Question 1

Under the mercantilist system,the British government reserved the right to take all of the following actions regarding the American colonies EXCEPT to

Accepted Answer

A)  restrain the colonies from printing paper currency. 
B)  restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws. 
C)  require that all colonial goods had to be first landed in Britain. 
D)  prevent the colonies from developing militias. 
E)  specify that certain colonial products must be shipped to Britain. 
A)  restrain the colonies from printing paper currency. 
B)  restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws. 
C)  require that all colonial goods had to be first landed in Britain. 
D)  prevent the colonies from developing militias. 
E)  specify that certain colonial products must be shipped to Britain.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Daughters of Liberty

Accepted Answer

The Daughters of Liberty is a term used

Question 3

What advantage did the colonists have as the Revolutionary War began?

Accepted Answer

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 political and military leaders 
E)  A sound economy and financial system 
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 political and military leaders 
E)  A sound economy and financial system

Question 4

What did advocates claim was essential to the success of a republican form of government?

Accepted Answer

A)  A powerful central government 
B)  The absence of a permanent military establishment 
C)  A strong aristocratic tradition 
D)  The right of every citizen to vote 
E)  The willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good 
A)  A powerful central government 
B)  The absence of a permanent military establishment 
C)  A strong aristocratic tradition 
D)  The right of every citizen to vote 
E)  The willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good

Question 5

Which new British policy sparked the earliest forms of colonial resistance that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Removing British troops from American soil 
B)  Drafting colonists into the British army 
C)  Forcing colonial assemblies to raise taxes 
D)  Compelling American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire 
E)  Cutting off subsidies to American products like tobacco 
A)  Removing British troops from American soil 
B)  Drafting colonists into the British army 
C)  Forcing colonial assemblies to raise taxes 
D)  Compelling American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire 
E)  Cutting off subsidies to American products like tobacco

Question 6

Could America have achieved its independence gradually and peacefully,as such British colonies as Canada and Australia eventually did? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

No, it is unlikely that America could ha

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Hutchinson

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780) was a prom

Question 8

The Quebec Act bothered colonists because it

Accepted Answer

A)  singled out Massachusetts with the harshest measures. 
B)  required jury trials for colonists suspected of crimes against the Crown. 
C)  covered all English-speaking territories in America. 
D)  set aside land for those who would settle and improve it. 
E)  attempted to legislate peace between Catholics and Protestants in the region. 
A)  singled out Massachusetts with the harshest measures. 
B)  required jury trials for colonists suspected of crimes against the Crown. 
C)  covered all English-speaking territories in America. 
D)  set aside land for those who would settle and improve it. 
E)  attempted to legislate peace between Catholics and Protestants in the region.

Question 9

Which group evolved to become the first American congresses?

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A)  The House of Burgesses 
B)  The intercolonial committees of correspondence 
C)  The admiralty courts 
D)  The Association 
E)  The nonimportation committees 
A)  The House of Burgesses 
B)  The intercolonial committees of correspondence 
C)  The admiralty courts 
D)  The Association 
E)  The nonimportation committees

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-mulatto

Accepted Answer

Mulatto is a term historically used to d

Question 11

What dampened morale and undermined the American Revolutionary army?

Accepted Answer

A)  American businessmen who sold supplies to the British army at high profits 
B)  The lack of training for the colonial militias 
C)  Thousands of slaves who fled to aid the British army 
D)  The high cost of funding the war 
E)  The defeat at Lexington and Concord 
A)  American businessmen who sold supplies to the British army at high profits 
B)  The lack of training for the colonial militias 
C)  Thousands of slaves who fled to aid the British army 
D)  The high cost of funding the war 
E)  The defeat at Lexington and Concord

Question 12

Mercantilism provided Americans with

Accepted Answer

A)  assistance with training the American military. 
B)  incorporation into the British empire with minimal taxation. 
C)  opportunities to share in the governance of other British colonies. 
D)  a monopoly for American planters in the British tobacco market. 
E)  discounts on products produced by other British colonies. 
A)  assistance with training the American military. 
B)  incorporation into the British empire with minimal taxation. 
C)  opportunities to share in the governance of other British colonies. 
D)  a monopoly for American planters in the British tobacco market. 
E)  discounts on products produced by other British colonies.

