Question 1

The Boston Tea Party of December 1773

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A)  triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities.
B)  took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.
C)  shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
D)  both triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.
E)  both took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

The Quebec Act

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A)  granted political rights to Roman Catholics.
B)  reduced the boundaries of Quebec.
C)  was approved of by most English colonists.
D)  was passed by England to appease the French government.
E)  made the Roman Catholic Church illegal.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

In general, the colonists regarded the political burden of the post-1763 imperial program to be worse than the economic burden.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

By the 1750s, American colonial assemblies

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A)  exercised a significant degree of authority to levy taxes.
B)  existed only to implement the policies of the English Parliament.
C)  felt little loyalty to the English government.
D)  consisted of colonists all approved by royal governors.
E)  were petitioning the king to charter new colonies to the west.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

More people were killed in the Boston Tea Party than in the Boston Massacre.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The newly organized Sons of ____________ did their best to block enforcement of the Stamp Act.

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Question 7

During the first stage (1754-1756)  of the French and Indian War,

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A)  only the Iroquois Indians were allied with the French.
B)  the Iroquois were allied with the English but remained largely passive.
C)  English colonists fought with the support of the Iroquois.
D)  the colonists fought with the French against the English.
E)  the colonists fought primarily against the Iroquois.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 8

When George III assumed the throne of England, he

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A)  was considered to have a brilliant mind for politics.
B)  was painfully immature.
C)  faced a full rebellion in the colonies.
D)  feared using the authority of his monarchy.
E)  mandated official recognition of the Church of England in all colonies.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) signaled a rare French victory over the English.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 adversely affected American

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A)  New England merchants.
B)  southern planters.
C)  small farmers.
D)  urban workers.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Select any four colonial leaders and explain the specific role each played in the coming of the American Revolution.

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1. George Washington: As a military lead...

Question 12

The architect of the British military move on Lexington and Concord was General _______________________.

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The answer of The architect of the British military move...

Question 13

According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763,

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A)  France surrendered New Orleans to the British.
B)  England acquired all French naval vessels docked in North American ports.
C)  France ceded all of its claims to land west of the Mississippi River to Spain.
D)  France agreed to pay England for the cost of the war.
E)  France ceded its Caribbean colonies to England.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

When the Stamp Act was repealed, the colonists were left with no real grievances against British authority.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Parliamentary legislation requiring colonists to provision and maintain the British army was called the ____________.

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The answer of Parliamentary legislation requiring colonists to provision and...

Question 16

The actual economic burdens of the Stamp Act were relatively light.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What effect did the French and Indian War have on the coming of the American Revolution?

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The French and Indian War had a signific...

Question 18

The Currency Act of 1764 gave the colonial legislatures the power to print paper money.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1772 Samuel Adams proposed the creation of a "committee of ________________" to publicize grievances against England.

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The answer of In 1772 Samuel Adams proposed the creation...

Question 20

The dramatic fall of ___________ marked the beginning of the end of the American phase of the Seven Years' War.

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The answer of The dramatic fall of ___________ marked the...

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The newly organized Sons of ____________ did their best to block enforcement of the Stamp Act.

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When the Stamp Act was repealed, the colonists were left with no real grievances against British authority.

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By the 1750s, American colonial assemblies

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The Quebec Act

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The architect of the British military move on Lexington and Concord was General _______________________.

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Parliamentary legislation requiring colonists to provision and maintain the British army was called the ____________.

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The Boston Tea Party of December 1773

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What effect did the French and Indian War have on the coming of the American Revolution?

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