3.2/3.3 Tensions w/ Britain-Taking Up Arms-US History

The democratic ideals that played a role in the colonists' dissatisfaction with England came from —

• religious founders

• enlightenment thinkers

• royal governors

The Quartering Act of 1765 angered colonists because it forced colonial business owners to provide room and board to British soldiers. The colonists felt this was a form of —

• popular sovereignty

• direct military action

• virtual representation

• taxation without representation

Which policy controlled colonies for all the MAJOR European trading countries in the 16th-18th centuries?

• mercantilism

• revolution

• globalism

The Intolerable Acts were —

• the acts passed by British Parliament forcing colonists to give the government a portion of their salary.

• what the colonists called the laws passed by the House of Burgesses forcing them to pay a tax on most paper products

• what the colonists called the strict laws passed by British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party

• the first acts passed by the House of Burgesses that forced the colonists to enlist in military service.

Before the Revolution, the British felt it was fair to tax the colonists to help pay the expenses they had run up fighting which of the following?

• Spanish Armada

• Indian attacks in the South

• French and Indian War

• Loyalists

The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at —

• Lexington

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Trenton

Which of the following is one reason the British government created the Proclamation Line of 1763?

• to stop the movement of plantations and slaves into the Ohio Valley

• to create an area of colonies for people held in British prisons and jails

• to prevent conflict between colonists and American Indians in the Ohio Valley

• to allow officials to plan an orderly process of making colonies in the Ohio Valley

Which factor most contributed to different patterns of economic activity among the colonies?

• differences of religion among colonial areas

• differences of culture among European settlers

• differences of physical geography and resources

• differences of the length of time a colony had existed

What was the MAIN purpose of boycotts in colonial America?

• to protest taxation without representation

• to disrupt trade with foreign nations

• to prove the effectiveness of home rule

• to decrease the power of English merchants

What style of combat enabled the American militia to defeat the British army at the Battle of Concord?

• Sneaking up on the enemy from behind and hiding behind objects while firing

• Hiring German and French mercenaries to fight alongside the American militias

• Dressing as American Indians to confuse the British soldiers

• Forcing the British soldiers to fight out in the open, face to face