Question 1

Colonists emerged from the French and Indian War

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A)  more loyal to Britain than ever. 
B)  more confident in their military strength. 
C)  with the respect of the British government. 
D)  with increased authority to govern themselves. 
E)  solidly allied with Native Americans. 
A)  more loyal to Britain than ever. 
B)  more confident in their military strength. 
C)  with the respect of the British government. 
D)  with increased authority to govern themselves. 
E)  solidly allied with Native Americans.

Question 2

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; and (D) General James Wolfe's army defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham.

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A)  B, A, D, C 
B)  A, B, C, D 
C)  C, B, A, D 
D)  A, C, B, D 
E)  A, B, D, C 
A)  B, A, D, C 
B)  A, B, C, D 
C)  C, B, A, D 
D)  A, C, B, D 
E)  A, B, D, C

Question 3

All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War EXCEPT

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A)  France. 
B)  Prussia. 
C)  Spain. 
D)  Austria. 
E)  Russia. 
A)  France. 
B)  Prussia. 
C)  Spain. 
D)  Austria. 
E)  Russia.

Question 4

Mercantilists believed that

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A)  a mother country needed to import more goods than it exported. 
B)  power came from a small colonial empire. 
C)  the mother country produced raw materials and colonies produced the finished product. 
D)  a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury. 
E)  colonies drained a country of its resources. 
A)  a mother country needed to import more goods than it exported. 
B)  power came from a small colonial empire. 
C)  the mother country produced raw materials and colonies produced the finished product. 
D)  a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury. 
E)  colonies drained a country of its resources.

Question 5

When colonists shouted, "No taxation without representation," they were denying Parliament's power to

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A)  legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever. 
B)  levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies. 
C)  enforce the old Navigation Laws. 
D)  regulate trade in the empire. 
E)  choose colonial legislators who would pass taxes. 
A)  legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever. 
B)  levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies. 
C)  enforce the old Navigation Laws. 
D)  regulate trade in the empire. 
E)  choose colonial legislators who would pass taxes.

Question 6

When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he

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A)  ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-related expenditures. 
B)  ordered a full-scale assault on the French West Indies. 
C)  relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army. 
D)  focused on developing a successful military strategy in the Québec-Montréal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada. 
E)  remained popular with the wealthy but not the poor. 
A)  ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-related expenditures. 
B)  ordered a full-scale assault on the French West Indies. 
C)  relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army. 
D)  focused on developing a successful military strategy in the Québec-Montréal area that ultimately routed the French in Canada. 
E)  remained popular with the wealthy but not the poor.

Question 7

The founding of the American colonies by the British was

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A)  accomplished in a well-planned fashion. 
B)  based on the high-minded aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers. 
C)  undertaken by the government in every case. 
D)  undertaken in a haphazard manner. 
E)  rarely undertaken by trading companies or religious groups. 
A)  accomplished in a well-planned fashion. 
B)  based on the high-minded aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers. 
C)  undertaken by the government in every case. 
D)  undertaken in a haphazard manner. 
E)  rarely undertaken by trading companies or religious groups.

Question 8

As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts

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A)  British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order. 
B)  the port of Boston was closed. 
C)  Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. 
D)  Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation. 
E)  Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign. 
A)  British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order. 
B)  the port of Boston was closed. 
C)  Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. 
D)  Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation. 
E)  Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.

Question 9

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  the enormous distances between the colonies. 
B)  geographical barriers like rivers. 
C)  conflicting religions. 
D)  varied nationalities. 
E)  contempt for the British government. 
A)  the enormous distances between the colonies. 
B)  geographical barriers like rivers. 
C)  conflicting religions. 
D)  varied nationalities. 
E)  contempt for the British government.

Question 10

As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne

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A)  the British controlled the frontier. 
B)  George Washington was left without a military command. 
C)  the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack. 
D)  General Braddock was forced to leave the military. 
E)  the British called off their planned invasion of Canada. 
A)  the British controlled the frontier. 
B)  George Washington was left without a military command. 
C)  the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack. 
D)  General Braddock was forced to leave the military. 
E)  the British called off their planned invasion of Canada.

Question 11

All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence EXCEPT

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A)  second-rate officers. 
B)  soldiers who were incapable of fighting effectively. 
C)  the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in case of trouble. 
D)  long supply lines. 
E)  brutal treatment of their soldiers. 
A)  second-rate officers. 
B)  soldiers who were incapable of fighting effectively. 
C)  the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in case of trouble. 
D)  long supply lines. 
E)  brutal treatment of their soldiers.

Question 12

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

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A)  promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. 
B)  promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. 
C)  kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. 
D)  served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. 
E)  led to the Boston Massacre. 
A)  promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. 
B)  promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. 
C)  kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. 
D)  served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. 
E)  led to the Boston Massacre.

Question 13

Write your definition of world war. Then use this definition to argue that the Seven Years' War was or was not a world war.

