5. WARS AND EMPIRES, 1750

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 5.4 John Dickinson, Letter from a Farmer, 1768

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 5.4: John Dickinson, Letter from a Farmer, 1768

Solo Analysis Document 5.4: John Dickinson, Letter from a Farmer, 1768

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 5.11

1. What argument did John Dickinson make in the opening paragraph of his “Letter from a Farmer” regarding the ability of the British government to pass taxes in the colonies?

The people voted to pass the recent taxes.

The government is within its rights to impose the taxes.

The taxes were unconstitutional based on English law.

The British were not good managers of their tax dollars.

Question 5.12

2. What was Dickinson’s fear in approving the taxes while they were still low?

There was no limit to how high they might rise.

Parliament might misuse the tax dollars.

British officials would harshly punish nonpayment.

England would not make enough money to support the colonies.

Question 5.13

3. To what did Dickinson compare the colonists if they are taxed without representation?

British citizens

The king of England

Slaves

Criminals

Question 5.14

4. What did Dickinson hope to achieve from his letter writing when he wrote several in 1768?

Independence from Britain

Representation in England

Governorship of Pennsylvania

Lower taxes on all goods

Question 5.15

5. Which of the following best describes the situation in the colonies when John Dickinson wrote his letter in 1770?

The colonists were enacting strict trade regulations that the British did not support.

The colonists were fighting for independence, and England was too weak to defend.

Britain was loosening control and considering American independence.

Britain was tightening control, and the colonists were resistant.

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