Question 1

What was the principle of virtual representation?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the idea that every person should vote on each issues. 
B)  It was the idea that every male should be able to select a representative to represent his interests in Parliament. 
C)  It was the idea that everyone had representation since the king was a representative of all the people. 
D)  It was the idea that male, property holders should hold elected offices. 
E)  It was the idea that members of Parliament represented all because they considered the welfare of all subjects when deciding issues. 
A)  It was the idea that every person should vote on each issues. 
B)  It was the idea that every male should be able to select a representative to represent his interests in Parliament. 
C)  It was the idea that everyone had representation since the king was a representative of all the people. 
D)  It was the idea that male, property holders should hold elected offices. 
E)  It was the idea that members of Parliament represented all because they considered the welfare of all subjects when deciding issues.

Question 2

Which of the following statements represents the conception most American colonists held of parliamentary power in the 1760s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliament had limited powers of legislation that included authority to regulate imperial trade but excluded the authority to tax the colonists. 
B)  Parliament represented all citizens of the empire and therefore had the authority to legislate on all matters relevant to American colonists. 
C)  Parliament included no Americans among its members and therefore had no authority to interfere with colonial trade. 
D)  Since Parliament was made up of corrupt politicians who represented only large landholders, Parliamentary law had no authority in the North American colonies. 
E)  Because Parliament created the colonies, the colonial assemblies possessed no more power than Parliament permitted them. 
A)  Parliament had limited powers of legislation that included authority to regulate imperial trade but excluded the authority to tax the colonists. 
B)  Parliament represented all citizens of the empire and therefore had the authority to legislate on all matters relevant to American colonists. 
C)  Parliament included no Americans among its members and therefore had no authority to interfere with colonial trade. 
D)  Since Parliament was made up of corrupt politicians who represented only large landholders, Parliamentary law had no authority in the North American colonies. 
E)  Because Parliament created the colonies, the colonial assemblies possessed no more power than Parliament permitted them.

Question 3

Where did British and colonial forces first fight in April 1775?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fort Sumter 
B)  Breed's Hill 
C)  Fort Ticonderoga 
D)  Lexington and Concord 
E)  Providence and Kingsport 
A)  Fort Sumter 
B)  Breed's Hill 
C)  Fort Ticonderoga 
D)  Lexington and Concord 
E)  Providence and Kingsport

Question 4

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of northeastern North America that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Lake Ontario

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which of the following occurred last?

Accepted Answer

A)  Townshend Duties 
B)  Tea Act 
C)  Battle of Concord 
D)  Declaration of Independence 
E)  First Continental Congress 
A)  Townshend Duties 
B)  Tea Act 
C)  Battle of Concord 
D)  Declaration of Independence 
E)  First Continental Congress

Question 6

Why did many American colonists object to the Quebec Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made Roman Catholicism Quebec's official religion. 
B)  It permitted criminal cases to be settled without the use of juries. 
C)  It created a plan for a military occupation of the colonies. 
D)  It transferred Quebec back to France, thereby placing a hostile power at the northern border of the American colonies. 
E)  It moved the capital of the Dominion of New England to Montreal. 
A)  It made Roman Catholicism Quebec's official religion. 
B)  It permitted criminal cases to be settled without the use of juries. 
C)  It created a plan for a military occupation of the colonies. 
D)  It transferred Quebec back to France, thereby placing a hostile power at the northern border of the American colonies. 
E)  It moved the capital of the Dominion of New England to Montreal.

Question 7

What did the Battle of Alamance Creek reveal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It showed the limitations of colonial militia. 
B)  It showed the conflict that sometimes existed between colonial governments and their setters on the frontier. 
C)  It showed that most Indians would not give up their land without a fight. 
D)  It showed that the French were intent on returning to the Ohio Valley despite their defeat in the Seven Years' War. 
E)  It showed that settlers could not rely on the British army for protection. 
A)  It showed the limitations of colonial militia. 
B)  It showed the conflict that sometimes existed between colonial governments and their setters on the frontier. 
C)  It showed that most Indians would not give up their land without a fight. 
D)  It showed that the French were intent on returning to the Ohio Valley despite their defeat in the Seven Years' War. 
E)  It showed that settlers could not rely on the British army for protection.

Question 8

According to the colonists, what did the American Board of Customs Commissioners do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It pursued a program that was little more than a system of legalized piracy. 
B)  It functioned only if the British government furnished the funds needed to pay the commissioners. 
C)  It offered a more efficient and equitable method of collecting customs because it was an American, rather than a British, commission. 
D)  It was made up of treasonous Tories who should have been hanged in the town square. 
E)  It was hampered in defending merchant John Hancock because of British regulations. 
A)  It pursued a program that was little more than a system of legalized piracy. 
B)  It functioned only if the British government furnished the funds needed to pay the commissioners. 
C)  It offered a more efficient and equitable method of collecting customs because it was an American, rather than a British, commission. 
D)  It was made up of treasonous Tories who should have been hanged in the town square. 
E)  It was hampered in defending merchant John Hancock because of British regulations.

Question 9

Which statement is true concerning British tax rates during the 1760s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were considerably lower than the rates in the colonies. 
B)  They were the second lowest in Europe. 
C)  They were the second highest in Europe. 
D)  They were the same as the rates in the colonies. 
E)  They were the same as the rates in most European nations. 
A)  They were considerably lower than the rates in the colonies. 
B)  They were the second lowest in Europe. 
C)  They were the second highest in Europe. 
D)  They were the same as the rates in the colonies. 
E)  They were the same as the rates in most European nations.

What was the principle of virtual representation?

Which of the following statements represents the conception most American colonists held of parliamentary power in the 1760s?

Where did British and colonial forces first fight in April 1775?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of northeastern North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Lake Ontario

Which of the following occurred last?

Why did many American colonists object to the Quebec Act?

What did the Battle of Alamance Creek reveal?

According to the colonists, what did the American Board of Customs Commissioners do?

Which statement is true concerning British tax rates during the 1760s?

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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Exam 5: Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

What was the principle of virtual representation?

Which of the following statements represents the conception most American colonists held of parliamentary power in the 1760s?

Where did British and colonial forces first fight in April 1775?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of northeastern North America that correctly identifies each of the following: -Lake Ontario

Which of the following occurred last?

Why did many American colonists object to the Quebec Act?

What did the Battle of Alamance Creek reveal?

According to the colonists, what did the American Board of Customs Commissioners do?

Which statement is true concerning British tax rates during the 1760s?

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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