MCQs of History - America Under The British Empire – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 58

1. Question

Prior to successfully the colonising the New World, England defeated a major rival, and just prior losing of its New World colonies, England defeated another major rival. The rivals were first______.

France,then the United State
France, than Holland
Spain, then France
None of these

Question 2 of 58

2. Question

Which of the following was NOT involved in the Triangle Trade during the colonial period?

Cotton
Slaves
Molasses
None of these

Question 3 of 58

3. Question

The most significant conquence of the French and Indians was______.

Spain received Florida as a prize of war.
Colonists feared being dragged in to another European war.
England and the colonies began to distruct each other.
None of these

Question 4 of 58

4. Question

Most of Thirteen original colonies_____.

Stared as proprietary colonies and became royal colonies by the 1750s.
Were with in their first twenty years successful in terms of their original plans.
Started as charter colonies and became royal colonies by the 1750s.
None of these

Question 5 of 58

5. Question

The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with_____.

A government should seek to direct the economy so as maximise exports.
Colonies are of little economics importance to the mother country.
it is vital that a country imports more than exports.
None of these

Question 6 of 58

6. Question

The world Act of 1699, the Heat Act of 1732, and the Iron Act of 1750 were British attempts to______.

Tax ship entering American ports.
Punish Bostonian merchants.
Limit American manufacturing
None of these

Question 7 of 58

7. Question

_______resulted from King William’s and Queen Anne’s Wars.

The French were driven from the North American continent.
The Stuart kings were driven from power.
The wars heightened Anglo-Americans' sense of British Identity and made them feel dependent on the mother country for protection.
The British captured New Overleans and started to settle Louisiana.

Question 8 of 58

8. Question

In the 1750s, the relationship between the British Empire and the American colonies was charecterised by_____.

Most Americans believed that the benifits of the empire far outweighed the costs.
The British strictily enforced colonial trade regulations.
Most Americans objected to their membership in the British Empire.
The British constantly intervened in American affairs.

Question 9 of 58

9. Question

______ was a major market for New England goods in the late 17th century.

Continental Europe
The West Indies
india
None of these

Question 10 of 58

10. Question

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to_____.

Achieve colonial unity and common defence agianst the French threat.
Propose independence of the colonies from Britain.
Declare war on the Iroquois nation.
None of these

Question 11 of 58

11. Question

King philip’s War of 1675-1676 was fought to_____.

Remove Spanish Catholics from Forida.
End Spanish control over the Indians in New England
Establish English control over the Indians in New England
None of these

Question 12 of 58

12. Question

General Britain sought to control colonial trade because_____.

It did not want competition with its own manufacturers.
Colonial products were inferior to British products.
The colonies were seeking political independence.
None of these

Question 13 of 58

13. Question

Which of the following is properly considered the main purpose of the Navigation Acts.

The promotion of trade the colonies.
The protection of American Manufacturrering from foreign competition.
To guarantee that England alone would profit from trade with the colonies.
None of these

Question 14 of 58

14. Question

The considerable powers that colonial governors possessed included all of the following EXCEPT____.

The right to verb acts.
The power to call or dismiss assembly session at will.
Control over taxes and budget.
None of these

Question 15 of 58

15. Question

The trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 for seditious libel_____.

Established the government right to censor the press.
Resulted in a "hung jury" and dismissal of the charges.
Encouraged editors to be more critical of public officials.
None of these

Question 16 of 58

16. Question

Which of the following nations was forced out of its colonial holdings in North America in the 17 century?

The Netherlands
Spain
England
None of these

Question 17 of 58

17. Question

Prior to 1763, the British policy of “salutary neglect”_____.

Allowed royal colonies to elect their own governors.
Did not enforce the Navigation Acts.
Took the Royal Navy off the high seas.
Encouraged colonists to establish their own parliament.
With drew British soldiers form North America

Question 18 of 58

18. Question

Which of the following best describes the power generally exercised by British colonial governors in the American colonies?

They exercised more power than they were legally permitted because of royal support.
They exercised more power than they were lefgally premitted through the use of patronage.
They exercised less power than they were premitted because of legislative control of taxing and spending.
None of these

Question 19 of 58

19. Question

The right to vote for members of the colonial assemblies was_____.

Greatly restricted because of high property qualifications.
Open to women in most the colonies
Extended to a greater proportion of the population than any7where else in the world of the 18c.
Nonne of these

Question 20 of 58

20. Question

Bacon’s Rebellion was supported mainly by_____.

