American Yawp Chapter 5 Quiz

What turning point convinced the French to join the war against Britain?

A. Battle of Saratoga

Why was the Boston Massacre significant?

Tied the colonies together through shared sympathy for Boston

What was the most important difference between the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?

The Stamp Act was a direct tax while the Sugar Act modified a pre-existing duty

Which side was the first to offer freedom to slaves willing to fight for their side?

Both made the same offer in 1775

The "Declaration of Rights and Grievances," produced by the Continental Congress included which of the following assertions:

A. Colonists retained all the rights of native Britons

B. Taxes should come only from the colonists' elected representatives

C. Colonists should have the right to trails by juries

D. All of the above << CORRECT

How did colonists respond to the repeal of the Stamp Act?

Praising Parliament and King George III

Which of the following is an example of the colonial ideology known as "republicanism"?

Uphold virtue to prevent the corruption of power.

The Coercive or Intolerable Acts included four specific laws. The first was the Boston Port Act. The other three are all of the following EXCEPT

Glass-Steagall Act

What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

Help the East India Company

The aid of which European nation proved most helpful to the American cause?

France

Which delegates opposed the mention of slavery in the Declaration of Independence?

A. South Carolina

B. Georgia

C. Various northern delegates who represented slave trading merchants

D. All of the above << Correct

How did women participate in protesting the Townshend Acts?

Spinning homespun clothing to aid the trade boycott