Reading (watching) Quiz 10: Revolutions

What is true about the Stamp Act of 1765?

• The British parliament believed the increasingly wealthy American colonists should help repay the heavy debts incurred during the Seven Years' War.

• It imposed a tax on all printed material in colonial America.

• The colonists objected because it was a high tax.

• The American colonists objected because they were not represented in the British parliament.

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 led to the repeal of the Stamp Act. (a)  

• True
• False

Answer explanation

False: it was repealed in 1766

The reaction of the American colonists against the Stamp Act and the later Townsend Act led to a weaker sense of colonial unity. (a)  

• True
• False

How many people died during the Boston Massacre of 1770?

(a)  

How did the American colonists respond to the British after 1766, when measures such as the Townshend Act of 1767 were introduced?

• They introduced a voluntary boycott of imported, British-made consumer goods.

• They formed Committees of Correspondence to enforce boycotts of British-made consumer goods.

• They used coercion to enforce boycotts of British-made consumer goods.

• The Maryland Committee of Correspondence coordinated the armed response in 1775.

• The Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of Independence.

What is true about the situation in the American colonies when the American Revolutionary War started in 1775?

• Most of the colonists already governed their own affairs.

• Most of the colonists had not yet developed a new sense of "national identity", different from being British.

• The Committees of Correspondence already conducted a form of foreign policy.

• The colonists were free to express their support for the British regime.

What percentage of colonists remained loyal to Britain?

(a)  

In order to win support from the colonists, Britain promised to conserve slavery.

• True

• False

What is true about the American Revolution?

• It was one of the first times in the Modern Era when a country was something other than a monarchy.

• It secured the right of the government to tax its population.

• It extended voting rights to around 50% of the population.

• The slaves of African descent, around 30% of the population, remained enslaved.

What is true about the Englightenment?

• It was a scientific revolution.

• Its ideas influenced the American Revolution.

• It was based on humanity's ability to reason.

• It was influenced by the Renaissance.

• It represented a weakening of the church's influence.