Question 1

Parliament and the colonial legislatures did not always see eye to eye,but at least they shared a similar understanding about the nature of representative government.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

of the French and Indian War,

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

Question 3

In the 1760s,"country Whigs" were English colonists who

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A)   feared the political protests would damage the long-term profits of America.
B)   called on King George III to more firmly assert his authority.
C)   believed the political philosophy of John Locke gave too much power to the king.
D)   considered the British government to be corrupt and oppressive.
E)   defended the British imperial system.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

When George III assumed the throne of England,he

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

Question 5

The Stamp Act was interpreted by the colonies as a direct attempt by Parliament to raise revenues without the consent of the colonial legislatures.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Through the first half of the eighteenth century,the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with

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A)   England, and then France.
B)   both France and England at the same time.
C)   France only.
D)   England only.
E)   no European powers.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 7

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 8

In their competition for the allegiance of native tribes,the English could offer more and better goods than the French.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Tea Act of 1773

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   followed a few years of relative calm between England and the American colonies.
C)   was intended to benefit a private British company.
D)   lowered the price of tea for American colonists.
E)   provided no new tax on tea.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

By the 1750s,American colonial assemblies

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A)   had claimed the right to levy taxes.
B)   were petitioning the king to charter new colonies to the west.
C)   consisted of colonists all approved by royal governors.
D)   existed only to implement the policies of the English Parliament.
E)   felt little loyalty to the English government.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Why was British rule in the colonies decentralized? What groups benefited from this,and how?

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Question 12

The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713

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A)   ended King William's War.
B)   slowed England's western expansion of its American colonies.
C)   transferred territory from the French to the English in North America.
D)   was a considerable victory for Spain in North America.
E)   transferred territory from the English to the French in the Caribbean.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 13

The Boston Massacre was the British response to the Boston Tea Party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,

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A)   all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed.
B)   each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area.
C)   the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths.
D)   large areas of England had no direct political representation.
E)   only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

The colonial boycott of tea in 1773

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A)   was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax.
B)   involved relatively small numbers of people.
C)   was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
D)   resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty.
E)   had little financial effect on England.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

Following the Seven Years' War,the British government faced huge problems of imperial organization but had ample funds to deal with those problems.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Sugar Act of 1764 was designed to

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A)   eliminate the illegal sugar trade among the colonies, the French, and the West Indies.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   damage the market for sugar grown in the colonies.
D)   establish new vice-admiralty courts in America to try accused smugglers.
E)   lower the colonial duty on molasses.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E) B

Question 18

At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General Thomas Gage,the commander of the British garrison in Boston,

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A)   offered to resign his command to avoid war.
B)   arrested Sam Adams and John Hancock near Lexington.
C)   believed the colonists' calls for independence were justified.
D)   considered his army too small to act without reinforcements.
E)   was convinced that Americans would never actually dare to fight.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

Trace the course and nature of colonial objections to British policies between 1763 and 1775.

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Question 20

In 1775,the Conciliatory Propositions

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A)   temporarily reduced tensions in the colonies.
B)   were issued as an appeal by the British government to colonial moderates.
C)   forced Parliament to send more troops to Boston.
D)   called on Parliament to reduce taxes for the sake of colonial peace.
E)   saw Parliament agree to the terms of the First Continental Congress.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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Parliament and the colonial legislatures did not always see eye to eye,but at least they shared a similar understanding about the nature of representative government.

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of the French and Indian War,

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In the 1760s,"country Whigs" were English colonists who

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When George III assumed the throne of England,he

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The Stamp Act was interpreted by the colonies as a direct attempt by Parliament to raise revenues without the consent of the colonial legislatures.

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Through the first half of the eighteenth century,the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with

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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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In their competition for the allegiance of native tribes,the English could offer more and better goods than the French.

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The Tea Act of 1773

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By the 1750s,American colonial assemblies

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Why was British rule in the colonies decentralized? What groups benefited from this,and how?

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The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713

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The Boston Massacre was the British response to the Boston Tea Party.

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Following the Seven Years' War,the British government faced huge problems of imperial organization but had ample funds to deal with those problems.

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