History Parcial

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Indentured servants were

a. likely to work for one to four years for their masters.

b. workers who could be sold, rented out or beaten.

c. often kept from marrying and sexually harassed.

d. typically able to collect the land that was promised to them once their term of service was over.

e. All of these choices

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e. All of these choices

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What made George Whitefield's views seem so dangerous to clergymen in America?

a. His challenges to church authority and teachings were potentially disruptive to the social order.

b. Leaders feared his preaching about equality would inspire slave revolts.

c. His diatribes against Great Britain were leading colonists to consider separating from the mother country.

d. His sermons about marriage were leading wives to question their roles and their husbands'.

e. His celebration of human reason over religious piety had American congregations seeking new religions.

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a. His challenges to church authority and teachings were potentially disruptive to the social order.

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Most of the white immigrants to the colonies in the eighteenth century were

a. Poor

b. Middle class

c. Catholic

d. Wealthy

e. Slaveholders

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a. Poor

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What happened as a result of the Stono Rebellion?

a. South Carolina planters engineered a series of reforms that helped create a more open and equal society.

b. The king of England took direct control by ending proprietary rule and transforming North and South Carolina into royal colonies.

c. The South Carolina legislature established a harsh new code to keep slaves under constant surveillance and ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.

d. The last vestiges of Native American resistance to white expansion in the South were eliminated.

e. Native Americans won the right to use English ships of war.

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c. The South Carolina legislature established a harsh new code to keep slaves under constant surveillance and ensure that masters disciplined their slaves.

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The description by the German-born Georgia planter of the "task system" demonstrates thata. Slaves on rice plantations also were responsible for planting other crops.

b. Georgia planters used their slaves primarily for household tasks.

c. Slaves on Georgia plantations were made to specialize in one particular task or one particular agricultural specialty to increase their likelihood of success.

d. Georgia plantations tended to be money-losing operations.

e. Because of their strong religious faith, Georgia planters prohibited any work from being done on Sunday.

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a. Slaves on rice plantations also were responsible for planting other crops.

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How was eighteenth-century colonial settlement affected by the Native American populations?

a. Resistance from various Native American tribes restricted the growth of European settlements.

b. Native Americans encouraged English settlement as a way of protecting themselves from the French and Spanish.

c. Native Americans negotiated treaties that contained European settlers to a 100-mile-wide strip along the Atlantic coast.

d. Through the depopulation and dislocation of Native Americans, European colonial settlements were able to expand rapidly.

e. Most Native American tribes were forced to relocate to Northern Canada.

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d. Through the depopulation and dislocation of Native Americans, European colonial settlements were able to expand rapidly.

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What was the main reason the population of the British North American colonies increased in the eighteenth century?

a. Settlers had a high birthrate.

b. A decade of bumper rice crops led better diets and longer life spans.

c. Immigration from Europe provided a steady influx of people.

d. Colonists learned that better sanitation limited diseases and increased life spans.

e. Wars with the Spanish and French ended.

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a. Settlers had a high birthrate.

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Why did Great Britain become more powerful in North America than either France or Spain in the first half of the 18th century?

a. France and Spain fought a debilitating war that allowed the British to develop their possessions without interference.

b. Great Britain greatly expanded its navy and built new bases in North America and the Caribbean.

c. Great Britain's population in North America more than quadrupled.

d. France underwent a series of leadership changes that prevented it from giving its colonies much attention

e. Spain abandoned most of its North American possessions in favor of building its empire in Africa.

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c. Great Britain's population in North America more than quadrupled.

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What was mercantilism?

a. An economic theory carefully elaborated by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations

b. The theory that a nation's power was measured in its wealth; to maximize wealth, a country would need to export more than it imported

c. A colonial American policy of trading primarily with England in order to strengthen political and economic ties

d. A theory of business organization in which merchants formed joint stock companies to pool their capital

e. The belief that the most effective way to escape from the Long Depression was to increase imports of agricultural goods

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b. Theory that a nation's power was measured in its wealth; to maximize wealth, a country would need to export more than it imported.

