American Revolution Test

The unofficial policy of Salutary Neglect allowed

• 10,000 additional British troops to relocate to the colonies
• Tea to be sold cheaper than before without penalty to the colonists
• Colonies to run their own governments and affairs without much interference
• The colonial governors to regain greater control over the colonies

What is a boycott?

• Promotion of buying and selling goods with another country
• Refusal to buy and sell goods from another country
• Resfusal to buy tea
• Promotion of the buying and selling of British tea

Why did the French and Indian War end the policy of Salutary Neglect?

• British debt meant they could no longer let the colonies run themselves without paying extra taxes
• French victory led to the end of British rule in America.
• The policy was replaced with another more lenient policy for fear of revolution.
• Britain realized the policy was too harsh and found other ways to make up the debt they had.

The ___ act(s) were meant as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.

• Tea
• Unbearable
• Townshend
• Intolerable

When the Stamp Act was repealed, the British replaced it with the Declaratory Act which said

• Parliament had the full power and authority to make laws in all cases
• Parliament didn't have the right to make laws in the colonies
• Parliament apologized for the bad treatment of the colonists
• Parliament declared the immediate independence of the colonies

Who did the British believe were responsible for paying the debts of the French & Indian War

• The French
• The Colonists
• The Indians
• Themselves

The Stamp Act, one of the many new taxes imposed on the colonists, was a tax on

• British imported tea
• Postal stamps and mail
• Paper products
• British imported goods

This popular catchphrase was a dennouncement of British refusal to grant the colonists representation in Parliament

• No government without representation!
• No King without us!
• No new taxes!
• No taxation without representation!

What does this old political cartoon mean?

• That the colonists must join together themselves, their people, and their resources to fight for the Patriot cause or else they will not get their freedom or independence.
• That the colonists must join together themselves, their people, and their resources to fight for the Loyalist cause or else they will not get their freedom or independence.
• That the colonies must join together into one American state or a massive genocide will occur in each of the listed colonies.
• That the colonies must join together into one American state to fight Britain or else many Americans will die.

What was a reason that the Brtitish were defeated in the Battle of Sullivan's Island?

• William Moultrie used guerilla warfare tactics to suprise the British Navy and sink three ships around the island.
• The Patriot airforce led a successful bombing raid on the British ship in a Pearl Harbor style attack.
• The spongy Palmetto log fort repelled the British cannon balls and made their attack unsuccesful.
• The British had an inferior Navy to the Patriots and could not withstand the Patriot attack from Fort Moultrie.