Question 1

What was the purpose of the Tea Act? ​

Accepted Answer

A) To provide tea to the colonists at inflated prices,gaining revenue for England 
B) To cut down on smuggling in the colonies 
C) ​To support the almost bankrupt East India Company 
D) ​Both A and B 
E) ​Both B and C 
A) To provide tea to the colonists at inflated prices,gaining revenue for England 
B) To cut down on smuggling in the colonies 
C) ​To support the almost bankrupt East India Company 
D) ​Both A and B 
E) ​Both B and C C

Question 2

American resistance to the Stamp Act was really an attempt to end British authority in the colonies.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The situation of the American colonies in the 1760s could best be described by which of the following? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Enforcement of earlier Navigation Acts seriously undermined the colonial economy. 
B) Immigration and an economic depression contributed to unrest on the frontier. 
C) ​Laws such as the Woolen Act and the Molasses Act ensured that most of the colonies' wealth was returned to the mother country. 
D) ​None of these statements are true. 
A) Enforcement of earlier Navigation Acts seriously undermined the colonial economy. 
B) Immigration and an economic depression contributed to unrest on the frontier. 
C) ​Laws such as the Woolen Act and the Molasses Act ensured that most of the colonies' wealth was returned to the mother country. 
D) ​None of these statements are true. B

Question 4

One reason for the uproar over the Sugar Act was that it took effect during an economic depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What occurred after Great Britain closed the port of Boston? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Residents were confronted with food shortages. 
B) Residents faced severe unemployment. 
C) ​Neighboring towns harbored refugees from Boston looking for work. 
D) ​Other provinces began to suggest a Continental Congress to consider what action to take. 
E) ​All of these 
A) Residents were confronted with food shortages. 
B) Residents faced severe unemployment. 
C) ​Neighboring towns harbored refugees from Boston looking for work. 
D) ​Other provinces began to suggest a Continental Congress to consider what action to take. 
E) ​All of these

Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding Thomas Paine's Common Sense is accurate? ​

Accepted Answer

A) It convinced the American public of the need for independence. 
B) It sold more than 100,000 copies in a few months. 
C) ​It borrowed heavily from the Declaration of Independence. 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​Only A and B 
A) It convinced the American public of the need for independence. 
B) It sold more than 100,000 copies in a few months. 
C) ​It borrowed heavily from the Declaration of Independence. 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​Only A and B

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding Sir Isaac Newton and John Locke is true? ​

Accepted Answer

A) They challenged traditional notions that humans had no role in determining their fate. 
B) They were part of a movement known as the Enlightenment. 
C) ​They denied the existence of God. 
D) ​Both A and B 
E) ​Both B and C 
A) They challenged traditional notions that humans had no role in determining their fate. 
B) They were part of a movement known as the Enlightenment. 
C) ​They denied the existence of God. 
D) ​Both A and B 
E) ​Both B and C

Question 8

Which of the following statements regarding the Stamp Act and its consequences is true?​

Accepted Answer

A) The act was designed to raise revenue to pay for support of the British army in America. 
B) The tax could be paid either in specie or with paper currency. 
C) ​The Stamp Act Congress declared that the representative assemblies in the colonies had the same right as Parliament to levy taxes. 
D) ​While the wealthy colonists protested the Stamp Act,ordinary colonists welcomed it,seeing it as a way to reduce the power of the colonial elite. 
A) The act was designed to raise revenue to pay for support of the British army in America. 
B) The tax could be paid either in specie or with paper currency. 
C) ​The Stamp Act Congress declared that the representative assemblies in the colonies had the same right as Parliament to levy taxes. 
D) ​While the wealthy colonists protested the Stamp Act,ordinary colonists welcomed it,seeing it as a way to reduce the power of the colonial elite.

Question 9

The Ohio Valley became a focus of conflict in the 1740s,when the British and French competed for the establishment of farm settlements.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Proclamation of 1763 
B) Relocation Act of 1764 
C) ​Navigation Act of 1772 
D) ​Townshend Acts of 1767 
E) ​Treaty of Ghent of 1759 
A) Proclamation of 1763 
B) Relocation Act of 1764 
C) ​Navigation Act of 1772 
D) ​Townshend Acts of 1767 
E) ​Treaty of Ghent of 1759

Question 11

The most religiously diverse colonies prior to the Great Awakening were found in ​

Accepted Answer

A) New England. 
B) the southern colonies. 
C) ​the middle colonies. 
D) ​the backcountry. 
E) ​all of these colonies were equally diverse. 
A) New England. 
B) the southern colonies. 
C) ​the middle colonies. 
D) ​the backcountry. 
E) ​all of these colonies were equally diverse.

Question 12

The three major parts or sections of the Declaration of Independence included all of the following except ​

Accepted Answer

A) an actual declaration of independence from Great Britain. 
B) a listing of King George's mistreatment of the colonists. 
C) ​a rationale for breaking away from an unjust government. 
D) ​a demand for the British to vacate American territory immediately. 
E) ​all of these were included in the Declaration of Independence. 
A) an actual declaration of independence from Great Britain. 
B) a listing of King George's mistreatment of the colonists. 
C) ​a rationale for breaking away from an unjust government. 
D) ​a demand for the British to vacate American territory immediately. 
E) ​all of these were included in the Declaration of Independence.