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My definition of a world war is a large-

Question 14

Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act

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A)  led many colonists to believe that the British were expanding colonial freedom. 
B)  convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty. 
C)  resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament regarding the colonies. 
D)  exemplified to many colonists the difference between legislation and taxation. 
E)  required action by each colonial legislature. 
A)  led many colonists to believe that the British were expanding colonial freedom. 
B)  convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty. 
C)  resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament regarding the colonies. 
D)  exemplified to many colonists the difference between legislation and taxation. 
E)  required action by each colonial legislature.

Question 15

The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to

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A)  request the help of the British military. 
B)  keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British. 
C)  prevent the French from attacking American outposts. 
D)  support George Washington's desire to head the colonial militia. 
E)  block British efforts to take control of New York City. 
A)  request the help of the British military. 
B)  keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British. 
C)  prevent the French from attacking American outposts. 
D)  support George Washington's desire to head the colonial militia. 
E)  block British efforts to take control of New York City.

Question 16

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

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A)  achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat. 
B)  propose independence of the colonies from Britain. 
C)  declare war on the Iroquois tribe. 
D)  prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies. 
E)  gain peace with France. 
A)  achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat. 
B)  propose independence of the colonies from Britain. 
C)  declare war on the Iroquois tribe. 
D)  prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies. 
E)  gain peace with France.

Question 17

The radical Whigs feared

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A)  too much democracy. 
B)  a written constitution. 
C)  the arbitrary and enhanced power of the monarchy and its ministers at the expense of Parliament. 
D)  a too powerful parliament. 
E)  republicanism. 
A)  too much democracy. 
B)  a written constitution. 
C)  the arbitrary and enhanced power of the monarchy and its ministers at the expense of Parliament. 
D)  a too powerful parliament. 
E)  republicanism.

Question 18

The Quebec Act

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A)  outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec. 
B)  provoked outrage among American colonists because it sustained unrepresentative colonial assemblies and denial of jury trials in Quebec, setting a dangerous undemocratic precedent in America. 
C)  restricted Quebec's boundaries to the area north of the Great Lakes. 
D)  was generally ignored by the thirteen seaboard colonies because it had little effect on their relations with Britain. 
E)  granted Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury. 
A)  outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec. 
B)  provoked outrage among American colonists because it sustained unrepresentative colonial assemblies and denial of jury trials in Quebec, setting a dangerous undemocratic precedent in America. 
C)  restricted Quebec's boundaries to the area north of the Great Lakes. 
D)  was generally ignored by the thirteen seaboard colonies because it had little effect on their relations with Britain. 
E)  granted Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury.

Question 19

Republicanism held that the stability of society and the authority of the government

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A)  rested with the legislature. 
B)  depended on a strong hierarchical culture. 
C)  rested with a strong monarchy. 
D)  rested on an interdependence of all citizens. 
E)  depended on the virtue of its citizenry. 
A)  rested with the legislature. 
B)  depended on a strong hierarchical culture. 
C)  rested with a strong monarchy. 
D)  rested on an interdependence of all citizens. 
E)  depended on the virtue of its citizenry.

Question 20

Most American colonists held which of the following comparative views of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?

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A)  Resistance to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts was futile because smuggling and effective boycotts were nearly impossible. 
B)  The Stamp Act was more harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the former was a hidden, indirect import duty on goods that was not readily apparent to the colonial consumer at the time of sale of the taxed good or service. 
C)  The Stamp Act was less harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the direct taxes on goods authorized by the Stamp Act could be reduced or repealed by colonial assemblies and governors. 
D)  The Townshend Act was less harmful and obnoxious to American colonists because the goods were rarely used by colonists; the items taxed by the Stamp Act were commonly used by many colonists throughout America. 
E)  The indirect versus direct and internal versus external tax distinctions made by British political authorities concerning the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts were meaningless because the American colonists had no meaningful political representation. 
A)  Resistance to the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts was futile because smuggling and effective boycotts were nearly impossible. 
B)  The Stamp Act was more harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the former was a hidden, indirect import duty on goods that was not readily apparent to the colonial consumer at the time of sale of the taxed good or service. 
C)  The Stamp Act was less harmful and obnoxious than the Townshend Acts because the direct taxes on goods authorized by the Stamp Act could be reduced or repealed by colonial assemblies and governors. 
D)  The Townshend Act was less harmful and obnoxious to American colonists because the goods were rarely used by colonists; the items taxed by the Stamp Act were commonly used by many colonists throughout America. 
E)  The indirect versus direct and internal versus external tax distinctions made by British political authorities concerning the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts were meaningless because the American colonists had no meaningful political representation.

Exam 6: The Road to Revolution

Colonists emerged from the French and Indian War

All of the following were allies on one side of the French and Indian War EXCEPT

Mercantilists believed that

When colonists shouted, "No taxation without representation," they were denying Parliament's power to

When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he

The founding of the American colonies by the British was

As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to all of the following EXCEPT

As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne

All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence EXCEPT

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

Write your definition of world war. Then use this definition to argue that the Seven Years' War was or was not a world war.

Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act

The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to

The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

The radical Whigs feared

The Quebec Act

Republicanism held that the stability of society and the authority of the government

Most American colonists held which of the following comparative views of the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?

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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