Test Bank Chapter 4 From Colonies To States, 1607–1776

Chapter 4: From Colonies to States, 1607–1776

CORE OBJECTIVES

1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

TRUE/FALSE

1. The French were never as successful as the English in settling North America because they did not invest the same numbers of people and resources.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: Troubled Neighbors

2. Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the power of the colonial assemblies generally declined.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: The British System

3. Britain’s adoption of mercantilist policies set it apart from other European powers of the seventeenth century.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: Mercantilism

4. In the Dominion of New England, taxes were levied without the consent of the assembly.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: Resentment in the British Colonies

5. The Glorious Revolution was bloodier (in terms of battle deaths) than the English Civil War.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: The Glorious Revolution

6. John Locke’s writings justified revolution in some cases.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

TOP: The Glorious Revolution

7. King William’s War was the first of a series of four wars fought between England and France in the eighteenth century.

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

TOP: Warfare in the Colonies

8. Although the Seven Years’ War has often been called a world war, there was very little international conflict.

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

TOP: A World War

9. Britain’s victory over France in the French and Indian War effectively left France with no territory on the North American continent.

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

TOP: The Treaty of Paris (1763)

10. George Grenville continued the policy of “salutary neglect” toward the American colonies.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

TOP: Grenville’s Colonial Policy

11. The Quartering Act required the colonies to provide provisions and barracks for British soldiers.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

TOP: The Quartering Act (1765)

12. The Stamp Act placed the first tax on the new colonial postal system.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

TOP: The Stamp Act (1765)

13. When colonists complained that they were being taxed without direct representation in Parliament, British leaders replied that the colonists had “virtual representation.”

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

TOP: The Whig Point of View

14. The Gaspée incident involved the burning of a church in Boston by British soldiers.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

TOP: The Gaspée Incident (1772)

15. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, which was then further edited by others.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

TOP: Jefferson’s Declaration

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following is a reason that the Spanish colonies in North America failed?

a. There were too many Indian uprisings.

b. They were too focused on manufacturing within the colonies.

c. An outbreak of small pox wiped out most of their settlements.

d. They were too focused on building forts and missions.

e. They were not focused enough on converting the Native Americans to Catholicism.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections

TOP: Introduction

MSC: Understanding

2. Who is known as the Father of New France?

a. Samuel de Champlain

b. Maurice Chevalier

c. René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle

d. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville

e. Francois Marcon

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: New France

MSC: Remembering

3. In what way did the French colonies in the New World differ from those in England?

a. The French established permanent colonies in the interior of the continent.

b. The French established farms instead of trading posts.

c. The English colonists were more likely to establish friendly relations with the natives.

d. The English colonists were predominantly male.

e. The French were more likely to establish trading posts among the Indians.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections

TOP: New France

MSC: Understanding

4. One major way that the English differed from the French, Spanish, and Dutch in their settling of the New World was that

a. England forced the natives to conform to Christianity.

b. English colonists enjoyed more rights and powers, such as elected legislative assemblies.

c. the English enslaved the natives and forced them to work on their plantations.

d. the English imported slaves while France and Spain imported indentured servants to work their fields.

e. France and Spain established their cities on existing Native American civilizations to force the natives to work for them.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections

TOP: The British System

MSC: Understanding

5. A major difference between the governments of the British colonies and those of other European nations was that

a. in other European colonies, people of mixed blood could serve.

b. the citizens of the English colonies elected their representatives.

c. other European authorities were elected by the citizens of the mother country.

d. English representative bodies were chosen by members of Parliament.

e. other European settlers were allowed to vote once they had converted to Protestantism.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections

TOP: The British System

MSC: Understanding

6. The first ruler of England to acknowledge the possibility of generating a profit from the English colonies was

a. Queen Elizabeth I.

b. King Charles II.

c. King James I.

d. Oliver Cromwell.

e. Queen Mary I.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Mercantilism

MSC: Understanding

7. The political and economic policy that guided European governments in managing their colonies in the New World was

a. mercantilism.