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What did the Navigation Acts do?

a. They prohibited colonists from engaging in overseas commerce.

b. They limited the goods that could be manufactured and traded within the colonies.

c. They forced American ships to carry English goods at no cost.

d. They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships.

e. They established the navigation lanes on the St. Lawrence Waterway and Mississippi River.

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d. They required most colonial trade to go through England and be transported on English ships.

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What did the Spanish rely upon for defense in their North American settlements?

a. They ordered all able bodied men to serve in militia units.

b. They hired German missionaries.

c. They built presidios.

d. They signed treaties with local Indian tribes that provided soldiers.

e. They constructed castle-like fortifications and surrounded them with water-filled moats.

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c. They built presidios

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What did most eighteenth-century American intellectuals think about science?

a. They suspected that the mysteries of the universe were too complex for any human to truly understand.

b. They thought that science amounted to little more than turning lead into gold and experimenting with balloons.

c. They believed that science explained the laws of nature.

d. They feared that science could pose the greatest threat to organized religion since the Reformation

e. All of these choices.

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c. They believed that science explained the laws of nature.

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What did Deists argue?

a. They argued that the only true knowledge was religious truth, and that God was unknowable.

b. They insisted that where the Bible conflicted with reason, one should follow the words of the Bible rather than the false dictates of reason.

c. They believed in a God who had created a perfect universe and then allowed it to operate without His intervention, according to natural laws.

d. They claimed that the best argument against the existence of God could be derived through the study of nature's harmony and order.

e. They believed that the Church of England had to be purged of Roman Catholic influences and merged with the Presbyterian church.

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c. They believed in a God who had created a perfect universe and then allowed it to operate without his invention, according to natural laws.

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What was the Great Awakening?

a. It was an attempt at opening the eyes of Americans to the need for a more rational American religion.

b. It was the realization by the colonial elites that regulations imposed upon them by the Board of Trade were restricting their liberties.

c. It was a movement by American religious leaders to reunite many warring sects into one Protestant church.

d. It was a scientific movement in which people were encouraged to observe the natural world with the naked eye.

e. It was a religious revival movement that emphasized the sinfulness of human beings and the need for immediate repentance.

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e. It was a religious revival movement that emphasized the sinfulness of human beings and the need for immediate repentance.

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Which of the following was not a long-term effect of the Great Awakening?

a. It led to the founding of new colleges such as Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Rutgers, and Dartmouth.

b. It led to the decline in the influence of Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, and the increasing importance of Quakers, Anglicans, and Congregationalists

c. It led to the emergence of black Protestantism

d. It led to the fostering of religious toleration by blurring theological differences among New Lights

e. It led to unprecedented splits in American Protestantism.

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b. It led to the decline in the influence of Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, and the increasing importance of Quakers, Anglicans, and Congrefationalists

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Even though most colonists thought Parliament had a lawful right to charge a duty to control trade, why did they ultimately oppose the Townshend duties?

a. Because the duty rates were excessively high, making it impossible for them to afford the essential food items.

b. Because the duties were based on income, and functioned like an income tax.

c. Because revenue-based taxes could only be considered constitutional if the people had a representative in Parliament who voted on their behalf.

d. Because the duties were to be collected by an agent of the crown, whose salary was to be paid by the colonists.

e. None of these choices

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c. Because revenue-based taxes could only be considered constitutional if the people had a representative in Parliament who voted on their behalf.

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Which statement is not true concerning the Albany Plan of Union?

a. It was based largely on the ideas of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson.

b. It came to nothing because no colonial legislature would surrender control over its powers of taxation.

c. It called for a Grand Council that would devise military and Indian policies and demand funds from the colonies.

d. It was organized to resolve differences among the colonies and restore the confidence of the Indians.

e. It called for establishing the capital of the United States at Albany, New York.

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e. It called for establishing the capital of the US at Albany, New York.

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What did the Proclamation of 1763 and the Quebec Act of 1774 have in common?

a. They both interfered with colonial claims to western lands.

b. They both extended religious freedom to Catholics.

c. They both were repealed after colonial protests.

d. They both were designed to reaffirm French sovereignty in Canada

e. They both imposed new taxes on goods imported from Europe.

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a. They both interfered with colonial claims to western lands.

