Americas History Concise Edition Volume 1 9th Edition Edwards Test Bank 1
Americas History Concise Edition Volume 1 9th Edition Edwards Test Bank 1
Americas History Concise Edition Volume 1 9th Edition Edwards Test Bank 1
2. What percentage of the average American colonist's income in the 1760s was typically
spent on taxes?
A) 5 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 25 percent
3. How did Britain's skyrocketing national debt affect its government in England and
America in the 1760s?
A) The need for higher taxes spurred Britain to increase the size and power of its
bureaucracy in England and America.
B) Britain's debt crisis led the Parliament to suspend the colonies' royal governorships
and decrease its subsidies to the monarchy.
C) Americans' cooperation with the new tax code allowed Britain to transfer
government officials from the colonies back to London.
D) In response to the fiscal crisis, Parliament reduced the size of its domestic and
colonial tax bureaucracies, but it increased their power dramatically.
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4. Which of the following was one reason the British sent 7,500 troops to North America
after the end of the Great War for Empire in 1763?
A) Military reinforcements were needed to protect the colonies from the Spanish.
B) The British government sought to prevent future Indian uprisings on the frontier.
C) The new era of peace in Europe required Britain to contrive another purpose for its
troops.
D) Britain deployed new troops to America to rebuild the areas destroyed during the
war.
5. Which of the following was part of British Parliament's effort to govern the colonies
after the Great War for Empire ended in 1763?
A) The seizure of American vessels carrying supplies from the mainland to the French
West Indies
B) The practice of turning a blind eye when colonial merchants ignored trade
regulations
C) Leasing jobs in the royal customs departments in the colonies in order to raise more
money
D) Replacing the Navigation Acts with free-trade reforms to promote rapid economic
growth
6. George Grenville conceived the Sugar Act of 1764 to replace which of the following
acts?
A) The Currency Act of 1764
B) The Proclamation of 1763
C) The Excise Act of 1756
D) The Molasses Act of 1733
7. George Grenville designed the Sugar Act of 1764 to accomplish which of the
following?
A) Improve colonial merchants' compliance with customs laws
B) Increase the tax rate on American sugar imports
C) Prohibit colonists from importing molasses from the West Indies
D) Shut down the production and sale of rum in the American colonies
8. The colonists' real objections to the Sugar Act stemmed from which of the following?
A) The high taxes, which would bankrupt many merchants
B) Its strict penalties, which discouraged smuggling and raised prices
C) The growing administrative power of the British government over the colonies
D) Britain's intention to make the colonists pay for their own defense
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9. On what basis did the American colonists object to the vice-admiralty courts in which
violators of the Sugar Act were tried?
A) They were administered by the British Navy rather than civilian officials.
B) These courts were located in Britain and defendants were required to pay for travel.
C) The courts were run by British-appointed judges.
D) Colonists did not believe they should be prosecuted by the same courts as British
criminals.
10. The Stamp Act was instituted by Parliament in the colonies in 1765; it was
A) part of England's plan to create a more centralized imperial system in America.
B) barely passed by a divided Parliament deeply concerned about American
opposition.
C) problematic because it bore heavily on the poorest colonists and exempted the rich.
D) supported by Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial leaders as a
reasonable tax.
11. How did British politicians respond to the Americans' cry of “no taxation without
representation”?
A) Parliament pursued stricter enforcement of the Stamp Act.
B) They passed the Revenue Act to replace the Stamp Act.
C) Politicians argued that the colonists already had virtual representation.
D) They suggested that Americans had representation through their own colonial
legislatures.
12. Which of the following statements characterizes responses to the planned Stamp Act?
A) Colonial leaders agreed with Franklin's proposal, arguing that delegates from the
colonies could exert great power in Parliament.
B) Many Americans would probably have accepted the act if they had also gained
representation in Parliament.
C) Thinking that Parliament was bluffing, most Americans paid little attention to the
issue until the act went into effect.
D) British politicians, with the exception of William Pitt, refused to consider the idea
of American representation in Parliament.
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13. At the same time as Parliament imposed the Stamp Act, it also passed the Quartering
Act, which required
A) Americans to vacate their houses or take in British troops on the demand of any
commander.
B) colonial governments to provide barracks and food for British troops sent to
America to protect them.
C) that treasonous Americans be hanged and “quartered”; that is, cut into four pieces
by the hangman.
D) that collectors of the Stamp Tax receive a commission of one-quarter of the
revenue they took in.
14. Which of the following statements describes the Stamp Act Congress, which was held in
New York in 1765?
A) The Congress was a failure because the nine colonies represented could not agree
on a unified policy.
B) The delegates protested loss of American liberties and challenged the act's
constitutionality.
C) Congressional delegates formulated a set of resolves that threatened rebellion
against Britain.
D) The group issued a statement that accepted the constitutionality of the Sugar Act,
but not the Stamp Act.
15. Members of activist groups, such as the Sons of Liberty, were typically which of the
following?
A) Leading colonial lawyers and merchants
B) Unemployed workers with little to lose from rioting
C) Artisans, shopkeepers, poor laborers, and seamen
D) Outside agitators looking to create disorder
16. Which of the following factors was among those that motivated many merchants,
artisans, and journeymen to protest against the Stamp Act?
