Question 1

The Intolerable Acts reflected Britain's response to which event?

Accepted Answer

A)  Battle of Concord 
B)  Battle of Lexington 
C)  Boston Tea Party 
D)  Boston Massacre 
A)  Battle of Concord 
B)  Battle of Lexington 
C)  Boston Tea Party 
D)  Boston Massacre C

Question 2

Which of the following blocked colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

A)  Navigation Acts 
B)  Townshend Duties 
C)  Declaratory Act 
D)  Proclamation of 1763 
A)  Navigation Acts 
B)  Townshend Duties 
C)  Declaratory Act 
D)  Proclamation of 1763 D

Question 3

According to the Arguing History video in section 5.6,the government of which country regarded the American revolutionaries as traitors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada 
B)  Britain 
C)  France 
D)  Spain 
A)  Canada 
B)  Britain 
C)  France 
D)  Spain B

Question 4

The words "all men are created equal" are found in which document?

Accepted Answer

A)  Declaration of Independence 
B)  Declaratory Act 
C)  Proclamation of 1763 
D)  Mayflower Compact 
A)  Declaration of Independence 
B)  Declaratory Act 
C)  Proclamation of 1763 
D)  Mayflower Compact

Question 5

The ideals that inspired the American Revolution also influenced the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  policy of salutary neglect 
B)  abolitionist movement 
C)  French and Indian War 
D)  Proclamation of 1763 
A)  policy of salutary neglect 
B)  abolitionist movement 
C)  French and Indian War 
D)  Proclamation of 1763

Question 6

Compare and contrast American and British expectations of one another.What did the Americans expect from the British,and what did the British expect from the Americans?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should include:
a.The B

Question 7

-In the image,the stamp on the far right reflects whose view of the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  British Parliament 
B)  American colonists 
C)  African slaves 
D)  Indian tribes 
A)  British Parliament 
B)  American colonists 
C)  African slaves 
D)  Indian tribes

Question 8

In her letter to John Adams in 1776,what did Abigail Adams urge her husband to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  sign a secret treaty with Britain 
B)  oppose abolitionism and defend slavery 
C)  abolish slavery in all thirteen colonies 
D)  grant women the right to political representation 
A)  sign a secret treaty with Britain 
B)  oppose abolitionism and defend slavery 
C)  abolish slavery in all thirteen colonies 
D)  grant women the right to political representation

Question 9

Which of the following imposed taxes that most affected the daily lives of the American colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stamp Act 
B)  Navigation Acts 
C)  Magna Carta 
D)  Proclamation of 1763 
A)  Stamp Act 
B)  Navigation Acts 
C)  Magna Carta 
D)  Proclamation of 1763

Question 10

Which of the following shares the same view of the relationship between the government and the people as this statement?: "Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Accepted Answer

A)  "Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could." 
B)  "it is just and reasonable…that the several nations or tribes of Indians . . . should not be molested or disturbed…." 
C)  "we . . . will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation." 
D)  "Obedience to government is every man's duty, because it is every man's interest. . . ." 
A)  "Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could." 
B)  "it is just and reasonable…that the several nations or tribes of Indians . . . should not be molested or disturbed…." 
C)  "we . . . will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation." 
D)  "Obedience to government is every man's duty, because it is every man's interest. . . ."

Question 11

Which commodity continued to be taxed after the Townshend duties were rescinded?

Accepted Answer

A)  paint 
B)  paper 
C)  lead 
D)  tea 
A)  paint 
B)  paper 
C)  lead 
D)  tea

Question 12

Which of the following was a colonial response to the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooperating with Indians 
B)  allying with France 
C)  settling the Ohio Valley 
D)  boycotting British goods 
A)  cooperating with Indians 
B)  allying with France 
C)  settling the Ohio Valley 
D)  boycotting British goods

Question 13

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 5.6,which of the following points did Benjamin Franklin make in his testimony to Parliament?

Accepted Answer

A)  Relations between the colonies and Britain were strained before 1763. 
B)  Relations between the colonies and Britain improved after 1763. 
C)  The American colonists are arming themselves for war. 
D)  The American colonists already have a very heavy tax burden. 
A)  Relations between the colonies and Britain were strained before 1763. 
B)  Relations between the colonies and Britain improved after 1763. 
C)  The American colonists are arming themselves for war. 
D)  The American colonists already have a very heavy tax burden.

Question 14

According to the introductory video in section 5.2,Bostonians ransacked the home of Thomas Hutchinson in reaction to the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Intolerable Acts 
B)  Stamp Act 
C)  Declaratory Act 
D)  Navigation Acts 
A)  Intolerable Acts 
B)  Stamp Act 
C)  Declaratory Act 
D)  Navigation Acts

Question 15

-Which of the following events is depicted in the image?

