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When was the Declaration of Independence?
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Around July 4, 1776, over a year after the Revolutionary War began.
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When was the Boston Massacre?
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March 5, 1770, as a result of the Townshend Acts and over five years before the American Revolution began
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When was the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution?
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By definition, the treaty ended the American Revolution in 1783; Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
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When was the French and Indian War?
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1756-1763; it was the major indirect cause of the American Revolution, because of the issue of who should pay the debt from the war, Great Britain or her American colonies
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When did the Revolutionary War begin with fighting at Lexington and Concord
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April 19, 1775, as an effect of the Intolerable Acts
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In order, what were the major acts the British passed concerning the colonies?
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1) Proclamation of 1763
2) Stamp Act 3) Townshend Acts 4) Tea Act 5) Intolerable/Coercive Acts |
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What was the first permanent English colony in the
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Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607
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Which colony was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, based on separation between church and state and as a reaction against the Puritans?
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Rhode Island
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Which colony was founded by Quakers?
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Pennsylvania
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Which colony was founded by Puritans and Pilgrims?
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Massachusetts
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Which colony was founded as a safe haven for Catholics?
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Maryland
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Is the idea in the Declaration of Independence that the purpose of government is to protect the rights of the people who are being governed?
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Yes
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Is the idea in the Declaration of Independence that people have the right to alter or abolish their government when it fails to protect their rights?
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Yes
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Is the idea in the Declaration of Independence that people should only declare their independence in a logical and well-organized manner, after attempting to settle their problems peacefully?
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Yes
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Is the idea in the Declaration of Independence that the colonies/new United States are a “City upon a Hill”?
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Yes
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Is the idea in the Declaration of Independence that the Prime Minister of Parliament is the “he” repeatedly referred to who is primarily responsible for wronging the colonies?
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No, the "he" repeatedly referred to is the king, George III, not the Prime Minister of Parliament.
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Is it true about the Enlightenment and Great Awakening that they both challenged established authority, and thus contributed to the American Revolution?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Enlightenment that it stressed reason, order, and progress?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Enlightenment that it was optimistic about human nature?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Enlightenment that it emphasized God as a benevolent “Watchmaker”?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Great Awakening that it viewed God as angry and wrathful?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Great Awakening that it stressed emotion?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Great Awakening that it viewed Man fundamentally as a sinner?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Great Awakening that it lasted for a longer time than the Enlightenment?
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No, the Enlightment lasted for about 100 years, from the late 1600s through the late 1700s, while the Great Awakening was only in the mid-1700s.
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Is it true about the Great Awakening that it took place mostly in Europe?
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No, the Great Awakening took place in the American colonies at least as much as in Europe.
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Were the following Enlightment thinkers: Benjamin Franklin, Denis Diderot, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire?
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Yes
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Were the following Enlightment thinkers: Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield?
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No, they were Great Awakening thinkers and preachers.
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Concerning religion in colonial America, were the Middle Colonies the most religiously diverse, especially at the beginning?
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Yes
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Concerning religion in colonial America, were the Southern colonies primarily Anglican, part of the Church of England?
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Yes
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Concerning religion in colonial America, was New England mainly Puritan, with the exception of Rhode Island?
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Yes
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Concerning religion in colonial America, was the South the started for more religious reasons than economic?
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No, the South was founded for more economic reasons than religious.
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Concerning religion in colonial America, was New England founded more for economic reasons than religion?
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No, New England was founded more for religious reasons than economic.
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Was New York an important city in colonial America?
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Yes
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Was Chicago an important city in colonia America?
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No, Chicago wasn't important until about the Civil War in the mid-1800s.
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Was Philadelphia an important city in colonial America?
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Yes
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Was Boston an important city in colonial America?
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Yes
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Was Charleston, South Carolina, an important city in colonial America?
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Yes
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What was the main issue of the French and Indian War?
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the Ohio Valley and the fur trade
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Which side won the French and Indian War?
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the British
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Did African-Americans contribute to the colonists’ victory in the War for Independence/Revolutionary War?
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Yes
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Did women contribute to the colonists’ victory in the War for Independence/Revolutionary War?
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Yes
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Did some Native American tribes contribute to the colonists’ victory in the War for Independence/Revolutionary War?
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Yes
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Did Europeans from France, Poland, Spain, and Prussia contribute to the colonists’ victory in the War for Independence/Revolutionary War?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Declaration of Independence that it caused the “shot heard around the world,” or the fighting of the American Revolution, to begin at the battles of Lexington and Concord?
