Question 1
What was the most effective form of protest used by the colonists?
A) public demonstrations
B) threats of violence against crown officials
C) colonial assemblies sending petitions to the crown
D) boycotts of British goods
Question 2
Why did colonial critics object to revenues from the Townshend Duties being used for the administration of justice, and the support of civil government?
A) They interpreted the phrase support of civil government to mean the establishment of a police state.
B) They interpreted the phrase support of civil government to mean the abolition of colonial legislatures.
C) They interpreted the phrase administration of justice to mean the indefinite imprisonment of political opponents.
D) They interpreted the phrase administration of justice to mean expanded searches of American homes and shops.
Question 3
John Dickinsons Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania __________.
A) dismissed any distinction between external and internal taxation
B) challenged the constitutionality of the vice-admiralty courts
C) argued in favor of the right to a trial by a jury of your peers
D) decried the growing tensions between Britain and its colonies
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