Question 1

The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both

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

Question 2

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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)   banning political meetings.
C)   closing the port of Boston.
D)   closing newspapers that criticized the English government.
E)   outlawing the Sons of Liberty.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the

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A)   Iroquois.
B)   Cherokee.
C)   Seminole.
D)   Chickasaw.
E)   Sioux.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

During the first half of the eighteenth century, royal officials in America

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A)   began to increase the presence of British troops in the colonies.
B)   contributed to England's overall lax control of the colonies.
C)   had no significant influence on colonial finances.
D)   were generally able and honest administrators.
E)   chose Philadelphia as the capital of the colonies.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 8

Most Indian tribes were not enthusiastic about the Proclamation of 1763, but many supported it anyway as the best option available to them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing a series of laws called the ________.

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Coercive Acts

Question 11

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by

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A)   withdrawing its military protection of Massachusetts.
B)   reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.
C)   reducing the geographic size of the colony.
D)   threatening to launch a war against the Massachusetts militia.
E)   repealing the Tea Act.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The Coercive Acts succeeded in isolating Massachusetts as the source of colonial discontent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A private company, Britain's ________ Company, stood to benefit from the passage of the Tea Act of 1773.

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East India

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Coercive Acts were first a response to the Boston Massacre.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The major participants in the Seven Years' War in North America were the

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A)   colonists, the English, and the Spanish.
B)   French, the colonists, and the Spanish.
C)   Iroquois, the English, and the French.
D)   French, the Spanish, and the English.
E)   English, the Iroquois, and the Spanish.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 17

Was the American Revolution avoidable? What did the British government do that inadvertently encouraged colonial rebellion?

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Question 18

In 1774, the First Continental Congress

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A)   accepted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.
B)   proposed that the colonies tax themselves at Parliament's demand.
C)   agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade.
D)   issued an order for the arrest of all colonists loyal to the king.
E)   called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

The Peace of Paris (1763) saw the French retain a portion of their holdings on the North American mainland.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Select any four acts of Parliament and explain their effect on the colonies and the nature of the colonial objection to each.

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