Chapter 5 The Problem of Empire 1763 1776

Chapter 5: The Problem of Empire, 1763– 1776 i>Clicker Questions

1. Under which policy did the British prohibit white settlement west of the frontier line along the Appalachians? a. Proclamation of 1763 b. Treaty of Paris c. Appalachian Divide d. Western Division

2. Why did New England merchants oppose the Sugar Act of 1764? a. They feared that tighter customs enforcement would wipe out their smuggling of French molasses. b. They resented the steep increase in the duty on sugar imported to the colonies and the hardship it would cause consumers. c. They already paid a high duty on the sugar they shipped to Britain and worried that this duty increase would alienate their British buyers. d. They rejected the notion that they should be taxed on their sugar consumption by a king that was an ocean away from them.

3. Apart from respectfully requesting a repeal of the Stamp Act, what else did influential Americans suggest for peaceful resistance in 1765? a. Burning tax collectors in effigy b. Boycotting British goods c. Tarring and feathering royal governors d. Staging a sit-down strike at the Boston Harbor

4. How did Parliament resolve the Stamp Act crisis in 1766? a. It repealed the law but reaffirmed its right to enact such taxation. b. It exempted newspapers from the stamp tax. c. It made the Stamp Act apply to people in Britain as well as the colonies. d. It enforced the Stamp Act militarily.

5. How did the American "Daughters of Liberty" contribute to the colonists' fight against the Townshend duties of 1767? a. By marching the streets of Boston and Philadelphia in loud and boisterous protests b. By storming a set of ships in Boston Harbor and throwing the cargo of tea overboard c. By drafting the Olive Branch Petition and submitting it to the king in hope for his mediation d. By increasing the production of homespun cloth and other necessary consumer goods

6. Why did Lord North repeal the Townshend duties in 1770? a. He thought it was foolish to tax basic food items such as tea. b. After the Boston Massacre, Lord North felt that Parliament had no choice but to make this concession. c. He argued that taxes on British exports made no economic sense. d. He realized that the Townshend duties were internal taxes and therefore unconstitutional.

7. Why did a good number of men of the upper classes fear the Patriot movement? a. They believed that the Patriot movement would ultimately lead to bigger government. b. They worried that the rebelling lower classes might lose sight of the tax issue. c. They feared that resistance to Britain was the beginning of broader anarchy. d. They worried that they would be the first drafted into the war against the empire.

8. Why did Patriots in Concord form the Minutemen in 1774? a. A growing number of French mercenaries were crossing the border from Canada. b. They feared that British troops would move to seize Patriot armories. c. They wanted to avenge the attack by British redcoats on Lexington. d. They were preparing for the liberation of Boston.

9. What stood at the heart of Thomas Paine's Common Sense? a. The Pietists' appeal to empathy b. Rejection of patriarchal authority c. A long list of accusations against the king d. The framework of the new constitution

10. Why did Loyalists withdraw from the Second Continental Congress in June 1776? a. They had voted against the Declaration of Independence and saw no reason to stay. b. They knew they faced certain defeat in the vote on the Declaration of Independence. c. Patriots had threatened them with prosecution for treason. d. They had been ordered to Boston and New York to join British forces.

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