Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Marquis de Lafayette, whose full nam

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sugar Act

Accepted Answer

The Sugar Act, officially known as the A

Question 3

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.

Question 4

The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia tobacco planters. 
B)  British merchants. 
C)  New England merchants. 
D)  backwoods farmers. 
E)  the Crown. 
A)  Virginia tobacco planters. 
B)  British merchants. 
C)  New England merchants. 
D)  backwoods farmers. 
E)  the Crown.

Question 5

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Lexington and Concord, fou

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-admiralty courts

Accepted Answer

Admiralty courts, also known as maritime

Question 7

List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets,boycotts,mob action,and committees of correspondence.Justify your ranking.

Accepted Answer

The following is the ranking of the impo

Question 8

The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliament believed the colonists would not object. 
B)  the money was needed to support troops. 
C)  it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. 
D)  it was the only tax passed by the colonists. 
E)  colonial governors requested it. 
A)  Parliament believed the colonists would not object. 
B)  the money was needed to support troops. 
C)  it kept alive the principle of parliamentary taxation. 
D)  it was the only tax passed by the colonists. 
E)  colonial governors requested it.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

Loyalists, also known as Tories, were Am

Question 11

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 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"No taxation without representation"

Accepted Answer

"No taxation without representation" is

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Board of Trade

Accepted Answer

The Board of Trade, historically known i

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Association

Accepted Answer

The Association referred to in a histori

Question 16

Explain the relationship between mercantilism,the Navigation Laws,and British efforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after 1696.

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism was an economic theory that

Question 17

The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because

Accepted Answer

A)  they saw the futility of resistance. 
B)  smuggling was nearly impossible. 
C)  it was a direct tax. 
D)  the items taxed were rarely used. 
E)  they were light and indirect. 
A)  they saw the futility of resistance. 
B)  smuggling was nearly impossible. 
C)  it was a direct tax. 
D)  the items taxed were rarely used. 
E)  they were light and indirect.

Question 18

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

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 19

By the end of the War for Independence

Accepted Answer

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Grenville

Accepted Answer

George Grenville (1712–1770) was a Briti

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sugar Act

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

The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -admiralty courts

List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets,boycotts,mob action,and committees of correspondence.Justify your ranking.

The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"No taxation without representation"

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Board of Trade

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Association

Explain the relationship between mercantilism,the Navigation Laws,and British efforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after 1696.

The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because

Identify the statement that is false.

By the end of the War for Independence

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Grenville

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

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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