Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by John Dickinson in "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"?
Parliament may not use its power to regulate colonial trade for the purpose of raising revenue
Parliament's intent in passing the Coercive Acts was to
Punish Boston and the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
In light of the major problem confronting the British government in 1763, what decision did Prime Minister George Greenville make concerning Britain's North American colonies?
He decided that the colonies should assume a greater share of the cost of running the empire
Which of the following is true of the Boston Massacre?
A Boston mob goaded British soldiers into firing into a crowd
Which of the following British actions angered Native Americans in the Ohio Country and eventually led to Pontiac's uprising?
The British raised the price of goods traded to Indian tribes in the Ohio Country
Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in "Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies"?
Although the colonies are dependent on Great Britain, they are not Great Britain's slaves
As a result of the passage of the Tea Act,
The British East India Company was given a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies
Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act?
It subjected violators to a trial without a jury
The nonimportation movement that was called to protest the Townshend duties was
Effective in reducing colonial imports from England
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
Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 to
prevent clashes between colonists and Indians.
Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence?
They provided a communication network designed to involve more colonists in the resistance movement by widening the movement's geographic scope
The primary reason for Parliament's passage of the Stamp Act was to
Raise revenue to help ease the debt burden of the British government
Which of the following is an accurate description of the Sons of Liberty, created in 1765?
This intercolonial association was created by the elite in an attempt to channel crowd action into acceptable forms of resistance
The decision to send British troops to Boston was largely due to
The riot that followed the seizure of the "Liberty" by customs officials
Which of the following is true of the patriots' perception of the Coercive and Quebec Acts?
Patriots linked the two and viewed both as a deliberate plot by the British to destroy their rights
Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts?
These acts placed a financial burden on many colonists who were already suffering from the effects of a depressed colonial economy
Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Acts and the proposed Stamp Act?
Even though the colonists believe an act of Parliament to be unconstitutional, they must obey that act until it is repealed
Which of the following was the most pressing problem facing Great Britain at the end of the Seven Years War?
The government's war debt
As a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763,
France ceded its major North American possessions to Great Britain.