APUSH: Practice Exam Study Guide
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
D - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following statements
characterizes the British government's attempts to meet its war debt following
the Great War for Empire?
a. To cut costs, Britain decreased the size of its bureaucracy, especially the
customs department.
b. Parliament decreased the import duties on consumables to increase both sales
and revenue.
c. The British Parliament raised the taxes on land throughout North America.
d. Parliament increased import taxes on items used by the poor and middling
classes such as sugar and beer.
D - CORRECT ANSWER What percentage of the average American
colonists' income in the 1760s was typically spent on taxes?
a. 5 percent
b. 20 percent
c. 10 percent
d. 25 percent
B - CORRECT ANSWER How did Britain's skyrocketing national debt
affect its government in England and America in the 1760s?
a. In response to the fiscal crisis, Parliament reduced the size of its domestic and
colonial tax bureaucracies, but it increased their power dramatically.
b. The need for higher taxes spurred Britain to increase the size and power of its
bureaucracy in England and America.
c. Americans' cooperation with the new tax code allowed Britain to transfer
government officials from the colonies back to London.This answer is incorrect.
,d. Britain's debt crisis led the Parliament to suspend the colonies' royal
governorships and decrease its subsidies to the monarchy.
C - CORRECT ANSWER 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 new era of peace in Europe required Britain to contrive another purpose
for its troops.
c. The British government sought to prevent future Indian uprisings on the
frontier.
d. Britain deployed new troops to America to rebuild the areas destroyed during
the war.
A - CORRECT ANSWER 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. Replacing the Navigation Acts with free-trade reforms to promote rapid
economic growth
c. Leasing jobs in the royal customs departments in the colonies in order to raise
more money
d. The practice of turning a blind eye when colonial merchants ignored trade
regulations
C - CORRECT ANSWER George Grenville conceived the Sugar Act of
1764 to replace which of the following acts?
a. The Excise Act of 1756
b. The Currency Act of 1764
c. The Molasses Act of 1733
,d. The Proclamation of 1763
B - CORRECT ANSWER George Grenville designed the Sugar Act of
1764 to accomplish which of the following?
a. Prohibit colonists from importing molasses from the West Indies
b. Improve colonial merchants' compliance with customs laws
d. Shut down the production and sale of rum in the American colonies
(i guess i deleted answer c oops)
B - CORRECT ANSWER On what basis did the American colonists
object to the vice-admiralty courts in which violators of the Sugar Act were
tried?
a. Colonists did not believe they should be prosecuted by the same courts as
British criminals.
b. The courts were run by British-appointed judges and did not involve juries.
c. They were administered by the British Navy rather than civilian officials.
d. These courts were located in Britain and defendants were required to pay for
travel.
A - CORRECT ANSWER The colonists' real objections to the Sugar Act
stemmed from which of the following?
a. The growing administrative power of the British government over the
colonies
b. Britain's intention to make the colonists pay for their own defense
c. Its strict penalties, which discouraged smuggling and raised prices
d. The high taxes, which would bankrupt many merchants
D - CORRECT ANSWER The Stamp Act was instituted by Parliament in
the colonies in 1765; it was
, a. problematic because it bore heavily on the poorest colonists and exempted the
rich.
b. supported by Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial leaders as a
reasonable tax.
c. barely passed by a divided Parliament deeply concerned about American
opposition.
d. part of England's plan to create a more centralized imperial system in
America.
B - CORRECT ANSWER How did British politicians respond to the
American's cry of "no taxation without representation"?
a. They suggested that Americans had representation through their own colonial
legislatures.
b. Politicians argued that the colonists already had virtual representation.
c. They passed the Revenue Act to replace the Stamp Act.
d. Parliament pursued stricter enforcement of the Stamp Act.
B - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following statements
characterizes responses to the planned Stamp Act?
a. Thinking that Parliament was bluffing, most Americans paid little attention to
the issue until the act went into effect.
b. British politicians, with the exception of William Pitt, refused to consider the
idea of American representation in Parliament.This is the correct answer.
c. Many Americans would probably have accepted the act if they had also
gained representation in Parliament.This answer is incorrect.
d. Colonial leaders agreed with Franklin's proposal, arguing that delegates from
the colonies could exert great power in Parliament.
