Chapter 4: From Colonies to States, 1607–1776
CORE OBJECTIVES
1. Compare how the British and French Empires administered their colonies before 1763.
2. Analyze how the French and Indian War changed relations among the European powers in
TRUE/FALSE
1. The French were never as successful as the English in settling North America because they
did not invest the same numbers of people and resources.
2. Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the power of the colonial assemblies
generally declined.
3. Britain’s adoption of mercantilist policies set it apart from other European powers of the
seventeenth century.
4. In the Dominion of New England, taxes were levied without the consent of the assembly.
5. The Glorious Revolution was bloodier (in terms of battle deaths) than the English Civil
6. John Locke’s writings justified revolution in some cases.
7. King William’s War was the first of a series of four wars fought between England and
France in the eighteenth century.
8. Although the Seven Years’ War has often been called a world war, there was very little
international conflict.
9. Britain’s victory over France in the French and Indian War effectively left France with no
territory on the North American continent.
10. George Grenville continued the policy of “salutary neglect” toward the American colonies.
11. The Quartering Act required the colonies to provide provisions and barracks for British
soldiers.
12. The Stamp Act placed the first tax on the new colonial postal system.
13. When colonists complained that they were being taxed without direct representation in
Parliament, British leaders replied that the colonists had “virtual representation.”
14. The Gaspée incident involved the burning of a church in Boston by British soldiers.
15. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, which was then
further edited by others.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is a reason that the Spanish colonies in North America failed?
a. There were too many Indian uprisings.
b. They were too focused on manufacturing within the colonies.
c. An outbreak of small pox wiped out most of their settlements.
d. They were too focused on building forts and missions.
e. They were not focused enough on converting the Native Americans to Catholicism.
2. Who is known as the Father of New France?
a. Samuel de Champlain
b. Maurice Chevalier
c. René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
d. Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville
e. Francois Marcon
3. In what way did the French colonies in the New World differ from those in England?
a. The French established permanent colonies in the interior of the continent.
b. The French established farms instead of trading posts.
c. The English colonists were more likely to establish friendly relations with the natives.
d. The English colonists were predominantly male.
e. The French were more likely to establish trading posts among the Indians.
4. One major way that the English differed from the French, Spanish, and Dutch in their
settling of the New World was that
a. England forced the natives to conform to Christianity.
b. English colonists enjoyed more rights and powers, such as elected legislative
assemblies.
c. the English enslaved the natives and forced them to work on their plantations.
d. the English imported slaves while France and Spain imported indentured servants to
work their fields.
e. France and Spain established their cities on existing Native American civilizations to
force the natives to work for them.
5. A major difference between the governments of the British colonies and those of other
European nations was that
a. in other European colonies, people of mixed blood could serve.
b. the citizens of the English colonies elected their representatives.
c. other European authorities were elected by the citizens of the mother country.
d. English representative bodies were chosen by members of Parliament.
e. other European settlers were allowed to vote once they had converted to Protestantism.
6. The first ruler of England to acknowledge the possibility of generating a profit from the
English colonies was
a. Queen Elizabeth I.
b. King Charles II.
c. King James I.
d. Oliver Cromwell.
e. Queen Mary I.
7. The political and economic policy that guided European governments in managing their
colonies in the New World was
a. mercantilism.
b. Puritanism.
c. the Divine Right of Kings.
d. capitalism.
e. socialism.
8. In the mid-1600s a series of __________ was passed in order to make the English colonies
more profitable.
a. Sugar Acts
b. Navigation Acts
c. Townshend Duties
d. Coercive Acts
e. Dominion Acts
9. In an effort to wield control over what he considered an unruly group of English colonies,
King James II asserted his authority by
a. declaring himself Emperor.
b. establishing the Dominion of New England.
c. winning the English Civil War.
d. ascending the throne in the Glorious Revolution.
e. abolishing the colonial governments and ruling them from England.
10. As a result of the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary ruled England as __________,
with powers limited by Parliament.
a. a democratic republic
b. a constitutional monarchy
c. an institutional kingdom
d. democratic monarchy
e. constitutional democracy
11. As a result of the French and Indian War, France ceded claim to all its North American
territories to
a. Britain and Spain.
b. the Netherlands and Spain.
c. Britain and the Netherlands.
d. Spain and various Native American nations.
e. Britain and various Native American nations.
12. Which of the following was part of the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
a. Britain acquired the Louisiana territory from France.
b. France lost control of the Louisiana Territory but retained the Great Lakes region.
c. Spain acquired control of the Louisiana Territory.
d. The British colonies all gained their independence from Great Britain.
e. Britain gained the Louisiana Territory but relinquished the Great Lakes area.
13. As a result of the French and Indian War, Britain believed the __________ should play an
increasing part in paying off the national debt.
a. colonists
b. defeated French
c. defeated Spanish
d. defeated Dutch
e. Native Americans
14. Which group denied British claims to their lands in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
a. Spain
b. France
c. England
d. The Native Americans
e. The colonists
15. Why did the British colonies oppose the Sugar Act of 1764?
a. It was not passed by their legislative bodies.
b. Parliament was taxing them to raise revenue.
c. Parliament was taxing them to regulate commerce.
d. Grenville had declared them too undertaxed, and they disagreed with him.
e. It had not been endorsed by King George III like the rest of the taxes.
16. The Act passed by Parliament requiring the colonies to feed and house British troops was
the
a. Housing Act
b. Stamp Act
c. Quartering Act
d. Currency Act
e. Townshend Duties
17. As England began to lose control of the colonies, the colonists began dividing themselves
into pro- and anti-government organizations. These were the
a. Republicans and Democrats.
b. Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
c. Whigs and Tories.
d. Patriots and Partisans.
e. Cavaliers and Roundheads.
18. __________ were groups of protesters formed in every colony in response to the Stamp Act.
a. Stamp Rejecters
b. Patriots for Freedom
c. Republicans for Liberty
d. Sons of Liberty
e. Citizens for Smaller Government