Question 1

Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because

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A)  the British were weak as a result of the Seven Years' War. 
B)  the British had deliberately infected Indians with smallpox. 
C)  of the Proclamation of 1763. 
D)  the Indians were in a precarious position. 
E)  the French government had promised to help. 
A)  the British were weak as a result of the Seven Years' War. 
B)  the British had deliberately infected Indians with smallpox. 
C)  of the Proclamation of 1763. 
D)  the Indians were in a precarious position. 
E)  the French government had promised to help.

Question 2

American colonists responded to the various coercive colonial laws enacted by Parliament in the late 1760s and enforced by British colonial authorities in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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A)  they convened the Stamp Act Congress to address their political and economic grievances to the king and Parliament including calling for the repeal of the Stamp Act. 
B)  they visibly protested paying any duties required by these coercive colonial laws, including the famous Boston Tea Party, in an effort to force their repeal and regain a measure of economic independence from Britain. 
C)  they rejected the assertion need to fund a British army in the colonies. 
D)  they engaged in a violent campaign of attacks against British soldiers and customs agents in major Atlantic seaboard cities. 
E)  they protested and publicly assailed the use of admiralty courts to try colonial violators of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. 
A)  they convened the Stamp Act Congress to address their political and economic grievances to the king and Parliament including calling for the repeal of the Stamp Act. 
B)  they visibly protested paying any duties required by these coercive colonial laws, including the famous Boston Tea Party, in an effort to force their repeal and regain a measure of economic independence from Britain. 
C)  they rejected the assertion need to fund a British army in the colonies. 
D)  they engaged in a violent campaign of attacks against British soldiers and customs agents in major Atlantic seaboard cities. 
E)  they protested and publicly assailed the use of admiralty courts to try colonial violators of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.

Question 3

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to

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A)  raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense. 
B)  punish the American colonists. 
C)  reduce the number of printed documents in America. 
D)  enable tax collectors to become wealthy. 
E)  raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain. 
A)  raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense. 
B)  punish the American colonists. 
C)  reduce the number of printed documents in America. 
D)  enable tax collectors to become wealthy. 
E)  raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain.

Question 4

Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War

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A)  won the British territorial concessions. 
B)  united British colonists in strong support of the mother country. 
C)  was fought initially on the North American continent. 
D)  did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England. 
E)  resulted in a stronger French presence in North America. 
A)  won the British territorial concessions. 
B)  united British colonists in strong support of the mother country. 
C)  was fought initially on the North American continent. 
D)  did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward England. 
E)  resulted in a stronger French presence in North America.

Question 5

In 1773, ____ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence.

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A)  Virginia 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Massachusetts 
D)  Georgia 
E)  Rhode Island 
A)  Virginia 
B)  Maryland 
C)  Massachusetts 
D)  Georgia 
E)  Rhode Island

Question 6

The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because

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A)  Parliament believed the colonists would not object. 
B)  the money was needed to support troops. 
C)  it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. 
D)  it was the only tax passed by the colonists. 
E)  colonial governors requested it. 
A)  Parliament believed the colonists would not object. 
B)  the money was needed to support troops. 
C)  it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. 
D)  it was the only tax passed by the colonists. 
E)  colonial governors requested it.

Question 7

Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  supply Britain with products such as tobacco, sugar and ships' masts. 
B)  become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible. 
C)  furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy. 
D)  provide a market for British manufactured goods. 
E)  refrain from exporting woolen cloth. 
A)  supply Britain with products such as tobacco, sugar and ships' masts. 
B)  become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible. 
C)  furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy. 
D)  provide a market for British manufactured goods. 
E)  refrain from exporting woolen cloth.

Question 8

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington

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A)  won a decisive and hard-fought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne. 
B)  was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754. 
C)  received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities. 
D)  helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia. 
E)  displayed his twenty years of military experience to great military success. 
A)  won a decisive and hard-fought battle for British forces at Fort Duquesne. 
B)  was defeated by French forces at Fort Necessity following a ten-hour siege in July 1754. 
C)  received strong military support and reinforcements from the British Army command and political authorities. 
D)  helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia. 
E)  displayed his twenty years of military experience to great military success.

Question 9

Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War?

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A)  The British looked down on the colonists as amateurish and contemptible. 
B)  The colonists considered themselves to be on the cutting edge of British civilization. 
C)  The British were dismayed by American shippers trafficking goods to enemy ports of the Spanish and French. 
D)  All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort. 
E)  The British refused to recognize any American militia commission above the rank of captain. 
A)  The British looked down on the colonists as amateurish and contemptible. 
B)  The colonists considered themselves to be on the cutting edge of British civilization. 
C)  The British were dismayed by American shippers trafficking goods to enemy ports of the Spanish and French. 
D)  All colonists freely donated money and men to the British war effort. 
E)  The British refused to recognize any American militia commission above the rank of captain.

Question 10

The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  it aroused anti-Catholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. 
B)  it potentially undermined the asserted democratic rights and institutions of American colonists, including the right to jury trials and the election of representative assemblies, throughout North America, not merely in Quebec. 
C)  it denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. 
D)  it alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. 
E)  it was regarded as an unjustified political reaction by the British authorities to the unrest in Boston. 
A)  it aroused anti-Catholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. 
B)  it potentially undermined the asserted democratic rights and institutions of American colonists, including the right to jury trials and the election of representative assemblies, throughout North America, not merely in Quebec. 
C)  it denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. 
D)  it alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. 
E)  it was regarded as an unjustified political reaction by the British authorities to the unrest in Boston.