Young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land.
The planter class of virginia .
Those protesting the increased importation of African slaves.
None of these

Question 21 of 58

21. Question

Each of the following was a reason for the colonists to enjoy their membership in the British Empire in the 1750s EXCEPT______.

Military protection from the Indians and the French.
Political Stability
British subsidies for colonial industry
None of these

Question 22 of 58

22. Question

During the fifty years after the Glorious Revolution, the British policy of neglect of the colonial economy_____.

Dissipated as the kings reasserted their power in the British government.
Was lessened by the capabilities of royal officials in America.
Was sustained by some parliamentary leaders who believed relexation of restriction would super commerce.
None of these

Question 23 of 58

23. Question

By the 1750s colonial legislature had come to see themselves as_____.

Little Parliaments
Agents of the royal governor.
Powerless
None of these

Question 24 of 58

24. Question

A conference of colonial leaders gathered ai Albany, New York in 1754 to discuss a proposal by Benjamin Franklin to______.

Establish "one general government " for all the colonies.
Negotiate a treaty with the French.
Expand a system of inter-colonial roads.
None of these

Question 25 of 58

25. Question

Both of the French and English were will aware that the battle for control of North America would be determined in party_____.

Who had the Dutch on their side
Whose king was the best military commander
Which group could win the allegiance of native tribes
None of these

Question 26 of 58

26. Question

The British victory in the Great War for the Empire______.

Expelled France and Spain from North America.
Gave England control of most the settled regions of North America.
Resulted in the defeat of all North American Indian tribes.
None of these

Question 27 of 58

27. Question

Prior to the Great War of the Empire, the iroquois Confederacy_____.

Traded exclusively with the English
Traded exclusively with the French
Maintainded their autonomy by avoiding a close relationship with both the French and English
None of these

Question 28 of 58

28. Question

Which of the following did NOT occur during the prime ministry of William Pitt?

Americans were reimbursed for supplies requistioned in their British colonies.
Colonial assemblies were in charge of recruitement in their respective colonies.
Most of the fighting was donr by colonial militia
None of thee

Question 29 of 58

29. Question

For which of the following was the result of the Great War for the Empire a disaster?

English frontiersmen and traders
Colonial merchants
Iroquious Confederacy
None of these

Question 30 of 58

30. Question

The English decision to recognise the British Empire after 1763 was the result of_____/

Colonial demands for more efficient government.
Problems in the merchant community and their desire for regulation.
Enormous war debts and large increases and their desire for regulation
None of these

Question 31 of 58

31. Question

George III influenced the growing strain between the colonies and Great British through______.

His alliance with the Whigs led by William Pitt.
His psychological illness during the 1760s and 1770s.
His insecure personality, which contributed to the instability of the British government these years.
None of these

Question 32 of 58

32. Question

In an efforts to keep peace between frontiersmen and Indians and provide for a more orderly settlement of the West, the British government______.

Granted the Indians confederations sovereign recognition.
Gave Indians tribes and confederations colonial status.
Forbade settler from crossing the mountains that divide the Atlantic coast from the interior.
None of these

Question 33 of 58

33. Question

Which of the following was a consequence of the policies of the Grenville ministry?

British tax revenues in the colonies increased ten times.
Colonists effectively resisted and paid little tax.
Many colonial merchants went out of business.
None of these

Question 34 of 58

34. Question

British policies after 1763_____.

Destroyed the economy of the American colonies.
Stripped colonial assemblies of their authority.
Actually helped the colonial economy.
None of these

Question 35 of 58

35. Question

Colonists argued that the Stamp Act was not proper because_____.

It affected only a few people, so the burden was not shared.
The money raised would not be spent in the colonies.
Colonies could be taxed only by their provincial assemblies.
None of these

Question 36 of 58

36. Question

British authorities decided to repeal the Stamp Act primarily because of the_____.

Passage of the "Virginia Resolves."
Well-reasoned petitions of the Stamp Act Congress.
Economic pressure caused by a colonial boycott of English goods.
None of these

Question 37 of 58

37. Question

Townshend believed his taxes on the colonists would not be protested because they were_____.

"External" taxes-taxes on goods brought from overseas.
Not going to be strictly enforced.
Lower than the Stamp Act taxes.
None of these

Question 38 of 58

38. Question

The Boston Massacre______.

