Question 1

The Declaratory Act

Accepted Answer

A) repealed the Stamp Act. 
B) declared that the colonies were in a state of insurrection. 
C) asserted Parliament's absolute right to legislate for the colonies. 
D) nullified the charters of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 
E) established new taxes on the colonists. 
A) repealed the Stamp Act. 
B) declared that the colonies were in a state of insurrection. 
C) asserted Parliament's absolute right to legislate for the colonies. 
D) nullified the charters of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 
E) established new taxes on the colonists.

Question 2

The colonists named the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The colonists named the Coercive Acts and...

Question 3

The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to

Accepted Answer

A) force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War. 
B) reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War 
C) centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies. 
D) encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden. 
E) encourage the colonies to declare independence. 
A) force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War. 
B) reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War 
C) centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies. 
D) encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden. 
E) encourage the colonies to declare independence.

Question 4

The greatest revenues to come in from the Sugar Act were expected to be from the tax on

Accepted Answer

A) refined sugar. 
B) molasses. 
C) Madeira wine. 
D) coffee. 
E) tea. 
A) refined sugar. 
B) molasses. 
C) Madeira wine. 
D) coffee. 
E) tea.

Question 5

The minister in charge of colonial policy under William Pitt was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The minister in charge of colonial policy...

Question 6

"The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms" was written mostly by ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities...

Question 7

Tea provided three-quarters of the revenue raised under the Townshend Revenue Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The British government measure that established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Quebec was known as the

Accepted Answer

A) Toleration Act. 
B) Quebec Act. 
C) Proclamation of 1763. 
D) Coercive Act. 
E) the Stamp Act. 
A) Toleration Act. 
B) Quebec Act. 
C) Proclamation of 1763. 
D) Coercive Act. 
E) the Stamp Act.

Question 9

John Wilkes was the advisor to the king most criticized by North American colonists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the intellectual movement toward independence in 1776.

Accepted Answer

The intellectual movement toward indepen

Question 11

The Paxton Boys were all convicted of murder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Quartering Act of 1765 successfully resolved the vexing problem of how to house British troops in the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In the 1760s, the most literate African population in the colonies was in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the 1760s, the most literate African...

Question 14

The only colony not to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress was

Accepted Answer

A) Georgia. 
B) Vermont. 
C) Rhode Island. 
D) South Carolina. 
E) Massachusetts. 
A) Georgia. 
B) Vermont. 
C) Rhode Island. 
D) South Carolina. 
E) Massachusetts.

Question 15

By the summer of 1776, patriot forces had won control of the territory in all thirteen colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Describe the response of the colonists to the British policy from 1763 to 1773.

Accepted Answer

The response of the colonists to British

Question 17

The unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, whose home was destroyed by a crowd in 1765, was Daniel Dulany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The colonial response to the Stamp Act included

Accepted Answer

A) street violence and riots. 
B) economic boycotts. 
C) petitions to Parliament. 
D) resolutions passed by colonial assemblies. 
E) all of these choices 
A) street violence and riots. 
B) economic boycotts. 
C) petitions to Parliament. 
D) resolutions passed by colonial assemblies. 
E) all of these choices

Question 19

The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775

Accepted Answer

A) more or less declared that a state of war existed in North America. 
B) called for increased trade between the colonies and the mother country. 
C) attacked George III. 
D) belligerently affirmed colonial rights. 
E) affirmed the loyalty of the colonists to the crown 
A) more or less declared that a state of war existed in North America. 
B) called for increased trade between the colonies and the mother country. 
C) attacked George III. 
D) belligerently affirmed colonial rights. 
E) affirmed the loyalty of the colonists to the crown

Question 20

In 1761, ____________________ called for an end to Indian dependence on Anglo-Americans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1761, ____________________ called for an end...

Exam 5: Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Declaratory Act

The colonists named the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act the ____________________.

The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to

The greatest revenues to come in from the Sugar Act were expected to be from the tax on

The minister in charge of colonial policy under William Pitt was ____________________.

"The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms" was written mostly by ____________________.

Tea provided three-quarters of the revenue raised under the Townshend Revenue Act.

The British government measure that established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Quebec was known as the

John Wilkes was the advisor to the king most criticized by North American colonists.

Describe the intellectual movement toward independence in 1776.

The Paxton Boys were all convicted of murder.

The Quartering Act of 1765 successfully resolved the vexing problem of how to house British troops in the Americas.

In the 1760s, the most literate African population in the colonies was in ____________________.

The only colony not to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress was

By the summer of 1776, patriot forces had won control of the territory in all thirteen colonies.

Describe the response of the colonists to the British policy from 1763 to 1773.

The unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, whose home was destroyed by a crowd in 1765, was Daniel Dulany.

The colonial response to the Stamp Act included

The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775

In 1761, ____________________ called for an end to Indian dependence on Anglo-Americans.

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Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

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The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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