American Revolution Practice Test

The British taxed the American colonies to raise money needed to

• pay for new settlements west of the Appalachians.

• pay the cost of the French and Indian War

• keep the British East India Company in business.

• increase its authority over the colonies.

In response to the Boston Tea Party, England passed the Intolerable Acts. The Intolerable Acts did all the following EXCEPT

• reduce the amount of self-government in Massachusetts

• force Massachusetts to give half of its land to Rhode Island.

• close the port of Boston.

• allow quartering of British troops anywhere in Massachusetts

Colonists who opposed separation from Great Britain were called

• Patriots

• Hessians.

• Loyalists.

• Green Mountain Boys.

In a last effort for peace with Britain, delegates to the Second Continental Congress sent what to the king?

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

• Plea for Peace

• Treaty of London

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to reduce the likelihood of further wars in North America. Which of the following scenarios best represents the effects of the Proclamation?

• A merchant named Bob Whitecotton who smuggled goods is arrested.

• A group of farmers decide to move west of the Appalachian Mountains, but Redcoats stop them.

• A colonist wishes to buy silk but he refuses to pay the taxes on this things.

• A woman is arrested because she refuses to provide shelter for British troops

The Sugar Act differed from earlier regulations such as the Navigation Acts in which of the following ways?

• The Sugar Act was proposed, enacted and policed by the colonists themselves.

• It forced the colonists to trade in sugar only with England

• It taxed for the purpose of collecting revenue (money) from the colonist

• It taxed sugar far more than any other product had ever been taxed

The Stamp Act of 1765 caused widespread protests in the colonies mainly because:

• Colonists believed the tax was higher than similar taxes in England

• The tax stamps carried a picture of the crown of the king

• The tax was passed by Parliament instead of by the colonial assemblies

• It was difficult to get the necessary stamps in the colonies

The Stamp Act crisis was important in the coming of the American Revolution for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• The colonists demonstrated their willingness to use violence rather than legal means to frustrate British policy.

• The crisis coincided with a British decision to garrison regular troops in American cities

• American patriots realized that British inflexibility made revolution virtually inevitable

• The British maintained that the colonies had no right to independence from parliamentary authority

The North American colonies took advantage of Great Britain's policy of salutary neglect to

• work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries (smuggle)

• introduce the practice of slavery into the New World

• make favorable territorial settlements with the French

• establish religious freedom as a fundamental right

The Intolerable acts were passed to punish the colonists in Boston after they protested what law?

• sugar act

• stamp act

• quartering act

• tea act (Boston Tea Party)