USH: American Rev Notes Part 2

USH: American Rev Notes Part 2

by Christopher Cooper

Multiple Choice

The picture above was published in an American newspaper shortly after the Stamp Act was passed in Britain.  How does this help explain colonial response to the Stamp Act? 

• The use of the skull and crossbones indicates that Americans were opposed to the Stamp Act.

• It was obviously welcomed since American newspapers were reporting about it.

• The colonies were using the skull and crossbones as their primary symbol and they welcomed it.

• The Stamp Act was barely even noticed and this picture indicates the Act was dying.

Multiple Choice

All of the following were purposes of the Sons of Liberty EXCEPT 

• to organize colonial resistance

• to show growing dislike of British rule

• to protest the Stamp Act

• to support the efforts of Loyalists to maintain British control over the colonies

Multiple Choice

What did the Townshend Acts bring about? 

• direct taxes on legal documents

• indirect taxes on imported goods such as lead, paint, and glass, etc.

• relief from taxes on tea

• the closing of Boston Harbor

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to_________. 

• keep the different colonies in communication with each other prior to the Revolution

• organize the Boston Tea Party

• negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763

• to oppose the activities of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Multiple Choice

“. . . I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation, to show, a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is derived. Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for, buy them where we will. . . .” — Thomas Paine, 1776   In this statement, Thomas Paine suggested that the American colonies should

• negotiate an end to the conflict with England

• form an alliance with England

• declare independence from England

• boycott goods from England