Question 1

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

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A) aroused anti-Catholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. 
B) 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) denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. 
D) alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. 
E) was regarded as an unjustified political reaction by the British authorities to the unrest in Boston. 
A) aroused anti-Catholic sentiment among Protestant American colonists who feared the act's extension of Catholic influence in North America. 
B) 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) denied French colonists in Quebec and the Ohio River Valley the right to retain many of their old customs and institutions. 
D) alarmed land speculators, who saw a huge area in the Ohio River Valley snatched from their grasp. 
E) was regarded as an unjustified political reaction by the British authorities to the unrest in Boston.

Question 2

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 3

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, and (D) Boston Tea Party.

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

Question 4

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 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-committees of correspondence

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The Committees of Correspondence were a

Question 6

The most politically consequential of the responses by the American colonists to the Intolerable Acts was

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A) a rejection of the Quebec Act by the colonial legislatures. 
B) the summoning of the First Continental Congress in 1774. 
C) the Boston Massacre. 
D) the closing of Boston Harbor by the Massachusetts colonial assembly. 
E) call for a complete break with Great Britain and a declaration of independence. 
A) a rejection of the Quebec Act by the colonial legislatures. 
B) the summoning of the First Continental Congress in 1774. 
C) the Boston Massacre. 
D) the closing of Boston Harbor by the Massachusetts colonial assembly. 
E) call for a complete break with Great Britain and a declaration of independence.

Question 7

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 they

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A) 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) 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) rejected the assertion need to fund a British army in the colonies. 
D) engaged in a violent campaign of attacks against British soldiers and customs agents in major Atlantic seaboard cities. 
E) protested and publicly assailed the use of admiralty courts to try colonial violators of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. 
A) 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) 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) rejected the assertion need to fund a British army in the colonies. 
D) engaged in a violent campaign of attacks against British soldiers and customs agents in major Atlantic seaboard cities. 
E) protested and publicly assailed the use of admiralty courts to try colonial violators of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party was a significant e

Question 9

Which of the following do you think was most responsible for the conflict between Britain and its American colonies: the ineptness of parliamentary leadership, the colonists' behavior, the high-handedness of King George III, the British mercantilist system and Navigation Laws, or the actions of British officials in the colonies? Justify your choice.

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I believe that the high-handedness of Ki

Question 10

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

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A) fought for both the Americans and the British. 
B) fought only for the British. 
C) fought only for the Americans. 
D) supported neither side, as both enslaved them. 
E) seized the opportunity to gain their freedom by running away to Barbados. 
A) fought for both the Americans and the British. 
B) fought only for the British. 
C) fought only for the Americans. 
D) supported neither side, as both enslaved them. 
E) seized the opportunity to gain their freedom by running away to Barbados.

Question 11

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

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A) colonists were paid subsidies for producing ships' parts and stores. 
B) tobacco growers were guaranteed a monopoly of the British market for their crop. 
C) colonial trading ships were protected by the Royal Navy. 
D) colonists did not have to deal with British intermediaries when marketing their goods. 
E) they helped create a surplus of money. 
A) colonists were paid subsidies for producing ships' parts and stores. 
B) tobacco growers were guaranteed a monopoly of the British market for their crop. 
C) colonial trading ships were protected by the Royal Navy. 
D) colonists did not have to deal with British intermediaries when marketing their goods. 
E) they helped create a surplus of money.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-internal and external taxation

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Internal and external taxation are conce

Question 13

Explain the following quote, "In the American wilderness, they encountered a world that was theirs to make afresh."

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This quote refers to the idea of the Ame

Question 14

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 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marquis de Lafayette

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The Marquis de Lafayette, whose full nam

Question 16

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 vs.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 vs.British cloth. 
E) having colonial legislatures issue a court mandate forbidding the enforcement of the act.

Question 17

Create a scenario for the period 1763-1776 to demonstrate that the American Revolutionary War and colonial independence from Great Britain were not inevitable.

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In 1763, the American colonies were stil

Question 18

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

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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 19

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The Navigation Laws required that

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A) all commerce to and from the colonies be carried only on British vessels. 
B) European goods going to the colonies had first to put in at a British port and pay duties. 
C) certain goods produced in the colonies, like tobacco, be shipped only to Britain. 
D) the colonies develop as quickly as possible the manufacturing of cloth and iron products for themselves. 
E) the colonies print their own currency. 
A) all commerce to and from the colonies be carried only on British vessels. 
B) European goods going to the colonies had first to put in at a British port and pay duties. 
C) certain goods produced in the colonies, like tobacco, be shipped only to Britain. 
D) the colonies develop as quickly as possible the manufacturing of cloth and iron products for themselves. 
E) the colonies print their own currency.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Adams

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John Adams (1735-1826) was a Founding Fa

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

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

The founding of the American colonies by the British was

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, and (D) Boston Tea Party.

Which of the following statements is false?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -committees of correspondence

The most politically consequential of the responses by the American colonists to the Intolerable Acts was

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 they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Boston Tea Party

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -internal and external taxation

Explain the following quote, "In the American wilderness, they encountered a world that was theirs to make afresh."

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marquis de Lafayette

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

Create a scenario for the period 1763-1776 to demonstrate that the American Revolutionary War and colonial independence from Great Britain were not inevitable.

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Navigation Laws required that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Adams

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Navigation Laws required that