APUSH Chapter 7-8 RQ

Which of the following circumstances did NOT influence America’s attitudes about rights and the nature of government by the 1750s?

• (A) The aristocracy that was common in England never took hold in the colonies.
• (B) Property ownership and political participation was more easily accessible in the colonies.
• (C) Colonists had become accustomed to running things for themselves, with little interference from the crown.
• (D) Colonies universally embraced religious toleration.
• (E) The vast ocean expanse that distanced England from the colonies also weakened its ability to exert its authority.

To raise money to cover debts incurred in the Seven Years’ War and to reassert authority over its North American colonies, Britain passed and enforced all of the following measures EXCEPT the

• (A) Navigation Acts.
• (B) Sugar Act.
• (C) Intolerable Acts.
• (D) Quartering Act.
• (E) Stamp Act.

The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following except

• Turn an extensive amount of territory over to Catholic control
• Affect many colonies, not just Massachusetts
• Deny the French the right to retain many of their old customs
• Alarm land speculators, who saw a huge area snatched from their grasp
• It set a dangerous precedent against jury trials

The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the _______ Act.

• Quartering
• Quebec
• Courts
• Sugar
• Boston Port

Britain’s relationship with its colonies was based on mercantilism, the theory that

• (A) wealth is power, and colonies could be used to enrich the mother country.
• (B) colonies should develop independent trade so as not to financially burden the mother country.
• (C) commerce should be allowed to develop, uninhibited by government interference.
• (D) England had the right to tax and regulate the colonies as it saw fit.
• (E) the colonies should become economically self-sufficient within twenty-five years of settlement.

The republican and Whig ideologies that English colonists embraced by the mid-eighteenth century included all of the following tenets EXCEPT that

• (A) power should be centralized within the monarchy.
• (B) citizens should put the public good ahead of their self-interest.
• (C) a functioning society is based on the virtue of its citizenry.
• (D) self-sufficiency, courage, and civic involvement are crucial for republican societies.
• (E) hierarchical governments breed corruption.

When the 2nd Continental Congress met in 1775,

• Its members felt a strong desire for independence
• It cut off communications with the British government
• It continued to stall on the creation of an army & navy
• There was no well-defined sentiment for independence.
• The conservative element was weakened

George Washington’s selection to lead the colonial army was

• A poor choice
• Largely political
• Based solely on military experience
• Opposed by New Englanders
• Done with no misgivings

Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was

• A majority movement
• A minority movement
• Started by forces outside the country
• One in which little attention was given to those civilians who remained neutral
• One which produced a minimum of violence

Loyalists were least numerous in?

• New England
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• South Carolina