Question 1

In the 1760s,the Grenville ministry increased its authority in the colonies by

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A)   stationing regular British troops permanently in America.
B)   closing the port of Boston.
C)   outlawing the Sons of Liberty.
D)   banning political meetings.
E)   closing newspapers that criticized the English government.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 2

The British move on Lexington and Concord in April 1775 was designed to provoke a major battle and end the war before it could really begin.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In North America as a result of the Seven Years' War,England

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A)   confirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions.
B)   shifted its interest away from the Caribbean colonies.
C)   lost some of its global commercial supremacy.
D)   granted more political autonomy to the American colonies.
E)   confirmed its commercial supremacy and shifted its interest away from the Caribbean colonies.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

The Proclamation of 1763 decreed that Parliament had the right to pass laws dealing with the colonies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Mutiny (or Quartering) Act of 1765

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A)   was regarded by objecting colonists as a form of taxation without consent.
B)   declared that all ships in the colonial navy must have a British officer on board.
C)   required colonists to evacuate their farms to occupying British soldiers.
D)   resulted in the killing of several British soldiers by colonists.
E)   allowed British officers to force colonists into military service for England.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

King George's War

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A)   was a conflict between England and the Iroquois.
B)   saw England acquire Newfoundland from the French.
C)   saw English colonists remain out of the conflict.
D)   failed to resolve European conflicts in North America.
E)   inspired the American Revolution.F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

Taverns were important in the growth of revolutionary sentiment because

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A)   they become central meeting places to discuss ideas about resistance.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   they were the only public places where one could legally speak without fear of arrest.
D)   colonists increasingly resented the heavy British duties on alcohol.
E)   the tavern was one of the few places where men and women gathered together to speak.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Prior to the 1760s,cooperation between colonies was not good.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

The leading colonial figure involved in the Boston Massacre was

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A)   Patrick Henry.
B)   Samuel Adams.
C)   James Otis.
D)   George Mason.
E)   Thomas Jefferson.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of

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A)   colonial governments increasing taxes on British merchants.
B)   the Boston Tea Party.
C)   a colonial nonimportation agreement.
D)   the banning of British merchant ships from some colonial ports.
E)   the Boston Massacre.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

Up until the 1760s,how did the British governance of the colonies shape the general attitudes of Americans regarding their rights and responsibilities within the British Empire?

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Question 13

The Tea Act of 1773 actually reduced the price of tea to colonial consumers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 adversely affected ________ in America.

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

Question 15

The Declaratory Act of 1766

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A)   was an attempt by outgoing minister George Grenville to save face.
B)   caused renewed protests throughout the colonies.
C)   All these answers are correct.
D)   threatened the colonies with military action should future protests develop.
E)   was a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority over the colonies.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 16

The British were more tolerant of Indian culture and Indian religions than were the French.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both

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A)   feared violence from western farmers.
B)   demanded independence from England.
C)   demanded the redistribution of the land making up the former French colonies.
D)   demanded tax relief.
E)   sought to increase the authority of local colonial governments.F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

In 1770,the Townshend Duties were ended by

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A)   Lord Chatham.
B)   Lord North.
C)   George III.
D)   the Marquis of Rockingham.
E)   Charles Townshend.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

In the eighteenth century,under the English government's theory of representation,

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A)   the king spoke to Parliament on behalf of the American colonies.
B)   each American colony was allowed one non-voting representative in Parliament.
C)   the American colonies were represented by the courts.
D)   the American colonies had no claim to any political representation.
E)   the American colonies were represented in Parliament.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

Why did the Navigation Acts not spark colonial rebellion,as did the acts passed after 1763?

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