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Chapter 5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774

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Chapter 5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774

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5-1 §5.1 source ↗

Which of the following was a cause of the British National Debt in 1763?
  1. a.
    drought in Great Britain
  2. b.
    the French and Indian War
  3. c.
    the continued British military presence in the American colonies
  4. d.
    both B and C

Answer

D. both B and C

5-3 §5.1 source ↗

What did British colonists find so onerous about the acts that Prime Minister Grenville passed?

Answer

The Currency Act required colonists to pay British merchants in gold and silver instead of colonial paper money. With gold and silver in short supply, this put a strain on colonists’ finances. The Sugar Act curtailed smuggling, angering merchants, and imposed stricter enforcement. Many colonists feared the loss of liberty with trials without juries as mandated by the Sugar Act.

5-5 §5.2 source ↗

For which of the following activities were the Sons of Liberty responsible?
  1. a.
    the Stamp Act Congress
  2. b.
    the hanging and beheading of a stamp commissioner in effigy
  3. c.
    the massacre of Conestoga in Pennsylvania
  4. d.
    the introduction of the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions

Answer

B. the hanging and beheading of a stamp commissioner in effigy

5-7 §5.3 source ↗

Which event was most responsible for the colonies’ endorsement of Samuel Adams’s Massachusetts Circular?
  1. a.
    the Townshend Duties
  2. b.
    the Indemnity Act
  3. c.
    the Boston Massacre
  4. d.
    Lord Hillsborough’s threat to dissolve the colonial assemblies that endorsed the letter

Answer

D. Lord Hillsborough’s threat to dissolve the colonial assemblies that endorsed the letter

5-9 §5.4 source ↗

Which of the following is true of the Gaspée affair?
  1. a.
    Colonists believed that the British response represented an overreach of power.
  2. b.
    It was the first time colonists attacked a revenue ship.
  3. c.
    It was the occasion of the first official death in the war for independence.
  4. d.
    The ship’s owner, John Hancock, was a respectable Boston merchant.

Answer

A. Colonists believed that the British response represented an overreach of power.

5-11 §5.4 source ↗

What was the significance of the Committees of Correspondence?

Answer

The Committees of Correspondence provided a crucial means of communication among the colonies. They also set the foundation for a colonial government by breaking away from royal governmental structures. Finally, they promoted a sense of colonial unity.

5-13 §5.5 source ↗

Which colony provided the basis for the Declarations and Resolves?
  1. a.
    Massachusetts
  2. b.
    Philadelphia
  3. c.
    Rhode Island
  4. d.
    New York

Answer

A. Massachusetts

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