Ch 5 Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests

Which of the following was a cause of the British National Debt in 1763?

• drought in Britain

• the French and Indian War

• the continued British military presence in the American colonies

• Both B and C

What was the main purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764?

• it raised taxes on sugar

• it raised taxes on molasses

• It strengthened enforcement of molasses smuggling laws

• it required colonists to purchase only sugar distilled in Great Britain

Which of the following was not a goal of the Stamp Act?

• to gain control over the colonists

• to raise revenue for British troops stationed in teh colonies

• to raise revenue to pay off British debt from the French and Indian War

• to declare null and void any laws the colonies had passed to govern and tax themselves

For which of the following activities were the Sons of Liberty responsible?

• the Stamp Act Congress

• the hanging and beheading of a stamp connissioner in effigy

• the massacre of Conestoga in Pennsylvania

• the introduction of the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions

Which of the following was not one of the goals of the Townshend Acts?

• higher taxes

• greater colonial unity

• greater British control over the colonies

• reduced power of the colonial governments

Which event was the most responsible for the colonies' endorsement of Samuel Adams's Massachusetts Circular?

• the Tiwnshend Duties

• the Indemnity Act

• the Boston massacre

• Lord Hillsborough's threat to dissolve colonial assemblies that endorsed the letter

Which of the following is true of the Gaspee affair?

• Colonists believed that the British response represented an overreach of power

• It was the first time colonists attacked the revenue ship

• It was the occasion of the first official death in the war for independence

• The ship's owner, John Hancock, was a respectable Boston merchant

What was the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773?

• to punish the colonists for their boycotting of British tea

• to raise revenue to offset the British national debt

• to help revive the struggling East India Company

• to pay the salaries of royal appointees

Which of the following was decided at the First Continental Congress?

• to declare war on Great Britain

• to boycott all British goods and prepare for possible miltary action

• to offer a conciliatory treaty to Great Britain

• to pay for the tea that was dumped in Boston harbor

Which colony provided the basis for the Declaration and Resolves?

• Masachusetts

• Philadelphia

• Rhode Island

• New York