Question 1

How did the Declaratory Act show Britain's refusal to compromise on Parliament's power to tax?

Accepted Answer

A)   It asserted Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies.
B)   It gave more power to the colonial governors.
C)   It initiated a new series of taxes on rarely used colonial goods.
D)   It gave colonists authority to legislate for themselves.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

How did General Gage react to the increased violence and collapsing royal authority in Massachusetts early in 1775?

Accepted Answer

A)   He endorsed William Pitt's plan for reconciliation with the colonies.
B)   He arrested the leaders of the resistance and made a show of force.
C)   He requested twenty thousand additional troops from England.
D)   He attempted to negotiate with the leaders of the resistance.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following was a consequence of the tea boycott, according to the illustration "Edenton Tea Ladies"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Women acting too masculine
B)   Women neglecting their educations
C)   Women ignoring their duties as wives
D)   Widespread acceptance of interracial marriageE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

How did the colonists respond to the Townshend duties?

Accepted Answer

A)   They argued they could not afford to pay the burdensome tax rate.
B)   They resented that part of the revenue would pay royal governors' salaries.
C)   They did not mind paying the external duties on trade goods.
D)   They cheered the fact that it strengthened legislative government in America.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

According to the inscription in "Silver Medal to Present to Indians," who were "HAPPY WHILE UNITED"?

Accepted Answer

A)   All the European nations
B)   The British and the Indians
C)   The British among themselves
D)   All colonists in the New WorldE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions :
-A communications network established among towns in Massachusetts and also among colonial capital towns in 1772-73 to provide for rapid dissemination of news about important political developments. These bodies politicized ordinary townspeople, sparking a revolutionary language of rights and duties.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston Massacre
B)  Coercive (Intolerable)  Acts
C)  committees of correspondence
D)  Declaratory Act
E)  First Continental CongressF) Pontiac's RebellionG) Seven Years' WarH) Stamp ActI) Sugar (Revenue)  ActJ) Tea Act of 1773K) Townshend dutiesL) virtual representationM) B) and G)
N) B) and D)

Question 7

What did the attack at Fort Necessity reveal about the French commitment to the Ohio territory?

Accepted Answer

A)   The French lacked the manpower to hold the territory.
B)   The French had no intention of departing the disputed territory.
C)   The French could not defeat General George Washington.
D)   The French could not win without the help of the Mingo Indians.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

Who was credited with leading a violent rebellion against the British in 1763?

Accepted Answer

A)   Minavavana
B)   Jeffrey Amherst
C)   Pontiac
D)   The Paxton BoysE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions :
-The 1765 British law imposing a tax on all paper used for official documents, for the purpose of raising revenue. Widespread resistance to the law led to its repeal in 1766.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston Massacre
B)  Coercive (Intolerable)  Acts
C)  committees of correspondence
D)  Declaratory Act
E)  First Continental CongressF) Pontiac's RebellionG) Seven Years' WarH) Stamp ActI) Sugar (Revenue)  ActJ) Tea Act of 1773K) Townshend dutiesL) virtual representationM) D) and E)
N) E) and L)

Question 10

The First Continental Congress made it possible for colonists in different regions to respond to the British government with a strong and unified voice for the first time. Which factors helped or hindered colonial leaders in their attempts to bring together colonial British Americans?

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Question 11

What was the reaction to the Virginia Resolves?

Accepted Answer

A)   Virginia's political leaders viewed them as moderate and necessary measures.
B)   Few people discussed the Virginia Resolves outside of Virginia.
C)   The crown adopted some of the resolves after protest from the colonists.
D)   Colonists saw them as radical because newspapers printed all seven resolutions.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Explain how the imposition of the Townshend duties led to the Boston Massacre.

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The Townsh...

Question 13

Why was Thomas Gage, military commander and the royal governor of Massachusetts, ordered to attack a suspected ammunition storage site at Concord in April 1775? Did he agree this was the best course of action?

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General Ga...

Question 14

How did Massachusetts protestors target Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson?

Accepted Answer

A)   Protestors ransacked his house until only the exterior walls stood.
B)   Colonists attempted to assassinate him after he supported the Stamp Act.
C)   Gangs of seamen in Boston tarred and feathered him.
D)   A congressional meeting in Philadelphia called for his resignation.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

What did the protests of the Sons of Liberty prove to colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)   British authority would quell such riots in the future.
B)   Stamp distributors were more popular than they had realized.
C)   The British police force would ignore demonstrations.
D)   Demonstrations could have a decisive impact on politics.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Use the following to answer questions :
-British act that lowered the existing tax on tea to entice boycotting Americans to buy it. Resistance to the act led to the passage of the Coercive Acts and imposition of military rule in Massachusetts.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston Massacre
B)  Coercive (Intolerable)  Acts
C)  committees of correspondence
D)  Declaratory Act
E)  First Continental CongressF) Pontiac's RebellionG) Seven Years' WarH) Stamp ActI) Sugar (Revenue)  ActJ) Tea Act of 1773K) Townshend dutiesL) virtual representationM) F) and J)
N) A) and L)

Question 17

What did the members of the First Continental Congress discuss when they met in September 1774?

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First Cont...

Question 18

What caused the Seven Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Conflicts over territory in the Ohio Valley
B)   A dispute between Indians and the French
C)   French fur trapping along the Hudson River
D)   Conflicts between New England and New FranceE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress, held in New York in 1765?

Accepted Answer

A)   Representatives could not agree on a unified policy.
B)   It protested the enslavement of blacks in the South.
C)   Delegates threatened rebellion against Britain.
D)   It advanced the idea of intercolonial political action.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

The Quebec Act offended many Americans because

Accepted Answer

A)   it denied many political rights to Roman Catholics.
B)   it permitted criminal cases to be adjudicated without the use of juries.
C)   it gave French Canadians unrestricted entry into New England.
D)   it gave Roman Catholic Quebec control of the Ohio Valley.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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How did the Declaratory Act show Britain's refusal to compromise on Parliament's power to tax?

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The First Continental Congress made it possible for colonists in different regions to respond to the British government with a strong and unified voice for the first time. Which factors helped or hindered colonial leaders in their attempts to bring together colonial British Americans?

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How did General Gage react to the increased violence and collapsing royal authority in Massachusetts early in 1775?

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Who was credited with leading a violent rebellion against the British in 1763?

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What did the members of the First Continental Congress discuss when they met in September 1774?

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What caused the Seven Years' War?

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What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress, held in New York in 1765?

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How did Massachusetts protestors target Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson?

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Which of the following was a consequence of the tea boycott, according to the illustration "Edenton Tea Ladies"?

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What did the protests of the Sons of Liberty prove to colonists?

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According to the inscription in "Silver Medal to Present to Indians," who were "HAPPY WHILE UNITED"?

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The Quebec Act offended many Americans because

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Use the following to answer questions : -The 1765 British law imposing a tax on all paper used for official documents, for the purpose of raising revenue. Widespread resistance to the law led to its repeal in 1766.

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Use the following to answer questions : -British act that lowered the existing tax on tea to entice boycotting Americans to buy it. Resistance to the act led to the passage of the Coercive Acts and imposition of military rule in Massachusetts.

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Why was Thomas Gage, military commander and the royal governor of Massachusetts, ordered to attack a suspected ammunition storage site at Concord in April 1775? Did he agree this was the best course of action?

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What did the attack at Fort Necessity reveal about the French commitment to the Ohio territory?

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