Chapter 5: Toward Independence: Years of
Decision, 1763—1776
1.
The major transformation of the British
Empire following the Great War for Empire can best
be characterized as
A. a systematic increase in the role of the military
in imperial governance.
B. a movement to allow the colonies a greater role
in self-government and independence in trade.
C. an effort to make the colonies pay for domestic
programs in England.
D. a centralization of the empire in the hands of
imperial officials.
2.
Colonial opponents of the Stamp Act drew
which of the following political traditions from the
Radical Whig influence in English politics?
A. That all individuals deserved protection from
arbitrary action by the government
B. An abiding denunciation of political corruption
C. That it was the government’s responsibility to
protect natural rights
D. That constitutional restrictions be placed on the
monarchy
3. The British ministry shrewdly drafted the
Sugar Act of 1764 with the intention of
A.
cutting off all colonial trade with the French West
Indies.
B. enforcing the 6-pence-per-gallon duty on French
molasses as stated by the Molasses Act of 1733.
C. allowing colonial trade with the West Indies and
imposing a lower but more strictly enforced duty on
French molasses.
D. allowing colonial trade with the West Indies and
imposing higher duties on French molasses.
4. What was the primary American complaint
against being tried in vice-admiralty courts?
A. The judiciary was filled with “worthless
pensioners and placemen.”
B. Americans could not become vice-admiralty
judges.
C. Trial before the courts robbed Americans of
their rights to be tried before a local common
law court.
D. Vice-admiralty courts took the power to tax
away from the colonial legislatures.
5.
What constitutional principle was George
Grenville asserting with the Stamp Act?
A. The colonies could be forced to pay imperial war
debts.
B. Americans should not have representation in
Parliament.
C. Parliament could bypass colonial assemblies and
impose an internal tax on the colonies.
D. Parliament could regulate the colonies’ trade and
prosecute smugglers.
6.
The primary purpose of the Townshend Act of
1767 was to
A. free royal officials from financial dependence on
the American legislatures.
B. force colonists to pay for the British troops in
America.
C. create new vice-admiralty courts in the colonies.
D. punish colonists for resisting the Stamp Act.
7.
The one region of colonial America that held
out for a political compromise with Great Britain after
the enactment of the Coercive Acts was
A.
B.
C.
D.
New England.
the middle colonies.
the frontier regions.
the South.
8.
The onset of war between Great Britain and the
mainland colonies began with a skirmish between British
troops and American colonials at
A.
B.
C.
D.
Philadelphia.
Baltimore.
Lexington.
Portsmouth.
9. Which of the following Loyalist groups
actively mobilized support for the king?
A.
B.
C.
D.
clergy of the Church of England
rural farmers
urban sailors
evangelical ministers
10. The main author of the Declaration of
Independence was
A.
B.
C.
D.
George Washington.
Benjamin Franklin.
Thomas Paine.
Thomas Jefferson.
Answer Key for Chapter 5
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10.
Answer is D
Answer is B
Answer is C
Answer is C
Answer is C
Answer is A
Answer is B
Answer is C
Answer is A
Answer is D