny the right of Parliament to impose taxes on them?

    <p>Because they believed only their own elected colonial legislatures could legally tax them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Grenville claim about representation in Parliament?

    <p>Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects, including Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the principle that the colonists clung to with tenacious consistency?

    <p>No taxation without representation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most effective step toward intercolonial unity?

    <p>The widespread adoption of nonimportation agreements against British goods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What two ideas shaped American political thought in the mid-eighteenth century?

    <p>Republicanism and radical Whig ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theory justified British control over the colonies?

    <p>Mercantilism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the British authorities expect the American colonists to do?

    <p>Import manufactured goods exclusively from Britain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Whigs warn citizens to be on guard against?

    <p>Corruption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Navigation Law of 1650 aim to do?

    <p>Regulate the mercantilist system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Victory in which war made Britain the master of a vastly enlarged imperial domain in North America?

    <p>The Seven Years' War</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What change in British colonial policy helped to precipitate the American Revolution?

    <p>The financial costs of empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Americans initially seek during the Revolution?

    <p>The rights of Englishmen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the New World nurture in terms of ideas about society, citizen, and government?

    <p>New ideas about the nature of society, citizen, and government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Americans deny the right of Parliament to impose on them?

    <p>Taxes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which financial issue led to the prohibition of colonial legislatures from printing paper currency and passing indulgent bankruptcy laws?

    <p>Dire financial need</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the British crown's royal veto?

    <p>To nullify colonial legislation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did British policy inflict on the colonies in terms of currency?

    <p>A drain of gold and silver coins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764?

    <p>To raise tax revenue in the colonies for the crown</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did enterprising colonial merchants learn to do in regards to the Navigation Laws?

    <p>To disregard or evade troublesome restrictions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

    <p>To raise revenues to support the new military force</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the Americans oppose the Stamp Act?

    <p>They saw it as a violation of their rights as Englishmen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the circular letter from the Massachusetts House of Representatives state?

    <p>Taxation without consent would be preferable to partial representation in Parliament</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Americans chant in opposition to the Stamp Act?

    <p>&quot;No taxation without representation&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Benjamin Franklin write in 1775 about the treatment of the colonies by Britain?

    <p>The colonies were used and kept in a state of perpetual economic adolescence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people enforced the nonimportation agreements against violators?

    <p>The Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Americans insist was the only legal authority that could tax them?

    <p>The colonial legislatures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Grenville claim about representation in Parliament?

    <p>Every member of Parliament represented all British subjects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Stamp Act Congress do in response to the stamp tax?

    <p>They drew up a statement of their rights and grievances</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Americans consider the taxes imposed by the distant British Parliament to be?

    <p>A piratical assault on the sacred rights of property</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people were negatively impacted by the colonial nonimportation agreements?

    <p>Merchants, manufacturers, and shippers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Parliament pass immediately after repealing the Stamp Act?

    <p>The Declaratory Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the British government define as its constitutional principle?

    <p>Absolute and unqualified sovereignty over its North American colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the colonists want a measure of sovereignty of their own?

    <p>They wanted to have control over their own affairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the residents of New York do after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

    <p>They erected a leaden statue to King George III</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which British minister was responsible for passing the Townshend Acts in 1767?

    <p>Champagne Charley</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most important regulation of the Townshend Acts?

    <p>An import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the colonists oppose the Townshend Acts?

    <p>They disagreed with the distinction between internal and external taxes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which body was not a legislative but a consultative body?

    <p>The First Continental Congress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who warned that the Quebec Act of 1774 would introduce 'priestly tyranny' into Canada?

    <p>Alexander Hamilton</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Congress create that called for a complete boycott of British goods?

    <p>The Association</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the most significant action of the Congress?

    <p>The creation of The Association</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what was one of the major challenges faced by the American rebels during the war?

    <p>Lack of unity and organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the written constitution adopted by the disorganized colonists during the war?

    <p>Articles of Confederation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the individual states resent the attempts of Congress to exercise its powers?

    <p>They regarded themselves as sovereign</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which city was most affected by the Boston Port Act of 1774?

    <p>Boston</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was one of the men who attended the Continental Congress in 1774?

    <p>Samuel Adams</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which company was facing bankruptcy and was awarded a complete monopoly of the American tea business?

    <p>British East India Company</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the 'Intolerable Acts'?

