AMSCO Chapter 4 Test

The protests by the Paxton Boys occurred during a period when many colonists were objecting to British policies that were a result of the

• Albany Plan of Union

• Great Awakening

• Seven Years' war

• Enlightenment

The concern expressed in this excerpt helps explain why the British passed the

• Peace of Paris

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Port Act

Which of the following leaders from an earlier period represented a group in a similar situation as cited in this excerpt?

• Edmond Andros

• Nathaniel Bacon

• John Smith

• Roger Williams

The resolution of the Stamp Act Congress expressed respect for which person or group?

• Colonial merchants

• The king

• Leaders in Parliment

• Residents of England

For the first time, the Stamp Act placed on the colonies a tax that was

• indirect

• direct

• to regulate trade

• to support a church

Which of the following was a direct British response to the colonial views expressed by the Stamp Act Congress?

• Quartering Act for British soldiers

• Sugar Act taxing luxuries

• Coercive Act closing the port of Boston

• Declaratory Act stating the right to tax

Which of the following actions by the colonists is most similar to the one recommended in the excerpt above?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The formation of Committees of Correspondence

• The distribution of the Massachusetts Circular Letter

Which of the following is the underlying goal of the colonists in the excerpt?

• Win political representation

• Declare independence

• Promote free trade

• Reduce the overall level of taxes

The most honored professional in colonial America was the

• lawyer

• college professor

• doctor

• clergyman

The primary source of livelihood for most colonial Americans was

• manufacturing

• agriculture

• lumbering

• commerce and trade