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No, because the war began more than one year before the Declaration of Independence.
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Is it true about the Declaration of Independence that it was written primarily for those who already agreed with the idea that the colonies should declare independence from Great Britain?
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No, because it was written for those who were undecided about whether the colonies should declare independence from Great Britain.
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Is it true about the Declaration of Independence that Thomas Jefferson wrote it as the head of a five-person committee, and it was heavily edited?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Declaration of Independence that it did not cause a noticeable reaction in the colonies?
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No, it was a primary reason why the colonies declared independence, and it still impacts the U.S. and world today.
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Salutary Neglect refers to which description and time period?
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when the British government fundamentally left the colonies alone; before 1763
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Was the following an argument in support of the Patriot position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: God wanted the U.S. to be independent from Great Britain, because God never makes a satellite country larger than its planet?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Patriot position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: Great Britain as a parent was a bad “mother” that did not treat its “child” fairly?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Patriot position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: Because of Great Britain’s policies, the colonies could not make as much money as they would if they were independent?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Patriot position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: The British Parliament was hypocritical in that it was passing laws for the colonies that people in Great Britain did not have to follow?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Loyalist position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: Even though the colonists used the phrase “no taxation without representation,” they really did not want representation in the British Parliament?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Loyalist position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: Great Britain was a great “mother country” in that if she did not protect the colonies, the colonies would never have become so rich and successful?
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Yes
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Was the following an argument in support of the Loyalist position on the colonies declaring independence and the idea of “no taxation without representation”: Only about five percent of people in Great Britain voted for members of the British Parliament. As a result, even though colonists did not vote either, everyone in the British Empire was “virtually represented,” and was treated well despite their lack of voting power?
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Yes
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Is the following a proper match: Old Immigrant; England; before the U.S. Civil War?
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Yes
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Is the following a proper match: Old Immigrant; Germany; before the U.S. Civil War?
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Yes
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Is the following a proper match: New Immigrant; Russia; after the U.S. Civil War?
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Yes
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Is the following a proper match: New Immigrant; Italy; after the U.S. Civil War?
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Yes
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Is the following a proper match: New-New Immigrant; Poland; after the U.S. Civil War ?
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No, because "New-New Immigrants" are from Latin America or Asia from 1965 through the present.
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Were the Puritans led by John Winthrop and did they begin Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?
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Yes
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Did the Puritans begin the first form of public education in the colonies?
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Yes
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Did the Puritans want to be a “City upon a Hill,” God’s chosen people and a shining example for the rest of the world, especially England, to follow?
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Yes
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Did the Puritans force Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson to leave Massachusetts for Rhode Island?
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Yes
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Did the Puritans arrive on the Mayflower, have the first Thanksgiving, and live in Plymouth Colony?
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No, that group was the Pilgrims
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Did Paul Revere’s engraving concerning the Boston Massacre reflect the viewpoint of the Sons of Liberty?
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Yes
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Did Paul Revere’s engraving concerning the Boston Massacre reflect the viewpoint of Patriots?
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Yes
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Did Paul Revere’s engraving concerning the Boston Massacre have the thesis that the British government troops were at fault for the Boston Massacre?
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Yes
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Did Paul Revere’s engraving concerning the Boston Massacre completely, accurately portray of the events of March 5, 1770?
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No, it was biased in favor of the Patriots/Sons of Liberty and against the British.
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Is it true about the Calvinist/Puritan conception of the relationship between God and man that human beings may earn salvation only through their good works?
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No, salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ as the son of God who died for man's sins. However, good works should reflect and naturally result from true faith.
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Is it true about the Calvinist/Puritan conception of the relationship between God and man that man is fundamentally a sinner?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Calvinist/Puritan conception of the relationship between God and man that only God ultimately decides who will be saved?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Calvinist/Puritan conception of the relationship between God and man that not everyone will go to Heaven?
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Yes
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Were Germans, Irish, Italians, and Mexicans all at one time considered despised ethnic groups who threatened to destroy America?
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Yes
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Is a primary characteristic of Deism, the rational religion of the Enlightenment, that an all-powerful God controls all aspects of one’s life?
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No, that is Puritanism/Calvinism.
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Is a primary characteristic of Deism, the rational religion of the Enlightenment, that God has predestined only certain people to be saved?
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No, that is Puritanism/Calvinism.
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Is a primary characteristic of Deism, the rational religion of the Enlightenment, that God set the world in motion, but individuals have much free will?
