Question 1

Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which

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A)  promoted the idea that America, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die. 
B)  promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die. 
C)  argued that the British would cut apart the French (like the snake) once the Albany Plan was accepted. 
D)  implied that the French was like the snake, waiting to be cut apart by the Albany Plan. 
E)  promoted the idea that the French, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would join forces with the British and be united, unlike the disjointed snake. 
A)  promoted the idea that America, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die. 
B)  promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die. 
C)  argued that the British would cut apart the French (like the snake) once the Albany Plan was accepted. 
D)  implied that the French was like the snake, waiting to be cut apart by the Albany Plan. 
E)  promoted the idea that the French, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would join forces with the British and be united, unlike the disjointed snake.

Question 2

None of the 13 colonies were formally planted by the British government EXCEPT

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A)  Virginia. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  Massachusetts. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  Maryland. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  Massachusetts.

Question 3

The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to

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A)  continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence. 
B)  ensure defeat of the French in the War of Jenkins Ear. 
C)  halt the growth of Spanish imposition in North America. 
D)  secure the Mississippi River and continue pushing further south to control all of Mexico. 
E)  link their Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley. 
A)  continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence. 
B)  ensure defeat of the French in the War of Jenkins Ear. 
C)  halt the growth of Spanish imposition in North America. 
D)  secure the Mississippi River and continue pushing further south to control all of Mexico. 
E)  link their Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.

Question 4

France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when

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A)  its fishing industry faltered. 
B)  farming proved to be unprofitable. 
C)  King Louis XIV died. 
D)  it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763. 
E)  it could not entice enough settlers to America. 
A)  its fishing industry faltered. 
B)  farming proved to be unprofitable. 
C)  King Louis XIV died. 
D)  it was defeated by the British in 1713 and 1763. 
E)  it could not entice enough settlers to America.

Question 5

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to

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A)  oppress the colonists. 
B)  punish the Indians. 
C)  show the power of Parliament. 
D)  allow western settlement by the colonists. 
E)  work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising. 
A)  oppress the colonists. 
B)  punish the Indians. 
C)  show the power of Parliament. 
D)  allow western settlement by the colonists. 
E)  work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem and prevent another bloody Indian eruption like Pontiac's uprising.

Question 6

As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress

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A)  Americans reluctantly obeyed the British laws. 
B)  the drift towards war became inevitable and fighting between the American colonists and Great Britain commenced in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Mass. 
C)  Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested. 
D)  America sent new petitions to Parliament. 
E)  Ben Franklin returned to the colonies since his efforts failed. 
A)  Americans reluctantly obeyed the British laws. 
B)  the drift towards war became inevitable and fighting between the American colonists and Great Britain commenced in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord, Mass. 
C)  Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested. 
D)  America sent new petitions to Parliament. 
E)  Ben Franklin returned to the colonies since his efforts failed.

Question 7

Unlike the ____ Act, the ____ Act and the ____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.

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A)  Townshend, Stamp, Sugar 
B)  Stamp, Sugar, Townshend 
C)  Stamp, Quartering, Townshend 
D)  Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar 
E)  Quartering, Stamp, Sugar 
A)  Townshend, Stamp, Sugar 
B)  Stamp, Sugar, Townshend 
C)  Stamp, Quartering, Townshend 
D)  Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar 
E)  Quartering, Stamp, Sugar

Question 8

The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence EXCEPT

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A)  poor organization. 
B)  sectional jealousy, which constantly interfered with the appointment of military leaders. 
C)  great difficulties in raising money to support the army. 
D)  the use of numerous mediocre European officers. 
E)  a weak central authority running the war effort. 
A)  poor organization. 
B)  sectional jealousy, which constantly interfered with the appointment of military leaders. 
C)  great difficulties in raising money to support the army. 
D)  the use of numerous mediocre European officers. 
E)  a weak central authority running the war effort.

Question 9

Colonists responded to the hated Stamp Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT

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A)  convening a colonial congress to request repeal of the act. 
B)  boycotting British goods. 
C)  provoking violent clashes with British authorities during mostly peaceful colonial protests against the act in an array of American cities and towns. 
D)  wearing woolen clothes made with colonial textiles versus British cloth. 
E)  having colonial legislatures issue a court mandate forbidding the enforcement of the act. 
A)  convening a colonial congress to request repeal of the act. 
B)  boycotting British goods. 
C)  provoking violent clashes with British authorities during mostly peaceful colonial protests against the act in an array of American cities and towns. 
D)  wearing woolen clothes made with colonial textiles versus British cloth. 
E)  having colonial legislatures issue a court mandate forbidding the enforcement of the act.

