Chapter 4 Quiz

A  consisted of colonists all approved by royal governors.

B  existed only to implement the policies of the English Parliament.

C  were petitioning the king to charter new colonies to the west.

D  had claimed the right to levy taxes.

E  felt little loyalty to the English government.

A  accepted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.

B  agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade.

C  called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.

D  issued an order for the arrest of all colonists loyal to the king.

E  proposed that the colonies tax themselves at Parliament’s demand.

A  frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace.

B  triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.

C  took place in response to Boston’s turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor.

D  shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.

E  took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.

A  the American colonies had no claim to any political representation.

B  each American colony was allowed one non-voting representative in Parliament.

C  the American colonies were represented by the courts.

D  the American colonies were represented in Parliament.

E  the king spoke to Parliament on behalf of the American colonies.

A  turned Paul Revere into a martyr for the cause of colonial independence.

B  led to Paul Revere’s midnight ride of warning.

C  resulted in the death of several British soldiers.

D  included a trial in which British soldiers were convicted of murder.

E  was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.

A  actually affected only a few New England merchants.

B  helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government.

C  required the consent of the colonial assemblies before going into effect.

D  provided much needed revenue to the American colonies.

E  was consistent with traditional parliamentary efforts to regulate commerce.

A  was generally effective.

B  encouraged settlement of the western edge of the colonies.

C  was supported by many Indian tribal groups.

D  led to renewed conflict with the remaining French colonists in the West.

E  disrupted England’s western trade in the colonies.

A  France agreed to pay England for the cost of the war.

B  England acquired all French naval vessels docked in North American ports.

C  France surrendered New Orleans and Canada to the British.

D  France ceded all of its Caribbean colonies to England.

E  France ceded Canada and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain.

A  slowed England’s western expansion of its American colonies.

B  was a considerable victory for Spain in North America.

C  ended King William’s War.

D  transferred territory from the French to the English in North America.

E  transferred territory from the English to the French in the Caribbean.

A  French, the colonists, and the Spanish.

B  Iroquois, the English, and the French.

C  English, the Iroquois, and the Spanish.

D  French, the Spanish, and the English.

E  colonists, the English, and the Spanish.