    <p>Acts passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Quebec Act of 1774?

    <p>To grant religious freedom to the French-Canadians</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the American tea drinkers see the British move as?

    <p>A shabby attempt to trick the Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the determined Americans consider more important than price?

    <p>Principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the colonists do to protest against the tea tax?

    <p>Dumped the tea into Boston harbor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who expressed distrust of militia during the Revolutionary War?

    <p>General George Washington</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who withdrew a son from the army rather than see him fight against fellow Anglo-Saxons?

    <p>William Pitt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group of people openly cheered American victories during the Revolutionary War?

    <p>English Whig factions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who calculated that during the prolonged campaign in which the redcoats captured Bunker Hill, about 60,000 American babies were born?

    <p>Benjamin Franklin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event in 1767 led to the suspension of the legislature of New York?

    <p>The passing of the Townshend taxes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the clash between townspeople and redcoats on March 5, 1770?

    <p>Eleven citizens were killed or wounded</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who organized the local committees of correspondence in Massachusetts?

    <p>Samuel Adams</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the chief function of the local committees of correspondence?

    <p>To spread the spirit of resistance by interchanging letters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    American Revolution Prelude

    • The event that helped precipitate the American Revolution was the imposition of various acts and taxes by the British Parliament.
    • Initially, Americans sought to maintain their rights and liberties in relation to British rule during the Revolution.

    Key Legislative Actions

    • After repealing the Stamp Act, Parliament passed the Declaratory Act, affirming its right to legislate for the colonies.
    • The Sugar Act of 1764 aimed to reduce the colonial smuggling of sugar and raise revenue for Britain.
    • The Quartering Act of 1765 angered colonists as it required them to house British troops, which they saw as an infringement on their rights.

    Theories and Ideologies

    • British control over the colonies was justified by the theory of mercantilism, which aimed to enrich the mother country.
    • Mid-eighteenth-century American political thought was shaped by ideas of natural rights and the social contract.
    • The Whigs feared the growth of monarchical power and its potential to encroach on individual liberties.

    Colonial Response and Unity

    • The colonial nonimportation agreements negatively impacted merchants, particularly in trade-dependent regions.
    • The Stamp Act triggered significant backlash, leading to the rallying cry of "No taxation without representation."
    • The most effective step toward intercolonial unity was the formation of the First Continental Congress.

    Colonial Grievances and Actions

    • Colonists denied Parliament's right to impose taxes, stressing the principle of no taxation without representation.
    • The Townshend Acts sparked further opposition due to additional duties on imported goods.
    • Americans organized responses, including the Stamp Act Congress, to petition against British taxation and assert their rights.

    Economic Controls and Currency Issues

    • The Navigation Laws were intended to regulate colonial trade, favoring British economic interests.
    • Colonists were frustrated by the royal veto that limited their legislative authority and autonomy.
    • Financial issues led to prohibitions on printing paper money and passing lenient bankruptcy laws.

    War and Its Consequences

    • During the Revolutionary War, the disorganized colonies adopted a written constitution to establish governance.
    • The Boston Port Act of 1774 severely impacted trade in Boston and served as a punitive measure for the Tea Party.
    • The Quebec Act of 1774 was perceived as a threat, introducing fear of 'priestly tyranny' and further uniting colonists against British policies.

    Resistance and Community Action

    • The local committees of correspondence in Massachusetts were organized to facilitate communication and resistance against British actions.
    • Actions such as the Boston Tea Party exemplified the determination of colonists who valued principle over price and protested against the tea tax.

    Social Dynamics and Sentiments

    • Certain individuals expressed distrust in militia forces during the war, reflecting broader societal divisions.
    • Personal decisions, such as withdrawing a son from service, showed the complex loyalties faced by colonists.

    Long-Term Effects

    • The Intolerable Acts galvanized widespread dissent and resistance, leading to the formation of collective action groups among the colonies.
    • The clash between townspeople and soldiers on March 5, 1770, known as the Boston Massacre, heightened tensions and stirred revolutionary sentiment.

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    The Stamp Tax Uproar: Test your knowledge of the British mercantilist system and its impact on the American colonies in this quiz. Explore the events surrounding the Stamp Tax and its role in the American Revolution. Challenge your understanding of British debt and the consequences of their policies.

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