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Quiz for Document 7–3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Distresses of a Frontier Man, 1782

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 7.9

1. What did Crevecoeur suggest would have been the direction of the colonies’ elites if they had found themselves in his shoes on the western frontier?

The elite would have foolishly picked a side and perished in the war.

The elite would have sided with the British for the obvious material advantages.

Men of the colonial elite would not have acted any differently than him in this situation.

Men of the colonial elite would have been unable to cope with his lot and would have abandoned their duties.

Question 7.10

2. Why did Crevecoeur say that he had less loyalty to Great Britain than to the colony of New York?

The British soldiers had stolen from him and his neighbors.

He was unhappy about the taxes Great Britain made them pay.

He had not been born in Great Britain and had never been there.

Great Britain was too distant to hold his strong allegiance.

Question 7.11

3. Which of the following describes Crevecoeur’s encounters with Indians?

The Indians tried to get the colonists to fight with them against the American rebels.

He and his family had settled on Indian lands without the natives’ permission, so the Indians refused to associate with them.

He, his family, and neighbors faced the constant threat of attack from Indians who were British allies.

The Indians constantly stole cattle and goods from the colonists.