APUSH Ch. 7 Quiz

When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were

• eager revolutionaries.
• little concerned about economics.
• clearly opposed to tightening commercial bonds to the British.
• reluctant revolutionaries.

In a broad sense, America was

• a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans.
• a place that nurtured a love for Britain.
• a place where no new ideas took shape.
• essentially a conservative society.

Republicans looked to the models of the _____ for examples of a just society.

• Egyptians
• Greeks and Romans
• Middle Ages
• Renaissance

Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government

• rested with the legislature.
• depended on a strong hierarchical culture.
• rested with a strong monarchy.
• depended on the virtue of its citizenry.

Identify the statement that is false.

• Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies.
• Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible.
• The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs.
• Distance weakens authority, great distance weakens authority greatly.

Mercantilists believed that

• a mother country needed to import more goods than it exported.
• power came from a small colonial empire.
• colonies drained a country of its resources.
• a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury.

The first Navigation Laws were designed to

• help colonists get the best possible price for their trade goods.
• eliminate Dutch shippers from the American carrying trade.
• encourage agricultural experimentation in the colonies.
• support the mapping of the Atlantic trade routes.

Before 1763, the Navigation Laws

• hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies.
• were a great burden only to India.
• discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants.
• were loosely enforced in the American colonies.

In some ways, the Navigation Laws and mercantilist system were a burden to certain colonists because

• northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters.
• they stifled economic initiative.
• Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilist principles.
• they gave greater benefits to slaveholders.

A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763 when _____ assumed charge of colonial policy.

• Charles Townshend
• George Grenville
• Lord North
• William Pitt