EXTRA Quiz: Chapter 7

Many black people fought for the British during the revolutionary war because

• a. Lord Dunmore promised them freedom for serving
• b. a famine in the south pushed them to escape to British strongholds
• c. they were captured by British soldiers
• d. their loyalist masters forced them to

Many black people fought for America in the revolutionary war, most coming from

• a. from the middle colonies, hired as mercenaries
• b. the South to replace their 'masters'
• c. France as trained enslaved people
• d. the North as free men

In 1775, Americans had many marks against them. What is NOT a mark?

• a. lacking food and clothes
• b. lacking metallic money
• c. bad leadership
• d. lacking guns

Unlike France in the 7 Year War, during the revolution, Americans benefited from

• a. a strong economy that could hire troops
• b. war experience
• c. having no centralized urban center
• d. having great unity among their population

In 1775, Britain was strong for many reasons. What is NOT a reason?

• a. an army of 50,000
• b. a politically stable homeland
• c. a population outnumbering the colonies 3 to 1
• d. the treasury to hire foreign soldiers

In 1775, a British commander sent troops to Lexington to seize Samuel Adams and John Hancock's gunpowder. When the soldiers arrived they

• a. were tarred and feathered
• b. were attacked and, in return, then massacred 70 people
• c. were massacred by ready militiamen
• d. were attacked and, in return, burned Lexington to the ground

In 1774, in response to the "Intolerable Acts", the First Continental Congress decided to create the Association which

• a. sent supplies to Massachusetts
• b. called for complete boycott of British goods
• c. sent a representative to the king and Parliament
• d. created the first American Army

The Boston Tea Party inspired the "Intolerable Acts." What is NOT one of those acts?

• a. Massachusetts Government Act
• b. the Tea Act
• c. the Boston Port Act
• d. Administration of Justice Act

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with

• a. military crackdown
• b. the Quebec Acts
• c. halting all tea to America
• d. the Boston Port Act

In 1773, Boston governor Hutchison insisted British tea come into port which caused the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was when

• a. Bostonians dumped imported tea into the harbor, which led into the Boston Massacre
• b. Bostonians, wearing masquerade masks, dumped imported tea into the harbor
• c. Bostonians, clumsily disguised as Natives, dumped imported tea into the harbor
• d. None of the above

In 1773, of the several thousand chests of tea shipped by the East India Company,

• a. none made to consignees
• b. only half made it to consignees
• c. 20% were dumped
• d. all of it made it to consignees

In 1773, the Crown effectively gave the British East India Company a tea monopoly in the colonies causing

• a. an increase in colonial smuggling
• b. tea prices to double
• c. a shortage of tea in the colonies
• d. tea prices to drop

In 1772, started by Samuel Adams,

• a. 10 soldiers were attacked, starting the Boston Massacre
• b. tax collectors were tared and feathered
• c. local committees of correspondence started in Boston and spread to other towns and states
• d. the Samuel Adams beer company was formed

In 1770, after failing to produce revenue, the Townshend act was repealed EXCEPT for

• a. the right to search the homes and businesses of colonists
• b. the tea tax
• c. the paper tax
• d. the glass/paint tax

In 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred which was when 60 colonists attacked 10 redcoats and

• a. in return, the redcoats killed/wounded 11 of them
• b. left their beaten bodies in front of the governor's house
• c. killed them, leaving their bodies
• d. the governor excecuted all of the colonists involved

Compared to the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act

• a. was a heavy tax
• b. was not as reviled
• c. was more strictly enforced
• d. came at a time of colonial hardship

In 1767, Prime Minister Townshend passed the Townshend Act which

• a. taxed colonial property
• b. taxed colonial exports which was collected in British Ports
• c. taxed imports which was paid at American ports
• d. taxed only tea which was collected at British ports

After being forced to repeal the Stamp Act, Parliament passed the 1766 Declaratory Act which

• a. sent many more troops to America
• b. outlawed many of the colonies' democratic governments
• c. reaffirmed Parliament's control over the colonies
• d. put in place harsher restrictions over protest

When colonists stopped buying British goods, British citizens called on Parliament

• a. to end the Stamp Act
• b. to outlaw colonists from producing textiles
• c. to remove British troops from America
• d. to send more British troops to America

The Sons and Daughters of Liberty did many things out of anger from the Stamp Act. What is NOT one?

• a. wrote letters to Parliament
• b. Boston Tea Party
• c. produce substitutes for British goods
• d. tar and feather importers of British goods

The Stamp Act Congress of 1765

• a. agreed to band together and stop paying the Stamp Act
• b. agreed to boycott and halt all British Imports
• c. wrote a letter to the king and Parliament to repeal tax legislation
• d. encouraged the colonists not to repel and to accept the rule of the King

Prime Minister Grenville believed in "virtual representation" of the colonies, the belief that

• a. government bodies in America were enough representation of American interests
• b. every member of Parliament represented all British subjects
• c. the colonists could send letters if they wanted representation
• d. Britain represented the colonies' economic interests which meant that they cared about their other interests as well

Most pre-Revolutionary Americans believed

• a. Parliament should not tax or legislate America at all
• b. Parliament could not tax or legislate without representation
• c. Parliament could legislate the colonies but not tax without representation
• d. Parliament could tax and legislate because of Virtual Representation

Accused offenders of the Sugar and Stamp Act

• a. were shipped back to England for a trial
• b. were tried in admiralty court
• c. were tried by juries
• d. were commonly punished without trials

What is not a part of the Navigation Law of 1650?

• a. Only British and colonial ships could carry American trade
• b. Spanish and French silver could no longer be used for trade
• c. All European ships going to America must go to England first
• d. All tobacco must go to England