Question 10

When the government of Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal the Townshend revenue duties in 1770

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A)  the American colonists rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation. 
B)  the American colonists remained unassuaged because Parliament retained the three-pence tax on tea, upholding Parliament's asserted right to tax the colonists. 
C)  the American colonists shortly thereafter called the First Continental Congress into session in January 1771. 
D)  the American colonists avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company. 
E)  None of these are correct. 
A)  the American colonists rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation. 
B)  the American colonists remained unassuaged because Parliament retained the three-pence tax on tea, upholding Parliament's asserted right to tax the colonists. 
C)  the American colonists shortly thereafter called the First Continental Congress into session in January 1771. 
D)  the American colonists avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company. 
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 11

All of the following were direct benefits reaped by the Americans from the mercantile system of Britain EXCEPT

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A)  British allowed the Americans to freely trade with other countries and compete on the open market. 
B)  London paid high prices for ship parts to American producers. 
C)  Virginia tobacco planters enjoyed a monopoly in the British market. 
D)  protection of the world's mightiest navy and army without a penny of cost. 
E)  some British merchants were not allowed to compete with the American colonial merchants. 
A)  British allowed the Americans to freely trade with other countries and compete on the open market. 
B)  London paid high prices for ship parts to American producers. 
C)  Virginia tobacco planters enjoyed a monopoly in the British market. 
D)  protection of the world's mightiest navy and army without a penny of cost. 
E)  some British merchants were not allowed to compete with the American colonial merchants.

Question 12

The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Stamp Act. 
B)  Declaratory Act. 
C)  Townshend Acts. 
D)  Quartering Act. 
E)  Sugar Act. 
A)  Stamp Act. 
B)  Declaratory Act. 
C)  Townshend Acts. 
D)  Quartering Act. 
E)  Sugar Act.

Question 13

In some ways, the Navigation Laws and mercantilist system were a burden to certain colonists because

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A)  northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters. 
B)  those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy, which protected colonial and British trade. 
C)  they stifled economic initiative. 
D)  Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilist principles. 
E)  they gave greater benefits to slaveholders. 
A)  northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters. 
B)  those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy, which protected colonial and British trade. 
C)  they stifled economic initiative. 
D)  Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilist principles. 
E)  they gave greater benefits to slaveholders.

Question 14

To what extent did the Seven Years' War help set the political and economic stage for the American Revolutionary War? Explain and justify your answer.

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The Seven Years' War, also known as the

Question 15

Identify the statement that is false.

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A)  Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies. 
B)  Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible. 
C)  The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs. 
D)  Republican and Whig ideas predisposed the Americans to be more aware of threats to their rights. 
E)  Distance weakens authority; great distance weakens authority greatly. 
A)  Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies. 
B)  Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible. 
C)  The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs. 
D)  Republican and Whig ideas predisposed the Americans to be more aware of threats to their rights. 
E)  Distance weakens authority; great distance weakens authority greatly.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  By 1773, it was clear that a colonial rebellion was inevitable. 
B)  British officials granted the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies to prevent its bankruptcy. 
C)  Anger at the tea tax led to mass efforts to turn cargo ships around in New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. 
D)  Bostonians dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor in protest of the tea tax. 
E)  Some Bostonians supported the Boston Tea Party; others disagreed with the destruction of property. 
A)  By 1773, it was clear that a colonial rebellion was inevitable. 
B)  British officials granted the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies to prevent its bankruptcy. 
C)  Anger at the tea tax led to mass efforts to turn cargo ships around in New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. 
D)  Bostonians dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor in protest of the tea tax. 
E)  Some Bostonians supported the Boston Tea Party; others disagreed with the destruction of property.

Question 17

In a broad sense, America was

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A)  a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans. 
B)  a place that nurtured a love for Britain. 
C)  completely dependent on Britain for economic support. 
D)  a place where no new ideas took shape. 
E)  essentially a conservative society. 
A)  a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans. 
B)  a place that nurtured a love for Britain. 
C)  completely dependent on Britain for economic support. 
D)  a place where no new ideas took shape. 
E)  essentially a conservative society.

Question 18

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

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A)  highly reliable and well-supplied troops. 
B)  potential aid from the Armed Neutrality League. 
C)  a well-organized, strongly committed, and united population. 
D)  many outstanding civilian and military leaders. 
E)  able naval leaders. 
A)  highly reliable and well-supplied troops. 
B)  potential aid from the Armed Neutrality League. 
C)  a well-organized, strongly committed, and united population. 
D)  many outstanding civilian and military leaders. 
E)  able naval leaders.

Question 19

New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned what to France in 1748?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hudson Bay 
B)  Acadia 
C)  Louisbourg 
D)  Newfoundland 
E)  Nova Scotia 
A)  Hudson Bay 
B)  Acadia 
C)  Louisbourg 
D)  Newfoundland 
E)  Nova Scotia

Exam 6: The Road to Revolution

Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which

None of the 13 colonies were formally planted by the British government EXCEPT

The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to

France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to

As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress

Unlike the ____ Act, the ____ Act and the ____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.

The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence EXCEPT

Colonists responded to the hated Stamp Act in all of the following ways EXCEPT

When the government of Lord North persuaded Parliament to repeal the Townshend revenue duties in 1770

All of the following were direct benefits reaped by the Americans from the mercantile system of Britain EXCEPT

The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the

In some ways, the Navigation Laws and mercantilist system were a burden to certain colonists because

To what extent did the Seven Years' War help set the political and economic stage for the American Revolutionary War? Explain and justify your answer.

Identify the statement that is false.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

In a broad sense, America was

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

New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned what to France in 1748?

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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