HISTORICAL PERIOD 3: CHAPTER 7 WORKSHEET
TRUE OR FALSE: (+) = True (0) - False
1. _____ America's great distance from Britain helped the colonists gain a
considerable degree of freedom from British control.
2. _____ The theory of mercantilism was based on the idea that colonies
existed primarily for the economic benefit of the mother country.
3. _____ British mercantilism forbade the importation of any non-British
goods into the colonies.
4. _____ In practice, British mercantilism provided the colonies with
substantial economic benefits such as military protection and
guaranteed markets for certain goods.
5. _____ The purpose of Grenville's Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act
was to make the colonists pay a portion of the high costs of
maintaining British troops in America.
6. _____ Americans generally accepted the right of Parliament to tax the
colonies to provide money for defense but denied its right to
legislate about matters affecting colonial affairs.
7. _____ When Americans cried "no taxation without representation," what they
first wanted was to be represented in the British Parliament.
8. _____ The colonies finally forced repeal of the Stamp Act by organizing
political protests and enforcing nonimportation agreements against
British goods.
9. _____ Colonial resistance to the Townshend Acts' import taxes was even
more violent and effective than resistance to the Stamp Act.
10. ____ After the Boston Massacre, the British government pursued even
harsher enforcement of the Townshend Acts.
11. ____ Resistance to the tea tax was kept alive by the agitation of the
Committees of Correspondence.
12. ____ The colonists considered the Quebec Act especially oppressive
because it appeared to extend the domain of Roman Catholicism.
13. ____ The First Continental Congress proclaimed that the colonies would
declare independence from Britain unless their grievances were
redressed.
14. ____ One fundamental American asset in the impending war with Britain was
a well-trained military force of volunteers.
15. ____ A key British advantage was that they did not have to defeat all the
American forces but only fight to a draw in order to crush the
Revolution.
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Matching People, Places, and Events
1. _____ John Hancock a. British minister who raised a storm of
protest by passing the Stamp Act
2. _____ George Grenville b. Legislation passed in 1765 but repealed the
next year, after colonial resistance made
3. _____ Stamp Act it impossible to enforce
c. Body, led by John Adams, that issued a
4. _____ Sons and Daughters Declaration of Rights and ordered The
of Liberty Association to boycott all British goods
5. _____ "Champagne Charley' d. Legislation that required colonists to feed
and shelter British troops and led to
6. _____ Crispus Attucks suspension of the New York legislature upon
its refusal to obey Townshend
7. _____ George III e. Nineteen-year-old major general in the Revolutionary army
8. _____ Samuel Adams f. Wealthy president of the Continental
Congress and "King of Smugglers"
9. _____ Boston Tea Party g. Minister whose clever attempt to impose
import taxes nearly succeeded but
10. ____ Intolerable Acts eventually brewed trouble for Britain
h. Zealous defender of the common people's
11. ____ Lord Dunmore rights and organizer of underground
propaganda committees
12. ____ First Continental i. Harsh measures of retaliation for a tea
Congress party, including the Boston Port Act
13. ____ Marquis de Lafayette j. Stubborn ruler, lustful for power; served
by compliant ministers like Lord North
14. ____ Baron von Steuben k. Alleged leader of radical protesters killed
in Boston Massacre
15. ____ Quartering Act l. Organizational genius who turned raw
colonial recruits into tough professional
soldiers
m. Women and men who enforced the nonimportation agreements, sometimes by
coercive means
n. British royal governor who encouraged runaway slaves to join his army
o. Event organized by disguised "Indians" to sabotage British support of
British East India Company monopoly
Multiple Choice
1. The British theory of mercantilism, by which the colonies were governed,
held that
a. the economy should be shaped by market forces, without government
interference.
b. the colonies should develop by becoming as economically self-
sufficient as possible.
c. the colonial economy should be carefully controlled to serve the
mother country's needs.
d. colonists should promote economic growth by free trade with other
countries.
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2. One of the ways in which mercantilism harmed the colonial economy was
a. by prohibiting colonial merchants from owning and operating their own
ships.
b. by inhibiting the development of banking and paper currency in the
colonies.
c. by forcing the colonists to fall into debt through the purchase of
goods on credit.
d. by forcing Virginia tobacco planters to sell their product only in
Britain.
3. The mobilization of "nonimportation" policies against the Stamp Act was
politically important because
a. it aroused the first French support for the American cause.
b. it aroused revolutionary fervor among many ordinary American men and
women.
c. it reinforced the completely nonviolent character of the anti-British
movement.
d. it helped stimulate the development of colonial manufacturing.
4. The British troops killed in the Boston Massacre had been sent to the city
as a result of
a. colonial protests against the Stamp Act.
b. the illegal activities of the Committees of Correspondence.
c. colonial resistance to the Quartering Act of 1767.
d. disruptive colonial resistance to the Townshend Acts' tax on tea and
other products.
5. The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by
a. shipping the colonial protestors to Britain for trial.
b. closing the Port of Boston until damages were paid and order restored
c. passing the Quebec Act prohibiting trial by jury and permitting the
practice of Catholicism.
d. granting a monopoly on the sale of tea to the British East India Co.
6. American colonists especially resented the Townshend Acts because
a. they strongly disliked the British minister, "Champagne Charley"
Townshend, who proposed them.
b. the revenues from the taxation would go to support British officials
and judges in America.
c. they called for the establishment of the Anglican church throughout
the colonies.
d. the taxes were to be imposed directly by the king without an act of
Parliament.
7. The passage of the Quebec Act aroused intense American fears because
a. it put the French language on an equal standing with English
throughout the colonies.
b. it involved stationing British troops throughout the colonies.
c. it extended Catholic jurisdiction and a nonjury judicial system into
the western Ohio country.
d. it threatened to make Canada the dominant British colony in North
America.
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8. The most important action the Continental Congress took to protest the
Intolerable Acts was
a. the formation of The Association to impose a complete boycott of all
British goods.
b. the organization of a colonial militia to prepare for military
resistance.
c. the formation of Committees of Correspondence to unite all the
colonies in political opposition to British rule.
d. the sending of petitions to the British Parliament demanding repeal
of the laws.
9. The event that precipitated the first real shooting between the British
and American colonists was
a. colonial resistance to the Stamp Act.
b. the British attempt to seize colonial supplies and leaders at
Lexington and Concord.
c. the Boston Tea Party.
d. the Boston Massacre.
10. The British gov’t at the time of the American Revolution was headed by
a. William Pitt. c. Edmund Burke.
b. "Champagne Charley" Townshend. d. Lord North.
11. The American rebellion was especially dangerous to the British because
they were also worried about
a. possible revolts in Ireland and war with France.
b. Labor unrest in British industrial cities.
c. maintaining sufficient troops in India.
d. their ability to maintain naval control of the oceans.
12. The British political party that was generally more sympathetic to the
American cause was
a. the Tory Party. c. the Country Party.
b. the Labor Party. d. the Whig Party.
13. One of the advantages the British enjoyed in the impending conflict with
the colonies was
a. a determined and politically effective government.
b. the ability to enlist foreign soldiers, Loyalists, and Native
Americans in their military forces.
c. a highly motivated and efficiently run military force in America.
d. the concentration of colonial resistance in a few urban centers.
14. One of the advantages the colonists enjoyed in the impending conflict
with Britain was
a. fighting defensively on a large, agriculturally self-sufficient
continent.
b. a well-organized and effective political leadership.
c. a strong sense of unity among the various colonies.
d. the ability to provide substantial financial support for the war
effort.
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15. In the Revolutionary War, African-Americans
a. unanimously supported the American patriot cause.
b. were generally neutral between the British and American forces.
c. fought in both the American patriot and British loyalist military
forces.
d. took the opportunity to stage substantial slave revolts.
Identification
1. The basic economic and political theory by which 17th. and 18th. century
European powers governed their overseas colonies _________________________
2. The set of Parliamentary laws, first passed in 1650, that restricted
colonial trade and directed it to the benefit of Britain _________________
3. The term for products, such as tobacco, that could be shipped only to
England and not to foreign markets _______________________________________
4. Hated British courts in which juries were not allowed and defendants were
assumed guilty until proven innocent _____________________________________
5. British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British
subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members
___________________________________
6. The effective form of organized colonial resistance against the Stamp Act,
which made homespun clothing fashionable _________________________
7. The item taxed under the Townshend Acts that generated the greatest
colonial resistance ___________________________
8. Underground networks of communication and propaganda, established by
Samuel Adams, that sustained colonial resistance _________________________
9. Religion that was granted toleration in the trans-Allegheny West by the
Quebec Act, arousing deep colonial hostility _____________________________
10 British political party opposed to Lord North's Tories and generally more
sympathetic to the colonial cause ________________
11. German mercenaries hired by George III to fight the American
revolutionaries _____________________
12. Currency authorized by Congress to finance the Revolution and depreciated
to near worthlessness ___________________________
13. Effective organization created by the First Continental Congress to
provide a total, unified boycott of all British goods ___________________
14. Rapidly mobilized colonial militiamen whose refusal to disperse sparked
the first battle of the Revolution _________________________
15. Term for British regular troops, scorned as "lobster backs" and "bloody
backs" by Bostonians and other colonials _______________________
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Matching Cause and Effect
Cause Effect
1. _____ American distance from a. Prompted the summoning of the
England and the growth of First Continental Congress
colonial self-government b. Led Grenville to propose the
2. _____ British mercantilism Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and
Stamp Act
3. _____ The large British debt c. Precipitated the Battle of
incurred defending the Lexington and Concord
colonies in the French d. Were responsible for the Boston
and Indian War Massacre
4. _____ Passage of the Stamp Act e. Prompted passage of the
Intolerable Acts,including the
5. _____ British troops sent to Boston Port Act
enforce order in Boston f. Resulted in the printing of large
6. _____ The British government's amounts of paper currency and
attempt to maintain the East skyrocketing inflation
India Company's tea g. Fostered restrictions on colonial
monopoly manufacturing, trade, and paper
7. _____ The Boston Tea Party currency
h. Led to gradual development of a
8. _____ The Intolerable Acts colonial sense of independence
years before the Revolution
9. _____ A British attempt to seize i. Spurred patriots to stage the
the colonial militia's Boston Tea Party
gunpowder supplies j. Was greeted in the colonies by
10. ____ Continental Congress's the nonimportation agreements,
reluctance to tax Americans the Stamp Act Congress, and the
for war forced resignation of stamp
agents