A - CORRECT ANSWER At the same time that Parliament imposed the
Stamp Act, it also passed the Quartering Act, which required
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
D - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following statements
characterizes the British government's attempts to meet its war debt following
the Great War for Empire?
a. To cut costs, Britain decreased the size of its bureaucracy, especially the
customs department.
b. Parliament decreased the import duties on consumables to increase both sales
and revenue.
c. The British Parliament raised the taxes on land throughout North America.
d. Parliament increased import taxes on items used by the poor and middling
classes such as sugar and beer.
D - CORRECT ANSWER What percentage of the average American
colonists' income in the 1760s was typically spent on taxes?
a. 5 percent
b. 20 percent
c. 10 percent
d. 25 percent
B - CORRECT ANSWER How did Britain's skyrocketing national debt
affect its government in England and America in the 1760s?
a. In response to the fiscal crisis, Parliament reduced the size of its domestic and
colonial tax bureaucracies, but it increased their power dramatically.
b. The need for higher taxes spurred Britain to increase the size and power of its
bureaucracy in England and America.
c. Americans' cooperation with the new tax code allowed Britain to transfer
government officials from the colonies back to London.This answer is incorrect.
,d. Britain's debt crisis led the Parliament to suspend the colonies' royal
governorships and decrease its subsidies to the monarchy.
C - CORRECT ANSWER 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 new era of peace in Europe required Britain to contrive another purpose
for its troops.
c. The British government sought to prevent future Indian uprisings on the
frontier.
d. Britain deployed new troops to America to rebuild the areas destroyed during
the war.
A - CORRECT ANSWER 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. Replacing the Navigation Acts with free-trade reforms to promote rapid
economic growth
c. Leasing jobs in the royal customs departments in the colonies in order to raise
more money
d. The practice of turning a blind eye when colonial merchants ignored trade
regulations
C - CORRECT ANSWER George Grenville conceived the Sugar Act of
1764 to replace which of the following acts?
a. The Excise Act of 1756
b. The Currency Act of 1764
c. The Molasses Act of 1733
,d. The Proclamation of 1763
B - CORRECT ANSWER George Grenville designed the Sugar Act of
1764 to accomplish which of the following?
a. Prohibit colonists from importing molasses from the West Indies
b. Improve colonial merchants' compliance with customs laws
d. Shut down the production and sale of rum in the American colonies
(i guess i deleted answer c oops)
B - CORRECT ANSWER On what basis did the American colonists
object to the vice-admiralty courts in which violators of the Sugar Act were
tried?
a. Colonists did not believe they should be prosecuted by the same courts as
British criminals.
b. The courts were run by British-appointed judges and did not involve juries.
c. They were administered by the British Navy rather than civilian officials.
d. These courts were located in Britain and defendants were required to pay for
travel.
A - CORRECT ANSWER The colonists' real objections to the Sugar Act
stemmed from which of the following?
a. The growing administrative power of the British government over the
colonies
b. Britain's intention to make the colonists pay for their own defense
c. Its strict penalties, which discouraged smuggling and raised prices
d. The high taxes, which would bankrupt many merchants
D - CORRECT ANSWER The Stamp Act was instituted by Parliament in
the colonies in 1765; it was
, a. problematic because it bore heavily on the poorest colonists and exempted the
rich.
b. supported by Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial leaders as a
reasonable tax.
c. barely passed by a divided Parliament deeply concerned about American
opposition.
d. part of England's plan to create a more centralized imperial system in
America.
B - CORRECT ANSWER How did British politicians respond to the
American's cry of "no taxation without representation"?
a. They suggested that Americans had representation through their own colonial
legislatures.
b. Politicians argued that the colonists already had virtual representation.
c. They passed the Revenue Act to replace the Stamp Act.
d. Parliament pursued stricter enforcement of the Stamp Act.
B - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following statements
characterizes responses to the planned Stamp Act?
a. Thinking that Parliament was bluffing, most Americans paid little attention to
the issue until the act went into effect.
b. British politicians, with the exception of William Pitt, refused to consider the
idea of American representation in Parliament.This is the correct answer.
c. Many Americans would probably have accepted the act if they had also
gained representation in Parliament.This answer is incorrect.
d. Colonial leaders agreed with Franklin's proposal, arguing that delegates from
the colonies could exert great power in Parliament.
A - CORRECT ANSWER At the same time that Parliament imposed the
Stamp Act, it also passed the Quartering Act, which required
