Question 1

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 2

Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

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A)  would be assumed guilty unless they could prove themselves innocent. 
B)  would be taken to England for trial. 
C)  could not present witnesses in their own defense. 
D)  would not receive a jury trial. 
E)  could not have an attorney. 
A)  would be assumed guilty unless they could prove themselves innocent. 
B)  would be taken to England for trial. 
C)  could not present witnesses in their own defense. 
D)  would not receive a jury trial. 
E)  could not have an attorney.

Question 3

By the end of the War for Independence

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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 4

Which of the following is not a true statement about American women's roles during the Revolution?

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A)  American women ran businesses while the men fought the British. 
B)  Many American women were camp followers, who cooked, cleaned and sewed for the troops. 
C)  They received money and rations for services provided to troops. 
D)  Some women dressed as men and served in battle. 
E)  Many women urged husbands and sons to stay home and safeguard their families and property instead of volunteering for to serve in a colonial militia or the Continental army. 
A)  American women ran businesses while the men fought the British. 
B)  Many American women were camp followers, who cooked, cleaned and sewed for the troops. 
C)  They received money and rations for services provided to troops. 
D)  Some women dressed as men and served in battle. 
E)  Many women urged husbands and sons to stay home and safeguard their families and property instead of volunteering for to serve in a colonial militia or the Continental army.

Question 5

At the outset of the American War of Independence

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A)  a majority of Americans supported the cause selflessly. 
B)  most of the American business community sacrificed profit for victory. 
C)  France provided generous military and economic assistance. 
D)  only a select minority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion and at enormous personal risk to themselves and their families. 
E)  Spain was in total opposition. 
A)  a majority of Americans supported the cause selflessly. 
B)  most of the American business community sacrificed profit for victory. 
C)  France provided generous military and economic assistance. 
D)  only a select minority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion and at enormous personal risk to themselves and their families. 
E)  Spain was in total opposition.

Question 6

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 7

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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A)  consider ways of redressing colonial grievances against Britain. 
B)  become a legislative body. 
C)  write the Declaration of Independence. 
D)  decide which of Parliament's taxes the colonies would and would not pay. 
E)  help implement provisions of the Quebec Act. 
A)  consider ways of redressing colonial grievances against Britain. 
B)  become a legislative body. 
C)  write the Declaration of Independence. 
D)  decide which of Parliament's taxes the colonies would and would not pay. 
E)  help implement provisions of the Quebec Act.

Question 8

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 9

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 choices 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 choices are correct.

Question 10

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 11

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 andits 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 andits ministers at the expense of Parliament. 
D)  a too powerful parliament. 
E)  republicanism.

Question 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Mercantilists believed that

Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

By the end of the War for Independence

Which of the following is not a true statement about American women's roles during the Revolution?

At the outset of the American War of Independence

In a broad sense, America was

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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

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

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to

The radical Whigs feared

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

The Quebec Act

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

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

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

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

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

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

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Exam 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

Mercantilists believed that

Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

By the end of the War for Independence

Which of the following is not a true statement about American women's roles during the Revolution?

At the outset of the American War of Independence

In a broad sense, America was

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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

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

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to

The radical Whigs feared

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

The Quebec Act

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

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

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

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

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

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

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