Question 11

For examples of a just society, Republicans looked to the models of the ____.

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A)  Egyptians 
B)  Greeks and Romans 
C)  Middle Ages 
D)  Renaissance 
E)  Enlightenment 
A)  Egyptians 
B)  Greeks and Romans 
C)  Middle Ages 
D)  Renaissance 
E)  Enlightenment

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Lord Dunmore.

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Royal governor of Virginia. He

Question 13

As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

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A)  overwhelming national wealth and naval power. 
B)  an alliance with Spain and Holland. 
C)  a well-organized and united home government and population. 
D)  first-rate generals and a well-supplied professional army. 
E)  knowing the terrain and geography of the colonies. 
A)  overwhelming national wealth and naval power. 
B)  an alliance with Spain and Holland. 
C)  a well-organized and united home government and population. 
D)  first-rate generals and a well-supplied professional army. 
E)  knowing the terrain and geography of the colonies.

Question 14

Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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A)  assembling in public to hold spinning bees. 
B)  making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. 
C)  publicly signing petitions declaring their boycott of consumer goods imported from England. 
D)  organizing branches of Daughters of Liberty organizations to help enforce nonimportation agreements and boycotts against British goods. 
E)  participating as delegates to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 in New York City. 
A)  assembling in public to hold spinning bees. 
B)  making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. 
C)  publicly signing petitions declaring their boycott of consumer goods imported from England. 
D)  organizing branches of Daughters of Liberty organizations to help enforce nonimportation agreements and boycotts against British goods. 
E)  participating as delegates to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 in New York City.

Question 15

During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with

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A)  a large military presence for protection. 
B)  decades of salutary neglect. 
C)  higher taxes passed by Parliament. 
D)  stronger parliamentary direction. 
E)  representative seats in the British Parliament. 
A)  a large military presence for protection. 
B)  decades of salutary neglect. 
C)  higher taxes passed by Parliament. 
D)  stronger parliamentary direction. 
E)  representative seats in the British Parliament.

Question 16

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was

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A)  an isolated incident of protest against British rule in the American colonies. 
B)  directed only at the British East India Company. 
C)  the provocation against the British authorities to enact and implement more coercive and authoritarian laws governing the colonies. 
D)  enthusiastically supported by friends of colonists in America who had economic interests in the colonies. 
E)  the result of the Intolerable Acts. 
A)  an isolated incident of protest against British rule in the American colonies. 
B)  directed only at the British East India Company. 
C)  the provocation against the British authorities to enact and implement more coercive and authoritarian laws governing the colonies. 
D)  enthusiastically supported by friends of colonists in America who had economic interests in the colonies. 
E)  the result of the Intolerable Acts.

Question 17

During the Seven Years' War

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A)  colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibility of the British regulars. 
B)  British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops. 
C)  British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials. 
D)  the colonists lost confidence in their own military capability. 
E)  all American trade with Spain and France ended. 
A)  colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibility of the British regulars. 
B)  British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops. 
C)  British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials. 
D)  the colonists lost confidence in their own military capability. 
E)  all American trade with Spain and France ended.

Question 18

Suppose that the French had won the Seven Years' War. What do you think would have been the political, economic, and social consequences for the British colonies and colonists in North America in both the short term and the long run?

Accepted Answer

In the short term, if the French had won

Question 19

By the end of the War for Independence

Accepted Answer

A)  the majority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion. 
B)  America had an army larger than Britain's. 
C)  the American military no longer needed foreign assistance. 
D)  a few thousand American regular troops were finally whipped into shape. 
E)  America had built a strong navy. 
A)  the majority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion. 
B)  America had an army larger than Britain's. 
C)  the American military no longer needed foreign assistance. 
D)  a few thousand American regular troops were finally whipped into shape. 
E)  America had built a strong navy.

Question 20

In a sense, the history of the United States began with the

Accepted Answer

A)  Revolutionary War. 
B)  July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  Boston Tea Party. 
D)  founding of the first colony in 1607. 
E)  fall of Quebec and Montreal. 
A)  Revolutionary War. 
B)  July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  Boston Tea Party. 
D)  founding of the first colony in 1607. 
E)  fall of Quebec and Montreal.

Exam 6: The Road to Revolution

Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because

American colonists responded to the various coercive colonial laws enacted by Parliament in the late 1760s and enforced by British colonial authorities in all of the following ways EXCEPT

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to

Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War

In 1773, ____ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence.

The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because

Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following EXCEPT

In his first military command encounter in the French and Indian War, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington

Which of these statements does NOT describe relations between British and colonial troops during the Seven Years' War?

The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following EXCEPT

For examples of a just society, Republicans looked to the models of the ____.

Identify and state the historical significance of Lord Dunmore.

As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of

Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT

During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was

During the Seven Years' War

Suppose that the French had won the Seven Years' War. What do you think would have been the political, economic, and social consequences for the British colonies and colonists in North America in both the short term and the long run?

By the end of the War for Independence

In a sense, the history of the United States began with the

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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