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Yes
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Is a primary characteristic of Deism, the rational religion of the Enlightenment, that Man is fundamentally a sinner?
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No, that is Puritanism/Calvinism.
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Self-governing colonies are run by who/what?
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themselves
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Proprietary colonies are run by who/what?
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the owners
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Royal colonies are run by who/what?
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the king/government of Great Britain
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Is it true about the Stamp Act that it was passed after the Sugar Act?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Stamp Act that Its purpose was to raise revenue due to debts from the French and Indian War?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Stamp Act that one of its short-term effects was the slogan, “No taxation without representation”?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Stamp Act that one of its long-term effects was the American Revolution?
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Yes
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Is it true about the Stamp Act that the British government enforced it very harshly, refusing to compromise at all?
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No, the British government repealed the Stamp Act in the spring of 1766. In fact, the British government did not enforce any of its acts until the Intolerable/Coercive Acts in 1774.
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Is it true about Quakers that they were the first anti-slavery group in colonial America?
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Yes
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Is it true about Quakers that they treated Native Americans fairly in colonial America?
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Yes
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Is it true about Quakers that they believe that everyone has an “Inner Light,” or piece of God inside of them?
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Yes
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Is it true about Quakers that they treated women equally in colonial America?
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Yes
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Is it true about Quakers that they fought on the western frontier against those who wanted their land?
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No, they were pacificists, peaceful and refusing to participate in violence.
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In colonial New England were subsistence farming and trading very important?
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Yes
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In colonial New England were the colonies Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?
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Yes
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Were the Middle Colonies known as the "breadbasket colonies"?
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Yes
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Were the Middle Colonies New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
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Yes
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In the colonial South, was cotton an important cash crop?
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No, cotton was not important until after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793?
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In the colonial South did the colonies include Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas?
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No, these were never colonies, but became states only after the Constitution.
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Were the Middle Colonies the most ethnically diverse, religiously diverse, and where Catholics felt most welcome?
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Yes
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In the colonial South were tobacco, rice, and indigo important cash crops?
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Yes
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Were the Southern colonies Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
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Yes
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Is it true about Catholicism that it is generally more hierarchical than Protestant denominations?
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Yes
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Is it true about Catholicism that it is part of the Christian religion?
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Yes
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Is it true about Catholicism that it outnumbers any other religion or religious denomination in the United States and the world?
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Yes
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Is it true about Catholicism that t was the largest religious group in the colonies?
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No, Catholicism was very small in the colonies, with Protestants far outnumbering Catholics.
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Is it true about Catholicism that neither Martin Luther nor Henry VIII was once a Catholic?
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No, they were both Catholics at one time before becoming associated with Protestantism.
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Is it true about Catholicism that te Pope is considered infallible, never wrong, when speaking on religious matters?
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Yes
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What is the definition of an "Old Immigrant"?
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Protestant who came to the U.S. from northern or western Europe before 1820.
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What is the definition of a "New Immigrant"?
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Catholic or Jew who came to the U.S. from southern or eastern Europe between 1870 and 1924.
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What is the definition of a "New-New Immigrant"?
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Catholic or Muslim who came to the U.S. from Latin America or Asia between 1965 and the present.
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Did colonial land speculators benefit from the Proclamation of 1763?
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No, because the British government did not allow colonists to claim the Ohio River Valley, rich in fur and farmland.
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Did Great Britain benefit from mercantilism and a favorable balance of trade?
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Yes, they helped the British Empire become the primary empire in the world between the 1600s and the American Revolution.
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Was Bunker Hill a moral/psycholigical victory or a military victory for the Patriots?
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Moral/psychological
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Was Yorktown the last major battle of the American Revolution, won due to the efforts of George Washington, his troops, and the French?
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Yes
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Was Saratoga considered the turning point of the War for Independence, because after this battle the French decided to sign a formal alliance with the colonists?
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Yes
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At one time did all 13 colonies allowed slavery?
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Yes
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Was slavery very important for the economy in both the colonial North and South?
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Yes
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Did public schools begin in colonial America in New England and were first founded so that children could read Scripture first-hand and thus not be as tempted by Satan?
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Yes
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Is it reasonable to argue that Thomas Jefferson is considered the father of the Declaration of Independence, and John Locke its grandfather?
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Yes
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When was the Boston Tea Party? |
December 16, 1773, as a reaction by the Sons of Liberty against the Tea Act |
