Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Board of Trade in England:
A) was overseer of the colonies for the British government.
B) helped with the peace of Aix la Chappelle.
C) owned most of the Ohio River Valley.
D) was paid by New England to support its trade relations with
the West Indies.
2. In governing their American empire after the French and Indian
War (1763), what new problem faced the British?
A) colonial reluctance to expand into the Ohio River Valley
B) greatly increased expenses of administering a far larger and
more complex empire
C) strong American support for the rudimentary colonial union
expressed in the popular Albany Plan
D) colonel resentment for the failure of the British to aid
them during the French and Indian War
3. All of these were problems the British faced after the French
and Indian War EXCEPT:
A) a poor administrator as King.
B) control of the Hudson Bay region.
C) a 140 million pound war debt.
D) how to manage and defend land acquired by the war.
4. The Proclamation Line of 1763 never could work because:
A) of the tradition in America of settlement of western lands
and the people in the colonies wanting to move over the
mountains.
B) it forced Pontiac to submit to British rule.
C) it divided the colonies into two sections North and South.
D) it led to settlement of the Alleghenies region.
5. The Townshend Act was protested by Samuel Adams and James Otis
in the Massachusetts assembly with which of the following?
A) "Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer"
B) Massachusetts "Circular Letter"
C) the Declaration of Rights and Grievances
D) Writs of assistance
6. The Sons of Liberty were:
A) leading advocates of the theory of virtual representation.
B) groups of men in port cities who led the fight against the
Stamp Act and Townshend Acts and argued for non-importation.
C) groups of disgruntled shopkeepers who assassinated British
custom officials.
D) teenagers who harassed British soldiers.
7. In response to the action taken by Britain after the Boston Tea
Party, the colonists:
A) approved of the British crackdown on Boston because they
resented the economic control of the New England merchants.
B) sent aid to affected merchants in the West Indies.
C) voted for the Galloway plan of union.
D) sent delegates to a Continental Congress in 1774.
8. The purpose of the British army's march on Concord,
Massachusetts in April 1775 was to:
A) train the troops for what appeared to be an inevitable war.
B) force Massachusetts' leaders to pay for the tea destroyed in
the Boston Tea Party.
C) track down the persons responsible for burning the Gaspee.
D) seize the guns and war supplies stored there.
9. The Olive Branch Petition attempted to:
A) show King George that the colonists intended war.
B) bargain with King George and parliament on the issue of
independence.
C) in the hope of reconciliation with the King.
D) beg forgiveness from the King for misconduct.
10. With the use of Hessians, slaves, and Indians in the war, the
British:
A) lost what affection Americans had for the mother country.
B) had a highly motivated fighting force.
C) stopped the southern colonies from aiding the
revolutionaries.
D) prevented Canada from joining into the war.
11. The treatment of Loyalists in the American Revolution War was
one in which:
A) the colonists welcomed them even though they disagreed with
the cause.
B) they had an important role in developing the new government.
C) they were liked politically only in the middle states.
D) they could return "home" to England without any trouble.
12. The effect of the American Revolutionary War on society in
America was:
A) much like what would happen in France after her revolution.
B) little compared to most revolutions.
C) society was like that of the British society at the same
time.
D) wholesale changes in the lives of most Americans except the
wealthy.
13. The Ordinance of 1785, under the Articles of Confederation
dealing with western land, would provide all EXCEPT one of
these:
A) a system that is still used today.
B) no slavery beyond the Appalachian.
C) six-mile-square townships containing thirty-six one-square
mile sections.
D) a base for public schools.
14. The men who were delegates to the Constitutional convention had:
A) widely different view points on the idea of the powers to be
given to the states and federal governments.
B) generally agreed there was a need for a strong central
government with checks and balances.
C) voted only along sectional lines.
D) favored direct elections for all public offices in the
constitution.
15. Alexander Hamilton viewed the Whiskey Rebellion as a:
A) indication of an unjust policy needing change.
B) test of the Washington administration's ability to govern.
C) minor protest unworthy of government attention.
D) serious threat to economy of the west.
Multiple-Choice
1. A Type: MC - 2
2. B Type: MC - 6
3. B Type: MC - 8
4. A Type: MC - 9
5. B Type: MC - 14
6. B Type: MC - 15
7. D Type: MC - 19
8. D Type: MC - 21
9. C Type: MC - 24
10. A Type: MC - 27
11. D Type: MC - 33
12. B Type: MC - 38
13. B Type: MC - 47
14. B Type: MC - 55
15. B Type: MC - 70