b. Puritanism.

c. the Divine Right of Kings.

d. capitalism.

e. socialism.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Mercantilism

MSC: Understanding

8. In the mid-1600s a series of __________ was passed in order to make the English colonies more profitable.

a. Sugar Acts

b. Navigation Acts

c. Townshend Duties

d. Coercive Acts

e. Dominion Acts

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Navigation Acts

MSC: Remembering

9. In an effort to wield control over what he considered an unruly group of English colonies, King James II asserted his authority by

a. declaring himself Emperor.

b. establishing the Dominion of New England.

c. winning the English Civil War.

d. ascending the throne in the Glorious Revolution.

e. abolishing the colonial governments and ruling them from England.

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Resentment in the British Colonies

MSC: Remembering

10. As a result of the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary ruled England as __________, with powers limited by Parliament.

a. a democratic republic

b. a constitutional monarchy

c. an institutional kingdom

d. democratic monarchy

e. constitutional democracy

OBJ: 1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Glorious Revolution

MSC: Understanding

11. As a result of the French and Indian War, France ceded claim to all its North American territories to

a. Britain and Spain.

b. the Netherlands and Spain.

c. Britain and the Netherlands.

d. Spain and various Native American nations.

e. Britain and various Native American nations.

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Treaty of Paris (1763)

MSC: Understanding

12. Which of the following was part of the Treaty of Paris (1763)?

a. Britain acquired the Louisiana territory from France.

b. France lost control of the Louisiana Territory but retained the Great Lakes region.

c. Spain acquired control of the Louisiana Territory.

d. The British colonies all gained their independence from Great Britain.

e. Britain gained the Louisiana Territory but relinquished the Great Lakes area.

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Treaty of Paris (1763)

MSC: Remembering

13. As a result of the French and Indian War, Britain believed the __________ should play an increasing part in paying off the national debt.

a. colonists

b. defeated French

c. defeated Spanish

d. defeated Dutch

e. Native Americans

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Managing a New Empire

MSC: Remembering

14. Which group denied British claims to their lands in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

a. Spain

b. France

c. England

d. The Native Americans

e. The colonists

OBJ: 2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in North America.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Pontiac’s Rebellion

MSC: Remembering

15. Why did the British colonies oppose the Sugar Act of 1764?

a. It was not passed by their legislative bodies.

b. Parliament was taxing them to raise revenue.

c. Parliament was taxing them to regulate commerce.

d. Grenville had declared them too undertaxed, and they disagreed with him.

e. It had not been endorsed by King George III like the rest of the taxes.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Sugar Act (1764)

MSC: Analyzing

16. The Act passed by Parliament requiring the colonies to feed and house British troops was the

a. Housing Act

b. Stamp Act

c. Quartering Act

d. Currency Act

e. Townshend Duties

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Quartering Act (1765)

MSC: Remembering

17. As England began to lose control of the colonies, the colonists began dividing themselves into pro- and anti-government organizations. These were the

a. Republicans and Democrats.

b. Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

c. Whigs and Tories.

d. Patriots and Partisans.

e. Cavaliers and Roundheads.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Whig Point of View

MSC: Remembering

18. __________ were groups of protesters formed in every colony in response to the Stamp Act.

a. Stamp Rejecters

b. Patriots for Freedom

c. Republicans for Liberty

d. Sons of Liberty

e. Citizens for Smaller Government

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Protests in the Colonies

MSC: Remembering

19. Which of the following statements about the Stamp Act was true?

a. The Stamp Act made it illegal for the colonists to print more paper money and caused the value of paper money to fall.

b. The Stamp Act affected only New England merchants and shippers.

c. The Stamp Act was Parliament's first attempt to place a direct tax specifically on American goods and services.

d. To protest the Stamp Act, the colonists bought goods only from French merchants.

e. Only a few colonies, such as Virginia and Maryland, supported the Stamp Act.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Protests in the Colonies | The Nonimportation Movement

MSC: Evaluating

20. As concern began to arise over Britain’s reform policies in the colonies, what were the most effective forms of protests that occurred?