Question 13

How did England's George Grenville justify taxing the colonists? ​

Accepted Answer

A) He asserted that colonists derived benefit from the Seven Years' War and,therefore,should pay more taxes. 
B) He was attempting to create a diversion from charges of corruption. 
C) ​He was succumbing to pressure from Parliament to do so. 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​None of these 
A) He asserted that colonists derived benefit from the Seven Years' War and,therefore,should pay more taxes. 
B) He was attempting to create a diversion from charges of corruption. 
C) ​He was succumbing to pressure from Parliament to do so. 
D) ​All of these 
E) ​None of these

Question 14

Although fighting had raged for two years,the Americans did not declare independence until 1777.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Stamp Act Congress convened in what city? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Philadelphia 
B) Washington 
C) ​Boston 
D) ​Albany 
E) ​New York 
A) Philadelphia 
B) Washington 
C) ​Boston 
D) ​Albany 
E) ​New York

Question 16

Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government ​

Accepted Answer

A) dealt with specific laws and the consequences of breaking them. 
B) spoke to government leaders,excluding the will of the people. 
C) ​stressed that humans had a right to life,liberty,and property. 
D) ​expressed his belief that a people never had the right to overthrow their government. 
A) dealt with specific laws and the consequences of breaking them. 
B) spoke to government leaders,excluding the will of the people. 
C) ​stressed that humans had a right to life,liberty,and property. 
D) ​expressed his belief that a people never had the right to overthrow their government.

Question 17

The Seven Years' War illustrated the differences that were emerging between the British-born soldiers and the American-born colonists.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

After 1763,Spain becamefriendlierwith Britain.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One strategy that proved to be effective against the Townshend Act was that of nonimportation.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following describes the situation in Boston by 1770? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Boston had become the powder keg of the revolution,with detested Redcoats garrisoned in the city. 
B) Bostonians directed their anger toward customs agents,burning several customs houses. 
C) ​During the Boston Massacre,British troops initiated a conflict with a local crowd,eventually firing into the group and killing more than a dozen. 
D) ​In the face of so much lost revenue,the British government decided to repeal all the Townshend duties Bostonians had been protesting,including the tea tax. 
E) ​All of these are descriptive of the situation in Boston. 
A) Boston had become the powder keg of the revolution,with detested Redcoats garrisoned in the city. 
B) Bostonians directed their anger toward customs agents,burning several customs houses. 
C) ​During the Boston Massacre,British troops initiated a conflict with a local crowd,eventually firing into the group and killing more than a dozen. 
D) ​In the face of so much lost revenue,the British government decided to repeal all the Townshend duties Bostonians had been protesting,including the tea tax. 
E) ​All of these are descriptive of the situation in Boston.

Exam 4: Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

What was the purpose of the Tea Act? ​

American resistance to the Stamp Act was really an attempt to end British authority in the colonies.​

The situation of the American colonies in the 1760s could best be described by which of the following? ​

One reason for the uproar over the Sugar Act was that it took effect during an economic depression.

What occurred after Great Britain closed the port of Boston? ​

Which of the following statements regarding Thomas Paine's Common Sense is accurate? ​

Which of the following statements regarding Sir Isaac Newton and John Locke is true? ​

Which of the following statements regarding the Stamp Act and its consequences is true?​

The Ohio Valley became a focus of conflict in the 1740s,when the British and French competed for the establishment of farm settlements.​

Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? ​

The most religiously diverse colonies prior to the Great Awakening were found in ​

The three major parts or sections of the Declaration of Independence included all of the following except ​

How did England's George Grenville justify taxing the colonists? ​

Although fighting had raged for two years,the Americans did not declare independence until 1777.​

The Stamp Act Congress convened in what city? ​

Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government ​

The Seven Years' War illustrated the differences that were emerging between the British-born soldiers and the American-born colonists.​

After 1763,Spain becamefriendlierwith Britain.​

One strategy that proved to be effective against the Townshend Act was that of nonimportation.​

Which of the following describes the situation in Boston by 1770? ​

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

American resistance to the Stamp Act was really an attempt to end British authority in the colonies.

The situation of the American colonies in the 1760s could best be described by which of the following?

What occurred after Great Britain closed the port of Boston?

Which of the following statements regarding Thomas Paine's Common Sense is accurate?

Which of the following statements regarding Sir Isaac Newton and John Locke is true?

Which of the following statements regarding the Stamp Act and its consequences is true?

The Ohio Valley became a focus of conflict in the 1740s,when the British and French competed for the establishment of farm settlements.

Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

The most religiously diverse colonies prior to the Great Awakening were found in

The three major parts or sections of the Declaration of Independence included all of the following except

How did England's George Grenville justify taxing the colonists?

Although fighting had raged for two years,the Americans did not declare independence until 1777.

The Stamp Act Congress convened in what city?

Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government

The Seven Years' War illustrated the differences that were emerging between the British-born soldiers and the American-born colonists.

After 1763,Spain becamefriendlierwith Britain.

One strategy that proved to be effective against the Townshend Act was that of nonimportation.

Which of the following describes the situation in Boston by 1770?