Chapter 5

Quiz for Document 5-3: Peter Oliver, Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion (1781)

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Question 1

According to the evidence Peter Oliver presents in his Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion, what was the purpose of the attacks in 1774 by the colonial mobs?A. The mobs were demonstrating their natural rights as British citizens.
B. The mobs were venting their resentment about the wealth of the colonial elite.
C. The mobs were expressing their rejection of Parliament’s political authority.
D. The mobs were trying to prevent the enforcement of Britain’s policies.

Question 2

Oliver’s purpose in pointing out that all of these acts of violence had occurred prior to the Battle of Lexington is meant to establish thatA. colonists had initiated violence.
B. officials of the British crown were partially to blame for violence.
C. Massachusetts was ungovernable without British troops.
D. “patriots” were naturally violent people.

Question 3

Taken together, the Stamp Act Congress’s Declaration of Rights and Oliver’s accounts of vigilantism and mob violence would support which of the following statements?A. Massachusetts citizens were more violent than other colonists.
B. Patriots were unified in their response to British rule and taxation.
C. Protest against British policies took many different forms.
D. The Declaration of Rights was propaganda to cover up the violence of the Patriots.