Ch 4 - American History, connecting
with the Past, 15th Edition: Brinkley
Test Bank and Correct Answers.
Albany Plan - Answer A proposal by Benjamin Franklin to set up a central government for the
British colonies.
Benjamin Franklin - Answer Proposed the Albany Plan. Was also a politician, scientist,
postmaster, freemason, inventor, state activist, author, and diplomat.
Boston Massacre - Answer Incident on March 5, 1770, between colonists and British soldiers.
The soldiers ended up killing five people.
Boston Tea Party - Answer Event on December 6, 1773, in which men dressed as Mohawks
threw tea overboard. Was an act of resistance against the Tea Act.
Charles Townshend - Answer British Prime Minister. Influenced Parliament to pass the
Townshend Acts.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) - Answer Acts against Massachusetts, which closed the port of
Boston, reduced colonial self-government, permitted royal officers to be tried outside the
colonies, and provided for quartering of British troops in colonial homes.
Committees of Correspondence - Answer Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting
of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the
colonies
Creoles - Answer Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior
social, political, economic status.
Currency Act - Answer 1764 British act forbidding the American colonies to issue paper money
as legal tender; act was repealed in 1773 by the British as an effort to ease tensions between
themselves and the colonies.
with the Past, 15th Edition: Brinkley
Test Bank and Correct Answers.
Albany Plan - Answer A proposal by Benjamin Franklin to set up a central government for the
British colonies.
Benjamin Franklin - Answer Proposed the Albany Plan. Was also a politician, scientist,
postmaster, freemason, inventor, state activist, author, and diplomat.
Boston Massacre - Answer Incident on March 5, 1770, between colonists and British soldiers.
The soldiers ended up killing five people.
Boston Tea Party - Answer Event on December 6, 1773, in which men dressed as Mohawks
threw tea overboard. Was an act of resistance against the Tea Act.
Charles Townshend - Answer British Prime Minister. Influenced Parliament to pass the
Townshend Acts.
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) - Answer Acts against Massachusetts, which closed the port of
Boston, reduced colonial self-government, permitted royal officers to be tried outside the
colonies, and provided for quartering of British troops in colonial homes.
Committees of Correspondence - Answer Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting
of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the
colonies
Creoles - Answer Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior
social, political, economic status.
Currency Act - Answer 1764 British act forbidding the American colonies to issue paper money
as legal tender; act was repealed in 1773 by the British as an effort to ease tensions between
themselves and the colonies.