A) Widespread wage cuts and price increases
B) Fear that their personal liberty would be undermined
C) Their desire to create an American democracy
D) Religious fervor stimulated by the Great Awakening
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17. Why did the British General Gage refuse to use his military force to protect the stamps
that were to be used once the Stamp Act took effect?
A) Gage himself believed that the Stamp Act was constitutionally problematic.
B) He knew his force was too small to effectively quell the widespread protests.
C) Gage believed that military force would disperse the protests but spark an
insurrection.
D) He recognized that a new military conflict would only drain Britain's coffers
further.
18. In the 1760s and early 1770s, lawyers and other educated Americans used common-law
arguments mainly to
A) justify violent resistance to the Stamp Act.
B) call for the overthrow of King George III.
C) justify smuggling in violation of the Navigation Acts.
D) assert the colonists' rights and liberties as Englishmen.
19. John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was a response to which of the
following policies?
A) The Stamp Act
B) The Currency Act
C) The Townshend Acts
D) The Proclamation of 1763
20. Patriots' widely publicized use of natural rights arguments to protest British actions in
the 1760s inspired which of the following?
A) Irish Catholics to start their own movement to oust British colonizers from their
country
B) Native Americans in New York and western Pennsylvania to declare their national
sovereignty
C) African American slaves to petition the Massachusetts legislature for the abolition
of slavery
D) Great Britain's decision to clamp down on American newspapers and printing
businesses
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May 27, 2168—The following conversation between the spaceliner
American Beauty and GCA, Spaceport New Dallas, Mars, was recorded
5/14/2168 and played at the official inquiry today:
KOSTOV: Calling GCA. This is Kostov in American Beauty calling
GCA New Dallas. Do you read me? Come in, GCA. Over.
GCA: GCA to American Beauty. You're in the screen. Come in. All clear
for landing. Over.
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KOSTOV: That you, Ralph?
GCA: Yeah, Tony. Welcome back. Will you have that with soda or on the
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KOSTOV: What's that?
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wouldn't block the view like that.
KOSTOV: I'll take my hat off. Better?
GCA: Much. Say, what's that light on your starboard side?
KOSTOV: Light? There shouldn't be any....
(AN EXPLOSION, FOLLOWED BY SOUND OF ROARING FLAME)
GCA: Tony! What happened? GCA calling American Beauty!
JENSEN: Stewardess to pilot! Stewardess to pilot! The starboard fuel
tank's exploded! Fire in passageway!
KOSTOV: Activate all extinguishers—clear the passengers forward—
I'm going to close the emergency bulkheads.
GCA: My God, it's a ball of fire! Tony, can you make it?
KOSTOV: I can make anything. If it gets hot enough I'll spit on it and
put it out—Pilot to naviga-
NOTE: At this point American Beauty's radio went out.
BOARD FINDING: Flippant attitude of ship-to-port conversation to be
deplored. On the basis of this and other evidence, however, the official
finding of this Board is No Negligence. Accident due solely to
mechanical failure.
REPORT
FROM : Council Member #7
TO : The Science Council
SUBJECT: Peiffer Converter-Transmitter
1. Verified rumor that Nicholas Garski, director of experiment, plans to
use human subject again, despite Council ruling after the Sartorius
incident. He admits this intention, defies Council to stop him.
2. Ruled that all activity in connection with this experiment be halted
pending investigation and ruling of the full Council.
3. Strongly urge that:
a. Garski be permanently restrained from further experimentation with
the converter-transmitter, as he has proved himself irresponsibly
reckless.
b. The machine be impounded, since neither the Foundation nor its agent
Garski have exhibited restraint in their handling of this tremendous force
or respect for the edicts of this Council.
c. That Anthony Kostov, the proposed human subject, be acquainted with
the facts in the case of Steven Sartorius.
MEMORANDUM
FROM: The Science Council
TO : Anthony Kostov, c/o Peiffer Science Foundation
The attached medical record is forwarded for your attention.
(Signed) Robert Shepard, President
STATE NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
EVANSTON, ILL.
Case History 8739
Name__Sartorius, Steven
Date of Admission__Dec. 18, 2166
Age at Date of Admission__25
Patient was employed by Peiffer Science Foundation as electronic
engineer for six years, following graduation summa cum laude from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Worked under Dr. Nicholas
Garski on the Peiffer converter-transmitter for the three years
immediately prior to his mental collapse. No evidence of psychiatric
disturbance during these years, in college or in childhood.
On Dec. 15, 2166, Sartorius placed himself in the converter-transmitter
and acted as a human guinea pig in an experiment. Appeared dazed but
unhurt after the experience and was placed in bed. Arose late at night,
however, and returned to the laboratory.
Questioned by a night watchman, he attacked and strangled the man. In
the morning he was found, in excellent spirits, working on the machine.
At his feet was the dead body of the watchman.
Patient cannot be classified as paranoic, as there are no persecution
delusions, nor does he exhibit symptoms of hebephrenia or catatonia. Is
cool, lucid at all times, but totally unable to distinguish right from
wrong. Inclines toward capricious violent outbursts of the most vicious
sort, as above.
Diagnosis: Insane, Unclassified. Dangerous.
Prognosis: Incurable.
DIRECTIVE
FROM: THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCIENCE COUNCIL
TO : All Members
29 SEPT., 2168
SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS ON PROJECT 3889, PEIFFER
SCIENCE FOUNDATION, IS REVOKED EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY AND EXPERIMENTATION WILL BE PERMITTED
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