Chapter 6 Three Crises and Revolt

1. All of the following statements accurately describe pre-1763 British colonial policy
except:
ra:lEngland discouraged western settlements in an effort to reduce conflicts
\Q.dween colonists and Native Americans.
b. English taxes imposed on colonists were much lower than the taxes imposed on
English residents .
c. England passed ce1iain laws designed to reduce colonial production of goods
that duplicated popular English products.
d. Colonial govemors and the Privy Council rarely used their veto power to
overtum colonial laws.
2. Which of the following statements accurately describes pre-1763 British colonial
policy?
a. England taxed the colonies extensively, requiring the colonists to pay a
substantial pmiion of the costs of government administration and military
protection.
b. The Navigation Acts placed a severe economic burden on the colonies,
equaling more than 30 percent of colonial income.
c. England discouraged westem settlements in an effort to reduce conflicts
een colonists and Native Americans.
olonial laws were not officially in effect until the Privy Council granted its
oval.
e. All of the above statements accurately describe pre-1763 British colonial
policy.
3. Which of the following statements best describes pre-1 763 British colonial life?
a. British directives influenced day-to-day life only modestly.
b. Bureaucratic apathy in part often led to colonial laws to become effective
before they were reviewed in England.
c. Government activity in general was a minor aspect of colonial affairs.
a\ All of the above are correct.
Y N one of the above are correct.
4. The Navigation Acts
a. placed tariffs on the import of British goods by the colonies.
b. provided for the free trade of colonial goods, including tobacco, indigo and
ar.
required all colonial trade to be carried on English vessels.
were abolished in 1700.

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5. The "duplication laws," passed by Parliament in the late 17 1h and l8 1h centuries,

restric~colonial export of
a. woolen goods .
. tobacco.
c. plg Iron.
d. cotton.
e. All of the above.
6. The piecemeal actions of Parliament to CU11ail the various colonial manufacturing
activities
a. stemmed from a deep-seated fear of American competition.
b . were punitive, in response to colonial smuggling and price dumping.
h \:ere a roundabout attempt to undennine the colonial shipbuilding industry.
c::;r ere largely taken to protect vested, well-lobbied interests.
7. Which one of the following colonial groups actually benefited from the Navigation
Acts?
A Southem tobacco farmers
(!V New England shipbuilders
c. colonists who bought goods imported from non-imperial sources
d. No colonial group benefited from the Navigation Acts.
8. The Molasses Act (1733)
a. aimed to decrease trade between the colonies and the French West Indies.
b. was fl01.mted with impunity by the colonists.
c. placed a high tariff on colonial imports of foreign sugar, molasses and rum.
d. if enforced would have disrupted one of the major colonial trades.
& .ll of the above.
9. One of the most important reasons for England' s reasserting its authority over the
colonial United States prior to the Revolution is
~England's commitment to mercantilism.
v he end of the Seven Years War.
c. the end of the English Revolution.
d. the fall of Spain as a world power.
10. England' s colonial policy changed dramatically following the French and Indian War.
All of the following statements describe factors that contributed to this change in policy
except
a. Following the war, property taxes doubled in England in order to finance the
large war debt.
@Wealthy New England merchants asked the Crown to exercise more authority
over colonial affairs.
c. Colonists had actively traded with England's enemies during the war.
d. English military leaders realized that a continuing militaty presence would be
necessa1y to protect colonial borders.

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11. The
was designed to raise revenue and achieve mercantilist goals,
while the - - - - -- was simply intended to raise revenue.
a. Sugar Act; Tea Act
b. Tea Act; Molasses Act
c. Sugar Act; Stamp Act
d. Stamp Act; Hat Act
12. The Sugar Act (1764)
a. decreased the tariff that had been established by the Molasses Act.
b. was designed to raise revenue for England.
c. was more vigorously enforced than the Molasses Act.
r nas designed to support England's mercantilist goals.
~11 of the above.
13. During the pre-Revolutionary period American colonists used their market power to
rebel by
a. organizing nonimportation associations in response to taxes.
b. organizing powerful labor unions.
c. creating large manufacturing firms that competed with English manufacturers.
d. forming farming cartels that increased the prices of American agricultural
~arts .

l : JJl of the above.

in the price of
14. Economic consequences of Tea Act (1773) included a/an
tea in the colonies and a/an
in the revenues of colonial tea wholesalers.
.
.
a. Increase; Increase
b. increase; decrease
~ decrease; increase
decrease; decrease

15. The Tea Act

a. raised the price of tea to colonists.
b. allowed for more "middlemen" to be involved in the exportation of tea from
India to America.
made tea an "enumerated good" under the Navigation Acts.
harmed smugglers of Dutch tea.
16. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 had all of the following
effects~ept:
~

increased the price of farm labor

b. increased the price of farm land
c. decreased competition for existing farmers
d. encouraged Scotch, Irish and German immigrants to rebel against England

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