Question

Speaker A: Americans were opposed to British restrictions on their colonial governments, and this was a major                   factor in bringing on the Revolution.

Speaker B: The basic cause was Great Britain’s imposition of taxes on the colonists. Colonists fought in order to avoid taxation.

Speaker C: Britain’s economic policies, designed to benefit British merchants, were very harmful to colonial merchants.

Speaker D: Colonial reaction to the Boston Massacre and the Battle of Bunker Hill eliminated all possibility for peaceful settlement.

1. Which speaker considers mercantilism the most important reason for the American Revolution? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
2. If a person considers the American Revolution as primarily a movement for self-government, he would be most likely to agree with speaker (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
3. Which speaker considers emotional reasons the most important? (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
4. The Stamp Act could be cited in support of Speaker (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
5. The suspension of the Massachusetts Charter is cited in support of Speaker (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
6. The Navigation Acts could be cited in support of Speaker (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Answer 1

Question 1

Here the correct option is: option 3- speaker C

Speaker C considers mercantilism the most important reason for the American Revolution. Because he states that British economic laws were in favour of only the British merchants.

Question 2

Here the correct option is: option 1- speaker A

He would be most likely to agree with speaker A. Because, speaker A sates that Americans opposed the restrictions by the British.

Question 3

Here the correct option is: option 4- speaker D

Speaker D considers emotional reasons the most important. Because, he says about Boston Massacre and the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Question 4

Here the correct option is: option 2- speaker B

The Stamp Act could be cited in support of Speaker B. Because, speaker B states about the burden of taxation by Britten over colonists.

Question 5

Here the correct option is: option 1- speaker A

The suspension of the Massachusetts Charter is cited in support of Speaker A. ‘Because by suspending the Massachusetts Charter it removed a considerable lot of its privileges of self-government that had recently been appreciated by Massachusetts and Plymouth specialists, changing the force in Boston from chose for seriously designated lead representatives’.

Question 6

Here the correct option is: option 3- speaker C

The Navigation Acts could be cited in support of Speaker C. ‘Because the Navigation Acts were demonstrations of Parliament proposed to advance the independence of the British Empire by confining frontier exchange to England and diminishing reliance on unfamiliar imported products’.