CHAPTER 4 OF ALAN BRINKLEY'S 13TH EDITION OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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| 1149034444 | Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750s EXCEPT | British subsidies for colonial industry. | 1 | |
| 1149034445 | During the fifty years after the Glorious Revolution, the British policy of neglect of the colonial economy | was sustained by some Parliamentary leaders who believed relaxation of restrictions would spur commerce. | 2 | |
| 1149034446 | By the 1750s colonial legislatures had come to see themselves as | little parliaments. | 3 | |
| 1149034447 | A conference of colonial leaders gathered in Albany, New York in 1754 to discuss a proposal by Benjamin Franklin to | establish "one general government" for all the colonies. | 4 | |
| 1149034448 | Both the French and the English were well aware that the battle for control of North America would be determined in part by | which group could win the allegiance of native tribes. | 5 | |
| 1149034449 | The British victory in the Great War for the Empire | gave England control of most the settled regions of North America. | 6 | |
| 1149034450 | Prior to the Great War for the Empire, the Iroquois Confederacy | maintained their autonomy by avoiding a close relationship with both the French and the English. | 7 | |
| 1149034451 | Which of the following did NOT occur during the prime ministry of William Pitt? | Most of the fighting was done by colonial militia. | 8 | |
| 1149034452 | For which of the following was the result of the Great War for the Empire a disaster? | the Iroquois Confederacy | 9 | |
| 1149034453 | The English decision to reorganize the British Empire after 1763 was the result of | enormous war debts and large increases in territory. | 10 | |
| 1149034454 | George III influenced the growing strain between the colonies and Great Britain through | his insecure personality, which contributed to the instability of the British government during these years. | 11 | |
| 1149034455 | In an effort to keep peace between frontiersmen and Indians and provide for a more orderly settlement of the West, the British government | forbade settlers from crossing the mountains that divided the Atlantic coast from the interior. | 12 | |
| 1149034456 | Which of the following was a consequence of the policies of the Grenville ministry? | British tax revenues in the colonies increased ten times. | 13 | |
| 1149034457 | British policies after 1763 | actually helped the colonial economy. | 14 | |
| 1149034458 | Colonists argued that the Stamp Act was not proper because | colonies could be taxed only by their provincial assemblies. | 15 | |
| 1149034459 | British authorities decided to repeal the Stamp Act primarily because of the | economic pressure caused by a colonial boycott of English goods. | 16 | |
| 1149034460 | Townshend believed his taxes on the colonists would not be protested because they were | "external" taxes—taxes on goods brought from overseas. | 17 | |
| 1149034461 | The Boston Massacre | was probably the result of panic and confusion. | 18 | |
| 1149034462 | Colonial "committees of correspondence" were created to | publicize grievances against England | 19 | |
| 1149034463 | American complaints concerning lack of representation made little sense to the English, who pointed out that | each member of Parliament represented the interests of the whole empire rather than a particular individual or geographical area | 20 | |
| 1149034464 | Colonists felt that when the English constitution was allowed to function properly, it created the best political system because it | distributed power among the three elements of society—the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the common people. | 21 | |
| 1149034465 | The Coercive or Intolerable Acts | made Massachusetts a martyr in the eyes of other colonies | 22 | |
| 1149034466 | Which of the following was NOT a step taken by the First Continental Congress? | It adopted a plan for a colonial union under British authority. | 23 | |
| 1149034467 | The dispute over the Tea Act: | caused the implementation of the Intolerable Acts. | 24 | |
| 1149034468 | The Regulator movement of 1771 consisted of: | farmers of the Carolina upcountry opposed to high taxes. | 25 |