Accepted Answer

A)  Battle of Lexington 
B)  Battle of Bunker Hill 
C)  Boston Massacre 
D)  Boston Tea Party 
A)  Battle of Lexington 
B)  Battle of Bunker Hill 
C)  Boston Massacre 
D)  Boston Tea Party

Question 16

Which of the following was the site of the first armed conflict between the British and the Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Philadelphia 
B)  Boston 
C)  Concord 
D)  Lexington 
A)  Philadelphia 
B)  Boston 
C)  Concord 
D)  Lexington

Question 17

Colonial resistance to the Sugar Act was linked to the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  settlement of the Ohio Valley 
B)  smuggling of molasses 
C)  abolition of the slave trade 
D)  Indian attacks on the frontier 
A)  settlement of the Ohio Valley 
B)  smuggling of molasses 
C)  abolition of the slave trade 
D)  Indian attacks on the frontier

Question 18

The American colonists viewed the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar Act as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  undermining their interests 
B)  promoting their well-being 
C)  encouraging local initiative 
D)  weakening Indian defenses 
A)  undermining their interests 
B)  promoting their well-being 
C)  encouraging local initiative 
D)  weakening Indian defenses

Question 19

According to the introductory video in section 5.5,Thomas Paine's Common Sense contributed to the American Revolution by __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proposing that a continental army be formed 
B)  calling for a congress to be convened 
C)  defending the actions of Parliament 
D)  rallying Americans around a common cause 
A)  proposing that a continental army be formed 
B)  calling for a congress to be convened 
C)  defending the actions of Parliament 
D)  rallying Americans around a common cause

Question 20

Which of the following did the Americans call the Intolerable Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Townshend duties 
B)  Navigation Acts 
C)  Magna Carta 
D)  Coercive Acts 
A)  Townshend duties 
B)  Navigation Acts 
C)  Magna Carta 
D)  Coercive Acts

The Intolerable Acts reflected Britain's response to which event?

Which of the following blocked colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

According to the Arguing History video in section 5.6,the government of which country regarded the American revolutionaries as traitors?

The words "all men are created equal" are found in which document?

The ideals that inspired the American Revolution also influenced the __________.

Compare and contrast American and British expectations of one another.What did the Americans expect from the British,and what did the British expect from the Americans?

-In the image,the stamp on the far right reflects whose view of the Stamp Act?

In her letter to John Adams in 1776,what did Abigail Adams urge her husband to do?

Which of the following imposed taxes that most affected the daily lives of the American colonists?

Which of the following shares the same view of the relationship between the government and the people as this statement?: "Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Which commodity continued to be taxed after the Townshend duties were rescinded?

Which of the following was a colonial response to the Stamp Act?

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 5.6,which of the following points did Benjamin Franklin make in his testimony to Parliament?

According to the introductory video in section 5.2,Bostonians ransacked the home of Thomas Hutchinson in reaction to the __________.

-Which of the following events is depicted in the image?

Which of the following was the site of the first armed conflict between the British and the Americans?

Colonial resistance to the Sugar Act was linked to the __________.

The American colonists viewed the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar Act as __________.

According to the introductory video in section 5.5,Thomas Paine's Common Sense contributed to the American Revolution by __________.

Which of the following did the Americans call the Intolerable Acts?

Old Worlds and New

Exploration and Conquest

The English Colonial Enterprise

The English and the Americans

The Revolutionary War

The Constitution

Federalists and Republicans

Republicans Take Over

The Second War of Independence

Jacksonian Democracy

Manifest Destiny

The Sectional Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction

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Exam 5: Declaring Independence

The Intolerable Acts reflected Britain's response to which event?

Which of the following blocked colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

According to the Arguing History video in section 5.6,the government of which country regarded the American revolutionaries as traitors?

The words "all men are created equal" are found in which document?

The ideals that inspired the American Revolution also influenced the __________.

Compare and contrast American and British expectations of one another.What did the Americans expect from the British,and what did the British expect from the Americans?

-In the image,the stamp on the far right reflects whose view of the Stamp Act?

In her letter to John Adams in 1776,what did Abigail Adams urge her husband to do?

Which of the following imposed taxes that most affected the daily lives of the American colonists?

Which of the following shares the same view of the relationship between the government and the people as this statement?: "Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

Which commodity continued to be taxed after the Townshend duties were rescinded?

Which of the following was a colonial response to the Stamp Act?

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 5.6,which of the following points did Benjamin Franklin make in his testimony to Parliament?

According to the introductory video in section 5.2,Bostonians ransacked the home of Thomas Hutchinson in reaction to the __________.

-Which of the following events is depicted in the image?

Which of the following was the site of the first armed conflict between the British and the Americans?

Colonial resistance to the Sugar Act was linked to the __________.

The American colonists viewed the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar Act as __________.

According to the introductory video in section 5.5,Thomas Paine's Common Sense contributed to the American Revolution by __________.

Which of the following did the Americans call the Intolerable Acts?

Old Worlds and New

Exploration and Conquest

The English Colonial Enterprise

The English and the Americans

The Revolutionary War

The Constitution

Federalists and Republicans

Republicans Take Over

The Second War of Independence

Jacksonian Democracy

Manifest Destiny

The Sectional Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction

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