a. Mass riots and destruction of property

b. The tarring and feathering of Tories

c. Written resolutions and economic boycotts

d. Military threats and a show of arms

e. “Tea parties” and taunting

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Nonimportation Movement

MSC: Evaluating

21. This group protested British colonial policies by making their own clothes and refusing to buy imported fabric.

a. Daughters of Liberty

b. Federalists

c. Sons of Liberty

d. Daughters of the American Revolution

e. Lady Patriots

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Nonimportation Movement

MSC: Understanding

22. The __________ declared that all Virginians were entitled to all the rights of Englishmen and could only be taxed by their elected representatives.

a. Suffolk Resolves

b. Essex Decision

c. Dred Scott Decision

d. Virginia Resolves

e. Declaration of Independence

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Colonial Unity

MSC: Remembering

23. The phrase __________ became the rallying cry in the mid-1760s for American Whigs opposed to the Stamp Tax.

a. “Give me liberty, or give me death”

b. “We must hang together or we shall hang separately”

c. “USA, USA, USA!”

d. “No taxation without representation”

e. “The British are coming, the British are coming!”

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Colonial Unity

MSC: Remembering

24. What was the main argument of the Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies?

a. Only the king could tax the colonies.

b. The colonies could only be taxed by their representatives.

c. They opposed the Proclamation of 1763 outlawing new colonies.

d. They were independent of England.

e. They were against King George III’s reinstatement of Catholicism as the official religion.

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Comparisons and Connections

TOP: Colonial Unity

MSC: Understanding

25. The __________, which was part of the Townshend Acts, taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea and was vehemently despised throughout the colonies.

a. Revenue Act of 1767

b. Stamp Act

c. Coercive Acts

d. Virginia Resolves

e. Quartering Act

OBJ: 3. Describe how after the French and Indian War the British tightened their control over the colonies, and then summarize the colonial responses.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Townshend Acts Fan the Flames

MSC: Remembering

26. Americans who maintained their allegiance to the King and Parliament during the unrest of the 1760s were known as

a. Patriots.

b. Loyalists.

c. Whigs.

d. British Lap-Dogs.

e. The Despicable Few.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: American Patriots

MSC: Remembering

27. What was the purpose of the Adams-Otis letter?

a. To stir up the flames of revolution

b. To protest the illegality of taxation without representation

c. To encourage a boycott of American-made goods

d. To incite rebellion in Canada

e. To support the Stamp Act’s validity

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: American Patriots

MSC: Understanding

28. When Massachusetts refused to renounce the letter written by Samuel Adams and James Otis in 1768, Great Britain responded by

a. ordering all ships leaving Boston to be searched for illegal goods.

b. disbanding their legislature.

c. overruling the letter and proceeding with the enforcement of the Stamp Act.

d. declaring Boston in revolt and instituting martial law.

e. abolishing the Massachusetts government and replacing it with royal advisors.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: American Patriots

MSC: Remembering

29. As a result of the Boston Massacre, Britain did which of the following?

a. It repealed the Townshend duties except for the tea tax.

b. It removed troops from Boston.

c. It continued hunting smugglers at sea.

d. It removed the tax on tea.

e. It abolished the Coercive Acts.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Change and Continuity

TOP: The Boston Massacre (1770)

MSC: Remembering

30. In order to publicize American rights and grievances, Samuel Adams organized the __________ in Massachusetts and encouraged other colonies to do the same.

a. Sons and Daughters of the Revolution

b. Committee of Correspondence

c. Public Information Council

d. Declaratory Council

e. Emergency Broadcast Network

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The GaspŽe Incident (1772)

MSC: Remembering

31. The Boston Tea Party resulted from Britain’s desire to

a. force the colonists to abide by British rule.

b. convince the rebels that the revolution was not winnable.

c. bail out a failing company.

d. abolish slavery in the colonies.

e. convince the French in Canada that British rule had its advantages.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Boston Tea Party (1773)

