Road to the Revolutionary War

"A colonist cannot make a button, a horseshoe, nor a hobnail, but some snooty ironmonger or respectable buttonmaker of Britain shall bawl and squall that his honor's worship is most egregiously maltreated, injured, cheated and robbed by the rascally American republicans." - Boston Gazette, 1765

What economic system created the tensions decried in this above quote?

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Communism

• Utilitarianism

"The Constitutional models of obtaining relief are those which I wish to see pursued on the present occasion...we have an excellent prince, in whose good disposition we may confide...Let us behave like dutiful children who have received unmerited blows from a beloved parent. Let us complain to our parent; but let our complaint speak at the same time the language of affliction and veneration." - John Dickinson

Which of the following statements best explains the above quote?

• John Dickinson is saying that even though the laws passed by Parliament are unjust, Americans must protest out of love and affection for the King.

• John Dickinson is saying that the laws of Great Britain are unjust and both the King and Parliament are alienating the American subjects.

• John Dickinson is saying that it would be foolish and childlike to trust that both the King and Parliament have the best interests of the Americans at heart.

• John Dickinson is saying that it is the duty of the American colonists to accept everything from England as a dutiful child and not protest the injustices of them.

"We the Daughters of those Patriots who have and now do appear for the public interest...do with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of Foreign Tea, in hopes to frustrate a Plan that tends to deprive the whole community of...all that is valuable in Life." - Women of Boston

What was the most effective tool of protest that the American colonists engaged in?

• Violent actions like the Tarring and Feathering of tax agents and the Boston Tea Party.

• Collective political action like that of the Stamp Act Congress and Committees of Correspondence

• Economic initiatives like the Association and Home Spun Movement.

• Direct political confrontation through the dispatching of political agents like Benjamin Franklin to Parliament.

"Be it declared...That the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the Imperial crown and parliament of Great Britain...and [have authority to] bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever." - Declaratory Act of 1766

What events proceeded and directly led to the passage of the Declaratory Act?

• The Declaratory Act was passed as a result of the various protests that erupted in the American colonies over the passage and repeal of the currency Act.

• The Declaratory Act was passed as a result of the various protests that erupted in the American colonies over the passage and repeal of the Sugar Act.

• The Declaratory Act was passed as a result of the various protests that erupted in the American colonies over the passage and repeal of Townshend Acts.

• The Declaratory Act was passed as a result of the various protests that erupted in the American colonies over the passage and repeal of the Stamp Act.

In this political system virtuous citizens subordinated their private interests for the good of the whole of society.

• republicanism

• democracy

• constitutional monarchy

• communism

These politicians were mistrustful of the monarchy and believed that the liberties of the people were at risk by unchecked government.

• Tories

• Whigs

• Plebians

• Republicans

How did the economic system known as mercantilism negatively impact the American colonies?

• It stifled economic development in the colonies.

• It pulled too much gold and silver out of the colonies.

• It created a balance of trade in favor of Great Britain.

• All of the above

In these courts you were guilty and had to provide evidence of your innocence, something that people living in Britain were not subject to.

• Crown Star Courts

• Vice Admiralty Courts

• Bailey Courts

• Inquisitional Courts

What provision of the Townshend Acts infuriated the colonists?

• The provision of the Townshend Acts that took away colonists right to pay their royal governor and other royal officials.

• The provision of tea because it was a dramatically higher tariff than before.

• The provision of the Townshend Acts that outraged the colonists had to do with the housing of troops in private homes.

• The provision of the Townshend Acts that outraged the colonists had to do with the taxing of glass and paper.

These committees met to organize intercolonial protests against British taxation.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Committees of Protest

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty