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A #ushistory Quiz on the lead-up to the Revolutionary War (1740-1774)
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1
The Townshend Acts levied __________ taxes on the colonies.
indirect
delicious
direct
drunk
2
One strategy the British tried to address their national debt was...
ignoring the debt.
buying up other countries' bonds.
taxing the colonies.
cutting back on mercantilism.
3
What was the British answer to colonial charges of "taxation without representation"?
Skype
Virtual representation
Electronic representation
Granting the colonies a voting representative in Parliament
4
The cost of running the American colonies _________ after the French and Indian War.
tripled.
quintupled.
fell by 50%.
doubled.
5
Who was the best single embodiment of the Enlightenment in the American colonies?
Benjamin Franklin
King George III
George Whitefield
George Washington
6
Which of the following would describe the religious fervor of the colonies in 1720?
Very few people went to church.
Everyone was a perfect Christian.
Judaism was becoming the dominant religion.
The Halfway Covenant helped everyone get to heaven.
7
Which of the following is an example of a mercantile law?
Navigation Act of 1660
Hat Act of 1732
Iron Act of 1750
Wool Act of 1699
8
The Stamp Act was especially hated because...
the stamps were ugly.
it was an indirect tax on paper.
it was a direct tax on paper.
the stamps tasted bad.
9
Which government agency in England had the power to cancel colonial laws starting in the 1690s?
The Board of Trade
The Board of Colonies
The Social Studies Department
Parliament
10
Most imperial wars ended with...
huge changes in territory.
the death of a European ruler.
all taken lands returned to their original owners.
a huge battle with millions dead.
11
Which of the following best describes the British result in the French and Indian War?
Flawless victory
Pyrrhic victory
Victorious victory
Embarrassing loss of all American possessions
12
The Coercive Acts were a massive miscalculation by...
Mr. Davis.
George Washington.
William Pitt.
Lord North.
13
What are the goals of mercantilism?
Buy everything and sell nothing
Print as much paper money as possible
Give everything away
Buy nothing and sell everything
14
What is the term for the policy of non-enforcement the British used in the colonies?
navigation non-enforcement
salutary neglect
the old switcheroo
the "What smugglers?" policy
15
The Coercive Acts elicited a strong reaction from...
all the colonies.
Boston and nowhere else.
Massachusetts and nowhere else.
the New England colonies and nowhere else.
16
Which of the following was a colonial response to the Stamp Act?
A complete boycott of British goods
The Stamp Act Congress
The Sons of Liberty protests
Riots and home invasions of British officials
17
The Great Awakening is important in U.S. history because it was...
a time when everyone was finally woke.
extremely boring, just like the rest of U.S. history.
the first phenomenon to sweep through all the colonies.
a phenomenon that only happened in Virginia.
18
European powers often fought to take over...
their enemies' homelands.
their enemies' colonies.
19
The Enlightenment called for ___________ to be applied to all human activity.
light
Jesus and the Bible
death
reason and science
20
The British prime minister who took over the war in 1758 was...
Lord North.
Charles Townshend.
William Pitt.
George Grenville.
21
The Declaratory Act was intended to remind the colonies...
that Parliament had never taxed them before.
that Parliament was completely in charge of them.
that Parliament loved them.
that they should start writing a Declaration of Independence
22
The First Continental Congress accomplished which of the following?
Uniting every single colony
Passing the Declaration of Independence
Electing George Washington president of the United States
Approving the Continental Association
23
What gives a country the best chance to achieve mercantile goals?
Cash crop agriculture
A drunk prime minister
Captive markets in colonies
A good climate
24
Boston was the direct target of British wrath in the...
Coercive Acts.
"Let's Punish Boston" Acts.
Townshend Acts.
Stamp Act.
25
George Washington's first military assignment was...
trying to drive the French out of the Ohio River Valley.
TRICK QUESTION! He never had any military assignments.
leading American troops against Britain. God bless America!
battling Indians in "western" Virginia.
26
Who was the best-known "Great Awakening" preacher in America?
Aaron Gregory
George Whitefield
William Laud
Michael Wigglesworth
27
In the treaty ending King George's War, American colonists were annoyed by...
the return of Louisbourg, a fort they captured, to France.
the passage of the Stamp Act.
the naming of the war after King George...what a tool.
the Boston Massacre.
28
In the 1770s, the center of colonial unrest was in...
Boston.
Norfolk.
New York City.
Philadelphia.
29
The early battles of the French and Indian War were mostly...
French victories.
British victories.
American victories.
Spanish victories.
30
When colonial interests and British interests conflicted in mercantilism, what happened?
A perfect compromise gave equal benefits to all.
Colonial interests prevailed.
The Hunger Games were begun.
British interests prevailed.
31
The Great Awakening lasted...
only about 10 years and then fizzled out.
only as long as Jonathan Edwards could keep preaching.
approximately 30 seconds.
forever and continues to this very day.
32
The first attempt at British taxation of the colonies was...
the Townshend Acts.
the Stamp Act.
the Coercive Acts.
the Sugar Act.
33
Which of the following is a sign of Enlightenment influence in America in the 1750s?
The Great Awakening swept through the colonies.
A public library was started in Philadelphia.
People still believed lightning was God's fire from heaven.
Most Harvard graduates were NOT entering Christian ministry.
34
Which of the following was one of the new colleges for training "New Lights"?
Princeton
Harvard
William & Mary
Yale
35
Pitt's greatest adjustment to the war was...
surrendering all of America to France.
shifting war supplies to Africa.
drinking huge amounts of alcohol.
sending professional British soldiers to America.