Question 13

In a broad sense,America was

Accepted Answer

A)  a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery. 
B)  a place that nurtured a love for Britain. 
C)  completely dependent on Britain for economic support. 
D)  a place few new ideas took shape. 
E)  a conservative country from the beginning. 
A)  a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery. 
B)  a place that nurtured a love for Britain. 
C)  completely dependent on Britain for economic support. 
D)  a place few new ideas took shape. 
E)  a conservative country from the beginning.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Valley Forge

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 15

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A)Sugar Act,(B)Declaratory Act,(C)Stamp Act,and (D)repeal of the Stamp Act.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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.

Accepted Answer

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 17

At war's end,the British kept their word,to some at least,evacuating as many as fourteen thousand ____ to Nova Scotia,Jamaica,and Britain itself for their loyalty to the British Empire during the war.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mulattos 
B)  Whigs 
C)  Black Loyalists 
D)  Patriots 
E)  Tories 
A)  Mulattos 
B)  Whigs 
C)  Black Loyalists 
D)  Patriots 
E)  Tories

Question 18

How did the colonists resist Britain's efforts to tax them? What methods did they use,and which proved to be the most successful? Which proved to be the least successful? Why do you think that was? How might the seeds of revolution have been planted in these early forms of resistance?

Accepted Answer

The colonists resisted Britain's efforts

Question 19

What is true about the Navigation Laws before 1763?

Accepted Answer

A)  They made British merchants wealthy at the expense of Americans. 
B)  They hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies. 
C)  They prevented Americans from trading with countries besides Britain. 
D)  They discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants. 
E)  They were only loosely enforced in the American colonies. 
A)  They made British merchants wealthy at the expense of Americans. 
B)  They hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies. 
C)  They prevented Americans from trading with countries besides Britain. 
D)  They discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants. 
E)  They were only loosely enforced in the American colonies.

Question 20

When colonists shouted,"No taxation without representation," they were

Accepted Answer

A)  denying Parliament's power to legislate for the colonies. 
B)  rejecting Parliament's power to levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies. 
C)  objecting to King George's taxes imposed without Parliamentary approval. 
D)  demanding the right to be represented in the British Parliament. 
E)  insisting that colonial legislatures have a veto power over taxes. 
A)  denying Parliament's power to legislate for the colonies. 
B)  rejecting Parliament's power to levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies. 
C)  objecting to King George's taxes imposed without Parliamentary approval. 
D)  demanding the right to be represented in the British Parliament. 
E)  insisting that colonial legislatures have a veto power over taxes.

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

Under the mercantilist system,the British government reserved the right to take all of the following actions regarding the American colonies EXCEPT to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Daughters of Liberty

What advantage did the colonists have as the Revolutionary War began?

What did advocates claim was essential to the success of a republican form of government?

Which new British policy sparked the earliest forms of colonial resistance that would ultimately lead to the American Revolution?

Could America have achieved its independence gradually and peacefully,as such British colonies as Canada and Australia eventually did? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Hutchinson

The Quebec Act bothered colonists because it

Which group evolved to become the first American congresses?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -mulatto

What dampened morale and undermined the American Revolutionary army?

Mercantilism provided Americans with

In a broad sense,America was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Valley Forge

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A)Sugar Act,(B)Declaratory Act,(C)Stamp Act,and (D)repeal of the Stamp Act.

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.

At war's end,the British kept their word,to some at least,evacuating as many as fourteen thousand ____ to Nova Scotia,Jamaica,and Britain itself for their loyalty to the British Empire during the war.

How did the colonists resist Britain's efforts to tax them? What methods did they use,and which proved to be the most successful? Which proved to be the least successful? Why do you think that was? How might the seeds of revolution have been planted in these early forms of resistance?

What is true about the Navigation Laws before 1763?

When colonists shouted,"No taxation without representation," they were

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