American Yawp Chapter 5

Where did the ideas of the "country party," that is the emphasis on the ideology of republicanism, have the most influence?

In the colonies

Both John Locke and George Whitefield encouraged which of the following values?

Questioning authority

Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

To limit wars with Indigenous peoples

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

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

Praising Parliament and King George III

How did women participate in protesting the Townshend Acts?

Spinning homespun clothing

Why was the Boston Massacre significant?

Tied the colonies together through shared sympathy for Boston

What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

Help the East India Company

Punish Boston merchants

Raise revenue to pay down the national debt

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:

The Glass Act

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

Colonists should have the right to trails by juries

Colonists retained all the rights of native Britons

Taxes should come only from the colonists' elected representatives

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

Georgia

Various northern delegates who represented slave trading merchants

South Carolina

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

France

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

British

Most members of the Shawnee, Creek, Cherokee, and Iroquois sided with which side during the war?

British

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

Battle of Saratoga