Question 1

King George's War

Accepted Answer

A)  inspired the American Revolution. 
B)  failed to resolve European conflicts in North America. 
C)  was a conflict between England and the Iroquois. 
D)  saw English colonists remain out of the conflict. 
E)  saw England acquire Newfoundland from the French. 
A)  inspired the American Revolution. 
B)  failed to resolve European conflicts in North America. 
C)  was a conflict between England and the Iroquois. 
D)  saw English colonists remain out of the conflict. 
E)  saw England acquire Newfoundland from the French.

Question 2

The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now

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A)  Detroit. 
B)  Buffalo. 
C)  Pittsburgh. 
D)  St. Louis. 
E)  Chicago. 
A)  Detroit. 
B)  Buffalo. 
C)  Pittsburgh. 
D)  St. Louis. 
E)  Chicago.

Question 3

The events of Lexington and Concord

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A)  saw the colonists try to surprise the British by seizing a British arsenal. 
B)  saw the Americans lose many more men than the British. 
C)  occurred before there was a formal American declaration of independence. 
D)  was the first victory for George Washington in the conflict with England. 
E)  further alienated Massachusetts from the more moderate colonies in the Chesapeake. 
A)  saw the colonists try to surprise the British by seizing a British arsenal. 
B)  saw the Americans lose many more men than the British. 
C)  occurred before there was a formal American declaration of independence. 
D)  was the first victory for George Washington in the conflict with England. 
E)  further alienated Massachusetts from the more moderate colonies in the Chesapeake.

Question 4

Colonial protests directly against the Townshend Duties took the form of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Boston Massacre. 
B)  colonial governments increasing taxes on British merchants. 
C)  the banning of British merchant ships from some colonial ports. 
D)  colonial nonimportation agreements. 
E)  the Boston Tea Party. 
A)  the Boston Massacre. 
B)  colonial governments increasing taxes on British merchants. 
C)  the banning of British merchant ships from some colonial ports. 
D)  colonial nonimportation agreements. 
E)  the Boston Tea Party.

Question 5

Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,

Accepted Answer

A)  only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament. 
B)  large areas of England had no direct political representation. 
C)  all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed. 
D)  each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area. 
E)  the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths. 
A)  only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament. 
B)  large areas of England had no direct political representation. 
C)  all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed. 
D)  each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area. 
E)  the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths.

Question 6

In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Townshend. 
B)  the Marquis of Rockingham. 
C)  Lord North. 
D)  George III. 
E)  Lord Chatham. 
A)  Charles Townshend. 
B)  the Marquis of Rockingham. 
C)  Lord North. 
D)  George III. 
E)  Lord Chatham.

Question 7

The British were more tolerant of Indian culture and Indian religions than were the French.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

During the first stage (1754-1756) of the French and Indian War,

Accepted Answer

A)  only the Iroquois Indians were allied with the French. 
B)  the Iroquois were allied with the English but remained largely passive. 
C)  English colonists fought with the support of the Iroquois. 
D)  the colonists fought with the French against the English. 
E)  the colonists fought primarily against the Iroquois. 
A)  only the Iroquois Indians were allied with the French. 
B)  the Iroquois were allied with the English but remained largely passive. 
C)  English colonists fought with the support of the Iroquois. 
D)  the colonists fought with the French against the English. 
E)  the colonists fought primarily against the Iroquois.

Question 9

The British Parliament operated on a theory of representation called ________ representation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The British Parliament operated on a theory...

Question 10

The Tea Act of 1773 angered colonial consumers, but not colonial merchants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Taverns were important in the growth of revolutionary sentiment because

Accepted Answer

A)  they were the only public places where one could legally speak without fear of arrest. 
B)  they become central meeting places to discuss ideas about resistance. 
C)  the tavern was one of the few places where men and women gathered together to speak. 
D)  colonists increasingly resented the heavy British duties on alcohol. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  they were the only public places where one could legally speak without fear of arrest. 
B)  they become central meeting places to discuss ideas about resistance. 
C)  the tavern was one of the few places where men and women gathered together to speak. 
D)  colonists increasingly resented the heavy British duties on alcohol. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Exam 4: The Empire in Transition

King George's War

The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now

The events of Lexington and Concord

Colonial protests directly against the Townshend Duties took the form of

Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,

In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by

The British were more tolerant of Indian culture and Indian religions than were the French.

During the first stage (1754-1756) of the French and Indian War,

The British Parliament operated on a theory of representation called ________ representation.

The Tea Act of 1773 angered colonial consumers, but not colonial merchants.

Taverns were important in the growth of revolutionary sentiment because

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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