Drove the American resistance underground.
Reserved the calming trend that had occurred after the repeal of the Townshend Acts.
Was probably the result of panic and confusion
None of these

Question 39 of 58

39. Question

Colonial “committee of correspondence” were created to______.

Keep colonial intellectuals in contact with each other.
Intercept mail between American Tories and the British government.
Publicise grievances against England.
None of these

Question 40 of 58

40. Question

American complaints concerning lack of representation made little sense to the English, who pointed out that_______.

Over eighty percent of the population of Great Britain was entitled to vote for members of Parliament.
Each colony was represented by an agent and a designated members of Parliament.
Each member of the Parliament represented the interests of the whole empire rather than a particular individual or geographical area.
None of these

Question 41 of 58

41. Question

Colonists fell 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.
Created a republican government.
Provided semi-autonomy to the colonies.
None of these

Question 42 of 58

42. Question

The Coercive or Intolerable Acts______.

Isolate Massachusetts from the other colonies.
Made Massachusetts a martyr in the eyes of other colonies.
Created no concern any group other than merchants.
None of these

Question 43 of 58

43. Question

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.
It endorsed a statement of grievances.
It called for military preparations.
None of these

Question 44 of 58

44. Question

Which of the following was NOT true of the slave trade?

Most of the slaves come from West Africa.
The first European nation to traffic in African slaves was Spain.
Slavery had existed for centuries in West Africa before the advent of the European.
None of these

Question 45 of 58

45. Question

Which of the following is true of slavery in the English colonies?

The first Africans were bought to South Carolina from the West Indies.
Originally, black slaves in the Chesapeake colony could earn their freedom by completing a term of service or by converting to Christianity.
After Bacon's rebellion, the local government passed laws limiting the importation of slaves.
None of these

Question 46 of 58

46. Question

Which of the following was/were trends from the late 17th century to the mid 18th century?

As death rates declined, women lost some of the rights they had had as the sole executors of their husbands' wills.
The planter elite survived the depressed tobacco market by relying on products they produced on their own property.
Both a & b
None of these

Question 47 of 58

47. Question

Which of the following was/were true in the history of slavery?

When the economy improved in England in the last quarter of the 17th century, fewer people came to the colonies as identured servants.
The shorter growing season in the North meant that slavery was not economically feasible.
Almost half of the slaves brought to the New World were brought to the Southern colonies.
Both a &b

Question 48 of 58

48. Question

The largest slave uprising of the 18th century took place in______.

Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
None of these

Question 49 of 58

49. Question

Which of the following colonies was the last to be founder?

North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Georgia
None of these

Question 50 of 58

50. Question

The most well-known triangular trade involved______.

Rum, slaves, naval stores
Rum, naval stores and tobacco
Rum, slaves, molasses
None of these

Question 51 of 58

51. Question

One benefit the Navigation Acts for the English colonists was that they allowed______.

The development of a manufacturing industry.
The development of a ship-building industry.
Increased trade with the French West Indies.
None of these

Question 52 of 58

52. Question

Which region had the lowest mortality rate among its slave population?

The West Indies
South Carolina
The Chesapeake colonies
None of these

Question 53 of 58

53. Question

Which of the following is NOT true?

As in the South, colonial New England's economic prosperity depended on growing surplus cash crops for export.
By 1730, the majority of South Carolina's population was black.
Southern whites generally exaggerated the danger of slave rebellion in English North America.
None of these

Question 54 of 58

54. Question

In the first half of the 18th century,______.

Colonial assemblies gained power at the expense colonial governors and the proprietary owners.
Although most property-owing white men could vote, usually only men of wealth and status were elected.
Mobs sometimes achieved social and economic aims such as preventing merchants from exporting food during a shortage or officials from restricting the sale of farm produced.
All of the above

Question 55 of 58

55. Question

The original purpose of the new colony of Georgia was to_______.

Provide religious freedom for Catholics.
Provide a haven for the British poor.
Encourage more trade in sugar and rice
None of these

Question 56 of 58

56. Question

All of the following Acts were part of British mercantilist policy EXCEPT the_______.

Molasses Act
Navigation Acts
Act of Toleration
None of these

Question 57 of 58

57. Question

The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with_______.

Economies will proposer when trade is restricted as little as possible.
A government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximise exports.
Colonies are of little economic importance to the mother country.
None of these

Question 58 of 58

58. Question

The trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 for seditious libel______.

Established the government's right to censor the press.
Encouraged editors to be more critical of public officials.
Resulted in a "hung jury" and a dismissal of the charges.
None of these

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