Unit 4 - The War for Independence - REVIEW

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

• To give colonists the freedom to trade with any nation.

• To restrict colonial trade and benefit England.

• To protect Native American lands from settlement.

• To end slavery in the colonies.

Describe Salutary Neglect.

• England forced strict laws on the colonies.

• England ignored the colonies completely.

• England relaxed enforcement of laws in exchange for colonial loyalty.

• England allowed the colonies to govern themselves fully.

What was the Proclamation of 1763? Why was it established?

• It gave colonists free land in the West.

• It banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native Americans.

• It allowed colonists to trade freely with Spain and France.

• It gave Parliament the right to tax the colonies.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party, and how did Parliament respond?

• Colonists signed a peace treaty; Britain lowered taxes.

• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor; Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts.

• Colonists attacked soldiers; Parliament removed all taxes.

• Colonists boycotted bread; Britain gave them more representation.

According to mercantilism, what did Great Britain expect from the colonists?

• Colonists should supply raw materials and buy English goods.

• Colonists should form their own independent economy.

• Colonists should trade freely with all countries.

• Colonists should stop farming and focus on manufacturing.

Explain “favorable balance of trade.”

• When a nation buys more than it sells.

• When a nation sells more than it buys.

• When colonies trade freely with all nations.

• When trade is completely banned.

What is the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To announce independence and explain why colonies were breaking away from Britain.

• To make peace with the King.

• To support French control of the colonies.

• To list new taxes the colonies would pay.

What three natural or unalienable rights do men have?

• Life, Liberty, and Property.

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

• Free Speech, Free Press, and Trial by Jury.

• Religion, Speech, and Assembly.

Governments get their power from whom, according to the Declaration?

• The King.

• Parliament.

• The consent of the governed (the people).

• The church.

What was the major objection that British colonists had to English rule?

• They wanted their own king.

• They were denied the rights of English citizens.

• They disliked trading with France.

• They wanted a stronger army.