MSC: Analyzing

32. After the Boston Tea Party, King George III and Prime Minister North decided to

a. allow self-rule in the colonies for a brief period.

b. punish Boston and make it an example to the rest of the colonies.

c. allow the Dutch East India Company a monopoly on the importation of tea.

d. double the current tax on tea in all of the colonies.

e. grant the colonies their independence.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: The Boston Tea Party (1773)

MSC: Understanding

33. The __________ were laws passed by Parliament after the Boston Tea Party aimed at forcing Boston to submit to British rule.

a. Townshend duties

b. Tea Acts

c. Navigation Acts

d. Coercive Acts

e. Declaratory Acts

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Coercive Acts

MSC: Remembering

34. When the First Continental Congress met, it endorsed the __________, which called for Massachusetts to resist British tyranny with force.

a. Suffolk Resolves

b. Declaration of Independence

c. Olive Branch Petition

d. Declaration of Rights and Grievances

e. Bill of Rights

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The First Continental Congress

MSC: Understanding

35. In an attempt to resolve escalating disputes, Lord North issued the __________, which eliminated all taxes on a colony that paid for its defense and governor’s salary.

a. Conciliatory Proposition

b. Townshend duties

c. Suffolk Resolves

d. Olive Branch Petition

e. Bill of Rights

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Last-Minute Compromise

MSC: Understanding

36. The first major clash of the American Revolution ended with a British victory at

a. Lexington.

b. Bunker Hill.

c. Valley Forge.

d. Camden.

e. Saratoga.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: The Battle of Bunker Hill

MSC: Remembering

37. In a last ditch effort to secure peace with England, the Continental Congress sent King George III

a. the Declaration of Independence.

b. the Rights of the Colonists Removed.

c. the Olive Branch Petition.

d. the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

e. a letter to the Lords of Trade.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: “Open and Avowed Enemies”

MSC: Understanding

38. __________ shifted the grievances for the American Revolution from Parliament to King George III himself.

a. Suffolk Resolves

b. Common Sense

c. “Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer”

d. Declaration of Independence

e. Federalist Papers

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Independence

MSC: Remembering

39. Who introduced the resolution on July 2, 1776 in the Second Continental Congress declaring the colonies to be free and independent states?

a. Thomas Jefferson

b. Richard Henry Lee

c. Samuel Morgan

d. John Adams

e. Robert Lee

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Events and Processes

TOP: Independence

MSC: Remembering

40. The Declaration of Independence was significant not only for declaring independence but also because it expressed

a. noble ideals concerning the rights of man.

b. the desire to end African slavery.

c. the colonies’ intention of creating the first New World democracy.

d. Thomas Jefferson’s proposal to conquer all of North America.

e. a detailed plan for making the new country's economy successful.

OBJ: 4. Explain the underlying factors amid the events in the 1770s that led the colonies to declare their independence from Britain.

NAT: Historical Period

TOP: Jefferson’s Declaration

MSC: Evaluating

ESSAY

1. Explain how the demise of Britain’s policy of salutary neglect led to the colonial protests of the 1760s. When and why did Britain decide to pursue more direct control of colonial life, and why did the colonists feel it was so unfair?

Answers will vary.

2. Explain the causes of the French and Indian War and describe the role the American colonists played in the British victory.

Answers will vary.

3. In what ways did the French and Indian War pave the way for the American Revolution?

Answer will vary.

4. What was the American Whig's point of view? Explain how the Whig claims could be considered the root justification for the American Revolution.

Answers will vary.

5. The American colonists did not declare independence until July 1776, yet significant bloodshed had occurred more than a year earlier at Lexington and Concord and at Bunker Hill. Considering there was also a formal “olive branch” outreach after Bunker Hill, what was the conflict about prior to the formal declaration of independence?

Answers will vary.

MATCHING

Match each person or group with one of the following descriptions.

1. Oliver Cromwell

2. William and Mary

3. Samuel de Champlain

4. Acadians

5. John Locke

6. William Pitt

7. Samuel Adams

8. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne

9. George III

10. Patrick Henry