Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780) was a prom

Question 2

Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved

Accepted Answer

A)  removing British troops from American soil. 
B)  beginning a war with Spain. 
C)  removing the majority of the British navy from American waters. 
D)  compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire. 
E)  allying with the French. 
A)  removing British troops from American soil. 
B)  beginning a war with Spain. 
C)  removing the majority of the British navy from American waters. 
D)  compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire. 
E)  allying with the French.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Adam Smith

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish ec

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Committees of Correspondence were a

Question 5

Write your definition of conspiracy.Then use this definition to argue that the colonists were or were not victims of a British conspiracy to rob them of their liberties.

Accepted Answer

Conspiracy can be defined as a secret pl

Question 6

The Townshend Acts

Accepted Answer

A)  were more vigorously protested by colonists than was the Stamp Act. 
B)  were designed to raise revenue to help pay the salaries of royal governors. 
C)  failed to produce the volume of revenue expected. 
D)  were repealed by Parliament. 
E)  were reluctantly accepted by the colonists. 
A)  were more vigorously protested by colonists than was the Stamp Act. 
B)  were designed to raise revenue to help pay the salaries of royal governors. 
C)  failed to produce the volume of revenue expected. 
D)  were repealed by Parliament. 
E)  were reluctantly accepted by the colonists.

Question 7

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

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 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"enumerated" products

Accepted Answer

"Enumerated" products refer to a specifi

Question 9

Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A)  assembling in public to hold spinning bees. 
B)  making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. 
C)  boycotting consumer goods imported from England. 
D)  signing petitions. 
E)  cooking lamb chops for their families. 
A)  assembling in public to hold spinning bees. 
B)  making homespun cloth to replace British textiles. 
C)  boycotting consumer goods imported from England. 
D)  signing petitions. 
E)  cooking lamb chops for their families.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Intolerable Acts

Accepted Answer

The Intolerable Acts, also known as the

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

The Quebec Act, passed by the British Pa

Question 12

Match each individual on the left with the correct description.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-2 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-3 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-2 
A)  A-4, B-3, C-2 
B)  A-3, B-4, C-1 
C)  A-2, B-4, C-2 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-3 
E)  A-4, B-1, C-2

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

John Hancock was a prominent figure in A

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-King George III

Accepted Answer

King George III was the King of Great Br

Question 15

When it came to the Revolution,it could be said that the American colonists were

Accepted Answer

A)  eager revolutionaries. 
B)  up until the end wanting more than the "rights of Englishmen." 
C)  little concerned about economics. 
D)  clearly opposed to tightening commercial bonds to the British. 
E)  reluctant revolutionaries. 
A)  eager revolutionaries. 
B)  up until the end wanting more than the "rights of Englishmen." 
C)  little concerned about economics. 
D)  clearly opposed to tightening commercial bonds to the British. 
E)  reluctant revolutionaries.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Townshend Acts

Accepted Answer

The Townshend Acts were a series of meas

Question 17

Despite the benefits of the mercantile system,the American colonists disliked it because it

Accepted Answer

A)  forced the South into a one-crop economy. 
B)  favored the northern over the southern colonies. 
C)  forced economic initiative on the colonists. 
D)  made them feel used and kept them in a state of perpetual economic adolescence. 
E)  forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price. 
A)  forced the South into a one-crop economy. 
B)  favored the northern over the southern colonies. 
C)  forced economic initiative on the colonists. 
D)  made them feel used and kept them in a state of perpetual economic adolescence. 
E)  forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.

Question 18

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

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A)  promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. 
B)  promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. 
C)  kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. 
D)  served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. 
E)  led to the Boston Massacre. 
A)  promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. 
B)  promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. 
C)  kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. 
D)  served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. 
E)  led to the Boston Massacre.

Question 19

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was

Accepted Answer

A)  an isolated incident. 
B)  directed only at the British East India Company. 
C)  not the only such protest to occur. 
D)  supported by friends of America in Britain. 
E)  the result of the Intolerable Acts. 
A)  an isolated incident. 
B)  directed only at the British East India Company. 
C)  not the only such protest to occur. 
D)  supported by friends of America in Britain. 
E)  the result of the Intolerable Acts.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Lib

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

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

Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Adam Smith

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

Write your definition of conspiracy.Then use this definition to argue that the colonists were or were not victims of a British conspiracy to rob them of their liberties.

The Townshend Acts

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"enumerated" products

Women supported protests against the Stamp Act in all of the following ways except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Intolerable Acts

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

Match each individual on the left with the correct description.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -King George III

When it came to the Revolution,it could be said that the American colonists were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Townshend Acts

Despite the benefits of the mercantile system,the American colonists disliked it because it

The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was

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

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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