Fall Semester Test Part 1

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies
• By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
• By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
• By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

Mercantilism:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
• an unofficial policy of ignoring laws

Navigation Acts:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
• an unofficial policy of ignoring laws

Salutary Neglect:

• a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
• a series of laws to support limiting colonial trade
• an unofficial British policy of ignoring and not enforcing laws

How did colonists react to the Albany Plan of Union?

• They approved of the plan and united under one government
• The New England colonies were in favor but the others were not
• All colonies approved of the plan except for New England
• They did not like the plan and remained separate

How did the Iroquois Confederacy influence the attempts to unite the colonies through the Albany Plan of Union?

• The Iroquois Confederacy had six independent nations that made separate decisions like the colonies
• The Iroquois Confederacy had independent nations that successfully came together and made decisions as a group
• The Iroquois Confederacy influenced the colonies to not pass the Albany Plan of Union because their government was not successful
• The Iroquois Confederacy influenced the colonies to pass the Albany Plan of Union because they wanted to control the British colonies

A major consequence of the French and Indian War was that the:

• Colonists decision to side with France led Britain to retaliate against the Americans
• Expense of fighting the war led Britain to tax the colonies directly for the first time
• Loyalty of the colonists to the British side led to new freedoms and self government for the Americans
• Elimination of the French threat in North America led Britain to concentrate on conquering all of the remaining Spanish colonies

How did the Proclamation of 1763 increase the tension between the American colonies and Great Britain?

• The British government reduced its military protection in the colonies.
• British commanders encouraged Native Americans to attack colonists.
• The British king prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• British troops collected taxes to pay the war debt of Great Britain.

Which of the following best explains why the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
• To reduce colonial dependence on expensive paper products
• To pay for the French and Indian War
• To make British tax policies more fair

What was the tax law requiring colonists to purchase special stamped paper for printed items?

• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act