Exam 4: From Colonies to States

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A) ended inconclusively as armies rushed back to Europe to offer support at home.
B) eventually spread across the globe to encompass battlefields on four continents.
C) led to a British defeat and loss of large portions of the British Empire.
D) sparked a massive peace protest in London that almost caused the British to back out.
E) failed to earn the British the monetary support of colonial legislatures.

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A) They placed the colony under jurisdiction of an absolute monarchy in England rather than a constitutional monarchy.
B) They put James II in charge of the colony out of fear that the bloodshed of the Glorious Revolution would extend to the colonies.
C) They granted Native Americans citizenship to help increase the control the colonies had over resources.
D) They appointed a royal governor who had veto power over the colonial assembly to crack down on the colony's rebelliousness.
E) They required that voters in elections must be church members due to the royal family's newfound support for Catholicism.

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A) required that all international mail have a Royal Mail stamp.
B) gave priority to Dutch traders in the buying and selling of goods from the colonies.
C) made the colony of Massachusetts supply the British Royal Navy vessels with sailors.
D) helped regain the colonists' trust in the British government.
E) specified that certain colonial goods could only be traded to Britain or other British colonies.

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A) was a stubborn British general in the French and Indian War who viewed Native Americans with contempt
B) was a Virginia planter chosen to lead the Continental army due to his service in the French and Indian War
C) was a radical journalist in Philadelphia who wrote a pamphlet directly attacking the king rather than simply directing grievances at Parliament
D) was a lawyer and one of the few Whigs who demanded freedom for African Americans and women
E) was the Patriot who warned rebel leaders of a British military advance near Lexington
F) was an English philosopher whose Two Treatises on Government had a large impact on political thought in the colonies
G) was a British prime minister during the French and Indian War who adopted the military policy of treating the colonies as allies
H) was a Patriot radical who organized the Sons of Liberty as well as the Committee of Correspondence
I) was the British prime minister who grappled with the expenses of maintaining troops in America and proposed the Stamp Act
J) was America's first African American poet and wrote of the "oppressive power" of white colonists

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A) It drove deep divisions between the French and British, leading the British to build their navy in anticipation of the French and Indian War.
B) Its global scale led the French to form an alliance with the British early on in the American Revolutionary War.
C) Its tragic nature led Samuel Adams to retire the Committee of Correspondence temporarily and give the British another chance.
D) It served as the means by which the British retaliated against the colonists who had participated in the Boston Tea Party.
E) It represented the evolution and intensity of anti-British feelings in the American colonies as colonists engaged in violent protest.

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A) Because the American colonies had much higher property qualifications than did Britain or New France, the right to vote was greatly restricted in the American colonies.
B) Because the American colonies had a greater diversity of people than Britain or New France, the American colonists extended the right to vote to women and Native Americans.
C) Because property holding was widespread in the American colonies, the right to vote extended to a greater proportion of the male population than Britain, New France, or anywhere else in the world.
D) Because a British royal governor often headed the American colonial governments, the right to vote had the same scope as it did in England but was much broader than in New France.
E) Because the American colonies lacked elected legislatures but New France and Britain each had a variation of an elected assembly, the right to vote in the American colonies was highly limited.

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A) The British suffered major casualties.
B) George Washington won his first victory.
C) The colonial militia repulsed every British assault.
D) Americans learned they could easily beat the British.
E) Americans refused to take prisoners.

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A) The British government took less of a role in governing the American colonies.
B) New and efficient trade regulations were introduced.
C) William and Mary ruled Britain.
D) A new trade board, the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, was introduced.
E) Americans developed a powerful desire for independence.

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A) should be allowed to develop a more self-reliant and less expensive form of government on their own.
B) should be allowed to export needed raw materials and import finished goods from the mother country.
C) should increase trade with France and other European countries to help promote peace in North America.
D) should move closer to independence as a means of reducing British taxes spent on colonial defense.
E) would be willing to pay even higher taxes if they were given more freedoms by Parliament.

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