1. How did the British act toward dissident French-Canadians?
a. The British sent in an army to enforce compliance with British laws.
b. The British sent in clergy and tried to force them to convert to Anglicanism.
c. The British granted them autonomy in cultural and religious life.
d. The British allowed them to retain their fishing and fur-trading industries.
2. By 1780, what major factor prevented Britain from concentrating all of its military might and naval power in America?
a. The French and Spanish navies effectively controlled the seas.
b. The Spanish threatened to invade North America if Britain did so.
c. Britain lacked military leadership.
d. The Revolution had grown into an international struggle that taxed British resources.
3. The Treaty of Paris (1783) ending the Revolutionary War
a. was negotiated in less than a month.
b. required that the British write off debts owed them by Americans.
c. never acknowledged American independence.
d. was vague on critical issues dealing with the West.
4. Slave labor systems in the Lower South differed from those in the Chesapeake because
a. the lives of slaves in the Lower South were much more tightly controlled.
b. slaves in the Lower South worked on a task basis rather than gang labor.
c. slaves in the Lower South had fewer chances to control the pace of their work.
d. the relative lack of slaves in the Lower South made their presence less threatening to whites.
5. Thomas Jefferson believed, at least theoretically, that the best way to deal with political criticism was to
a. tax it heavily.
b. outlaw it.
c. bury it under abuse from his own newspapers.
d. ignore it.
6. Americans feared that Napoleon's invasion of Santo Domingo
a. would threaten American trading interests in the Caribbean
b. would eventually lead to shutting the Americans out of New Orleans.
c. would draw British forces to North America, creating the danger of a wider war.
d. would stimulate slave revolts in the United States.