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Chapter 5 Summative Quiz

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1. Which European power established extensive trade networks with Indians throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that subsequently gave them Indian military support during times of war?

The Netherlands

Spain

Great Britain

France

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2. What key step was necessary to finalize the Peace of Paris in 1763, drawing the French and Indian War to an end?

The destruction of weapons

Land secession

Recognition of Indian sovereignty

Dissolution of British Empire

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3. What impact did the French and Indian War have on the relationship between the British crown and its North American colonies?

It left the colonists feeling neglected by the crown.

It finally resolved colonial issues with Native Americans.

It tightened the bond between the crown and the colonies.

There was a dramatic loss of land and connection.

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4. What inspired the conflict among the colonists and Britain in New York’s Hudson Valley and New Jersey, even before the French and Indian War?

The French walked all over the colonists’ land rights.

Landlords and speculators exploited working people.

Settlers were unable to secure the land from local Indian tribes.

Britain levied an extremely high usage tax on settlers.

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5. What important part of the Great Awakening served to mobilize the colonists in protest of British policies?

Evangelical techniques that roused the masses

Profound belief in the authority of God over man

The value of book learning over experience

Belief that God spoke directly to individuals

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6. What inspired George Grenville, prime minister and chancellor of the Exchequer, to reassert British economic and political authority in the colonies?

The colonies had become too willful and independent.

Britain faced a grave economic crisis at home.

Economic growth gave Britain new resources for colonial rule.

Colonial governors asked for more British involvement.

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7. What was the effect of the Continental Congress on former colonies like Massachusetts?

It recognized the important leadership of Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty.

It drew power away from colonial entities like Massachusetts.

It appointed Samuel Adams of Massachusetts the leader of its organizing efforts.

It emphasized the power of northern states over southern states.

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8. How did the British immediately respond to the Boston Tea Party?

They successfully charged, convicted, and executed the protestors.

They sent in troops and opened fire on the crowd.

They closed the port of Boston and demanded compensation.

They revoked the monopoly granted to the East Indian Company on tea sales.

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9. How were the funds collected under the Stamp Act to be spent?

For personal use by the king

Toward improvements to roads and waterways

For defense and protection of the colonies

For replanting forests used to make paper

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10. After drafting a petition to Parliament against taxation without representation, what did members of the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 encourage colonists to do, in addition to refusing to pay the stamp tax?

Ignore the Sugar Act as well

Boycott British goods

Print their own currency

Refuse to house British soldiers any longer

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11. In the aftermath of the successful Stamp Tax protests, how did Parliament reassert its supremacy?

It increased the tax on sugar and other imported goods to raise the missing revenue.

It declared war on the colonies and sought to destroy them.

It declared its authority to pass any law on the colonies whenever it wanted.

It sent over more representatives from the crown to run state and local governments.

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12. The name “Boston Massacre” was given to an event in which

British soldier killed men who were resisting impressment.

Samuel Adams was killed by the British.

several British soldiers were killed by colonists.

several colonists were killed by British soldiers.