Chapter 5 Quiz

What fact supported John Adams's defense of the British soldiers who took part in the Boston Massacre?

• The mob attacked the soldiers with snowballs, ice, and clubs.

• Many Boston citizens were angry because British soldiers were taking their jobs.

• John Adams was a leading Patriot, which guaranteed the trial would be fair.

• The soldiers became the villains of illustrated broadsides and ballads.

Besides colonial tea merchants, who suffered direct losses because of the Tea Act of 1773?

• King George III

• Members of the British Parliament

• Members of the British East India Company

• Colonial smugglers

What idea did the believers of the Great Awakening share with John Locke?

• Governments depend on the consent of the governed.

• Individuals have the right to question a leader's authority.

• People should fear the judgment of God.

• Church leaders should be the moral authority.

How did Samuel Adams' committee of correspondence contribute to anti-British sentiment in the colonies?

• By encouraging colonists to train in the arts of war

• By listing and publishing British offenses against the colonies' rights

• By organizing boycotts of tea and paper products

• Against quartering British troops in colonists' homes

According to the map, which geographic feature did the Proclamation Line of 1763 run through?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Appalachian Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Michigan

Why did the Sugar Act reduce the duties on imported molasses?

• To discourage trade with French trappers

• To solidify treaties with local tribal leaders

• To encourage merchants to stop smuggling

• To reinforce British control over the colonies

Where were the thirteen colonies located?

• Along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico

• East of the Proclamation Line of 1763

• West of the Proclamation Line of 1763

• West of the Mississippi River

According to the map, who owned the territory west of the Mississippi River?

• Britain

• British colonists

• Native Americans

• Spain

Why did King George III try to limit contact between the citizens of the British colonies and Native Americans?

• To keep peace on the frontier

• To open better transportation routes

• To protect colonial property rights

• To grant British rights to Native Americans

What group organized a boycott and orchestrated the Boston Tea Party?

• Daughters of Liberty

• Whigs

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty