Chapter 3

Quiz for Document 3-6: Lord Cornbury, Letter to the Lords of Trade (1704)

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Question 1

Lord Cornbury’s letter to the Lords of Trade provides evidence of which of the following eighteenth-century phenomena?A. Communication was difficult between the British North American colonies and England.
B. Figures who won appointments through political patronage held power.
C. The colonial assemblies and their ambiguous political roles had growing power.
D. Americans resisted the Navigation Acts through the strategy of salutary neglect.

Question 2

According to Lord Cornbury, the colonial General Assemblies believed themselves to be the equal of theA. House of Commons.
B. British Parliament.
C. British monarch.
D. royal governors.

Question 3

By what authority, according to Cornbury, were the colonial General Assemblies allowed to assemble?A. Common law
B. Magna Carta
C. Parliamentary authority
D. The Queen’s favor

Question 4

What aspect of colonial organization did Cornbury find competent and impressive?A. Congregationalist churches
B. Local militias
C. Plantation slavery
D. Town hall meetings