American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 4: THE EMPIRE IN TRANSITION

True or False Quiz

1
By the 1750s, most Americans felt little loyalty to the British crown.
A)True
B)False
2
The French were able to forge good relations with the Indian tribes because they were more tolerant of the Indian way of life than the British.
A)True
B)False
3
Before the Great War for the Empire, England, France, and Spain had been at peace with each other for nearly half a century.
A)True
B)False
4
The Seven Years' War, the French and Indian War, and the Great War for the Empire are all the same war.
A)True
B)False
5
After the Peace of Paris of 1763, the English were inclined to let the colonies go their own way, with few restrictions.
A)True
B)False
6
England was fortunate that King George III was young, bright, and surprisingly mature for his age.
A)True
B)False
7
Because they needed protection, colonists in both the East and the West were glad to have regular British troops stationed permanently in America.
A)True
B)False
8
The formation of groups known as the "Paxton Boys" and the "Regulators" revealed that colonists in the West believed they were not being treated fairly by colonists in the East.
A)True
B)False
9
Colonists were concerned over the immediate impact of the Stamp Act, not its long-range implications.
A)True
B)False
10
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, and in the Declaratory Act it declared that it would not tax the colonies in this way again.
A)True
B)False
11
Colonists responded to the Townshend duties with agreements not to import the taxed goods.
A)True
B)False
12
Americans wanted their representatives to "actually" represent them, while the British claimed that Parliament represented all British citizens, no matter where they lived.
A)True
B)False
13
Women, especially southern women, took no part in the protests and boycotts rising from the Coercive Acts.
A)True
B)False
14
Those who attended the Continental Congress did not intend for it to be a continuing organization.
A)True
B)False
15
The fighting at Lexington and Concord caused many who previously had little enthusiasm for the rebel cause to rally to it.
A)True
B)False
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