Chapter 5 Test Review

1. The belief that colonies exist to benefit the economy of the mother country is known as __________________.

Mercantilism

2. Why did the British colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763?

It placed limits on westward expansion

3. The main purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by England was to ensure that only _________________ benefited from colonial trade.

England

4. The outcome of the Treaty of Paris of 1763 resulted in which country losing its colonies/territory in North America?

France

5. When colonists refused to buy any English products, they were participating in a _____________________.

boycott

6. In order to avoid colonial conflicts with the Native Americans, the British Government passed this proclamation-

Proclamation of 1763

7. What was a result of the French and Indian War that led directly to the American Revolution?

Colonists paying for war through taxes

8. How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act (1765) on colonial trade

They boycotted

Merchants

9. Boycotts were very effective because it created economic hardships for British _______________________ and reduced their profits.

Parliament

10. The slogan “no taxation without representation” referred to taxes enacted by British ______________________________.

Loyalist

11. A person who sided with the King could best be described as a ___________________.

Patriot

12. A person who fought for independence and protested taxation could best be described as a _________________________.

Declaration of Independence

13. Which document is the excerpt below taken from? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.......”

Thomas Jefferson

14. Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

Independence Britain

15. The primary purpose of the Declaration of _________________ was to list the reasons the colonies should be FREE from ____________________.

RevenueTrade

16. The main goal of most of the British Acts (Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Navigation Acts etc) was to enable Britain to raise ______________ and control who the colonies could and could not __________________ with.

American

17. These British policies and Acts angered the American colonists and eventually led to the _______________ Revolution.

Section 1 –Preamble/IntroSections 2 and 3 – list the rights the colonists thought they should have and their grievances against the kingSection 4 – establishes the U.S.A

18. Briefly describe the purpose of each of the 4 Sections of the Declaration of Independence:

TaxRepresentation

19. Many American colonists believed that British ______ laws were unfair because colonists lacked _________________________ in Parliament.

Declaration People

20. A basic idea stated by Thomas Jefferson in the _________________ of Independence was that the power to govern a nation comes from the _____________.

As a protector or the mother country

21. How did a Loyalist view Great Britain?

Revolutionary

22. The era of the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress and Common Sense would best be summarized as the ________________________ Era.

To be against it or fight itYES!!!!!!!!!!

23. To oppose something means to ___________________________. Were the American colonists opposed to many of the British policies? Yes or No

Remained loyal to Britain and did not think that taxes were a good enough reason to revolt

24. Define Loyalist:

Believed the taxes were unfair and that the colonies should be free of Britain

25. Define Patriot:

George Washington

26. Who did the Continental Congress appoint to be the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

1.Banned town meetings

2.Officers accused of crimes could be tried in other colonies or Britain

3.Forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes

27. List 4 effects of the Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts)

28. Explain the following quote in your own words:“The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.”

-Statements by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765

Only the colonists elected representatives should have the power to levy (collect) taxes

29. Based on your knowledge of the Triangular Trade, what product was exported from the 13 colonies and sent to Africa?

RUM