Question 1

The Quartering Act expired quietly in 1770..

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 1770,British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for the one on

Accepted Answer

A) glass. 
B) lead. 
C) tea. 
D) paper. 
E) painters' colors. 
A) glass. 
B) lead. 
C) tea. 
D) paper. 
E) painters' colors.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-First Continental Congress

Accepted Answer

intercolonial body organized i

Question 4

Describe the beginnings of the antislavery movement in pre-revolutionary America.

Accepted Answer

During the mid-1700s,the institution of

Question 5

The Quebec Act (1774)established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The primary purpose of the Townshend Revenue Act was not to generate revenue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to benefit western Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Quartering Act (1765)stated that one-fourth of the revenue from the Stamp Act was to be given back to the colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Under the Tea Act,the price of legal tea would be ____________________ than before.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Under the Tea Act,the price of legal...

Question 11

Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a moment's notice were called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to...

Question 12

Rising in 1763 ____________________ had as its goal the removal of British colonists from the area between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Rising in 1763 ____________________ had as its...

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Boston Massacre trials and the Gaspee Affair

Accepted Answer

A) convinced the English that they should vigorously punish individual political activists. 
B) temporarily reduced tensions between the colonies and England. 
C) convinced the English that the use of force against communities could lead to war. 
D) effectively established Parliament's right to tax the colonies. 
E) had no lasting impact on relations between the colonies and England. 
A) convinced the English that they should vigorously punish individual political activists. 
B) temporarily reduced tensions between the colonies and England. 
C) convinced the English that the use of force against communities could lead to war. 
D) effectively established Parliament's right to tax the colonies. 
E) had no lasting impact on relations between the colonies and England.

Question 15

Phillis Wheatley was

Accepted Answer

A) the first black college student in American history. 
B) one of the victims of the Boston Massacre. 
C) a poet and slave. 
D) a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans. 
E) a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. 
A) the first black college student in American history. 
B) one of the victims of the Boston Massacre. 
C) a poet and slave. 
D) a vocal supporter of the Christianization of Africans. 
E) a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

Question 16

At first,Britain's George Grenville used voluntary measures to get the colonists to pay for British troops stationed in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was particularly effective in nudging the Mid-Atlantic colonies toward independence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The British commander who took over as governor of Massachusetts and closed the Port of Boston was General ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The British commander who took over as...

Question 19

The threat of colonial nonexportation was much more radical than nonimportation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Stamp Act

Accepted Answer

Passed by George Grenville in

Exam 5: Reform, resistance, revolution

The Quartering Act expired quietly in 1770..

In 1770,British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for the one on

IDENTIFICATIONS -First Continental Congress

Describe the beginnings of the antislavery movement in pre-revolutionary America.

The Quebec Act (1774)established French civil law and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec.

The primary purpose of the Townshend Revenue Act was not to generate revenue.

The Proclamation of 1763 was designed to benefit western Indians.

The Quartering Act (1765)stated that one-fourth of the revenue from the Stamp Act was to be given back to the colonies.

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

Under the Tea Act,the price of legal tea would be ____________________ than before.

Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a moment's notice were called ____________________.

Rising in 1763 ____________________ had as its goal the removal of British colonists from the area between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes.

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

The Boston Massacre trials and the Gaspee Affair

Phillis Wheatley was

At first,Britain's George Grenville used voluntary measures to get the colonists to pay for British troops stationed in North America.

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was particularly effective in nudging the Mid-Atlantic colonies toward independence.

The British commander who took over as governor of Massachusetts and closed the Port of Boston was General ____________________.

The threat of colonial nonexportation was much more radical than nonimportation.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Stamp Act

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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