Unit 4 Test

Which of the following is a key principle of a democracy?

• Rule by a single, powerful leader.

• Power concentrated in the hands of a small elite group.

• Citizens actively participate in the decision-making process through elections. THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER!!!!

• Decisions made based solely on the will of the majority, without regard for minority opinions.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut represent an early step in the colonial advance toward

• abolition of slavery

• an American monarchy

• freedom of speech and of the press

• representative government/

  democracy

Which colonial development was most similar to the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

• Maryland Toleration Act

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

What was "salutary neglect"?

• A hands-off approach in which the British government allowed the colonies considerable freedom in governing themselves.

• A policy of strict enforcement of British laws and regulations in the colonies.

• A strategy to increase colonial trade through heavy taxation and tariffs.

• A series of military interventions aimed at suppressing colonial uprisings.

What was the goal of the Proclamation of 1763?

• Put an end to the French and Indian War

• Promote the fur trade

• Expand the thirteen colonies

• Prevent conflict between the colonists and the Native American Indians

What was a direct result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolutionary War?

• The British lost most of their colonies in the Americas.

• Parliament decided to end salutary neglect by making the American colonists help pay war debts.

• Native American Indians were given lands east of the Appalachians.

• French colonies expanded east of the Appalachians.

The slogan "no taxation without representation" was first used by Americans to protest Britain's

• policy of salutary neglect

• passage of the Proclamation of 1763

• passage of the Intolerable Acts

• passage of the Stamp Act

The colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because

• they could not afford to pay taxes.

• they were not represented in the British Parliament.

• they did not agree with British policies.

• they simply did not want to pay taxes to Britain.

Which of the following is the correct order of passage of legislation affecting the colonies?

• Boston Tea Party, Stamp Act, Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts, Sugar Act, Stamp Act

• Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts

The Stamp Act placed a tax on

• sugar/molasses.

• newspapers and government documents.

• goods from other countries.

• stamps