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Why is Samuel Adams significant to the development of revolutionary thought in America?

a. He argued that the colonists must resort to violence to drive the British out of the New World.

b. He wrote Common Sense which claimed King George III was ruling illegally.

c. He stressed that Parliament had every right to pass legislation applying to the colonies

d. He encouraged Massachusetts' towns to form committees of correspondence to defend colonial rights.

e. He died during the Boston Massacre and became a martyr for supporters of the Whig Ideology.

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d. He encouraged Massachusetts' towns to form committees of correspondence to defend colonial rights.

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How did the colonists attempt to reconcile with England in 1775?

a. They sent Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin to London to express their grievances.

b. They presented the Olive Branch Petition to King George III as a compromise.

c. They offered to pay for the tea dumped in Boston Harbor if the British Army was withdrawn.

d. They agreed to accept all of Parliament's demands for lifting the Intolerable Acts.

e. They promised to disarm if Parliament would remove the British soldiers.

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b. They presented the Olive Branch Petition to King George III as a compromise.

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How did William Pitt plan to encourage the Americans to assume the military burden in the Seven Years' War in America?

a. He promised to open the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlement.

b. He hinted broadly at increased colonial self-government in the post-war world.

c. He promised that if the colonies raised the necessary men, Parliament would bear the financial burden.

d. He guaranteed lower tariffs and internal taxes in the post-war era.

e. All of these choices

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c. He promised that if the colonies raised the necessary men, Parliament would bear the financial burden.

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Which of the following was a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

a. France lost all its possessions in the New World.

b. Most of Spain's New World empire was transferred to France.

c. Louisbourg was returned to the French in exchange for a British outpost in India that the French had taken during the war.

d. Britain lost Canada and India, while the French transferred St. Pierre to the Dutch.

e. The British gained Florida and Canada and became supreme in eastern North America.

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e. The British gained Florida and Canada and became supreme in eastern North America

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Why did Pontiac's War occur?

a. The British stopped distributing food, ammunition and other gifts to the Indians, as the French had done, and colonists were moving onto Native American lands.

b. The British had abandoned their western forts to the French, who were abusive toward the Native Americans there.

c. The colonial government of Virginia had been pressuring Iroquois tribes to move west so that white settlement could expand.

d. Some Indian tribes objected to the alliance that had been formed with the Spanish.

e. African-American slaves in South Carolina began to fear the loss of status to Indian indentured servants.

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a. The British stopped distributing food, ammunition and other gifts to the Indians, as the French had done, and colonists were moving onto Native American lands.

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How did a writ of assistance work?

a. It helped colonial merchants cut through the red tape of imperial trade regulations.

b. It allowed the British to search a colonial merchant's house where smuggled goods were suspected, without requiring proof or probable cause, and seize any items found.

c. It required prosecutors to present evidence of probable cause for suspicion of smuggling in requesting a search warrant.

d. It required that specified colonial products be landed in Britain before being shipped to other countries.

e. It required that colonial commerce agents provide subsidies to merchants engaged in trade outside the British Empire.

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b. It allowed the British to search a colonial merchant's house where smuggled goods were suspected, without requiring proof or probable cause, and seize any items found.

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Why did Virginia send George Washington to the Ohio Valley in 1753 and 1754?

a. It wanted Washington to survey the land so that Virginia could settle the area in an organized fashion.

b. It wanted Washington to remove the French from the region by persuasion or force.

c. It wanted Washington to build a series of forts that could intimidate the Indians.

d. It wanted Washington to capture the Indian leader Joseph Brandt.

e. It wanted Washington to negotiate a treaty with the Indians allowing the safe passage of white settlers.

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b. It wanted Washington to remove the French from the region by persuasion or force.

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Which statement is true concerning British tax rates during the 1760s?

a. They were considerably lower than the rates in the colonies.

b. They were the second lowest in Europe.

c. They were the second highest in Europe.

d. They were the same as the rates in the colonies.

e. They were the same as the rates in most European nations.

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c. They were the second highest in Europe.

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Which of the following was not a result of the Seven Years' War?

a. The British won.

b. It created a common bond between some British and American soldiers because they fought side by side.

c. It planted seeds of misunderstanding and suspicion between the British and the Anglo-Americans.

d. The Acadians established a new homeland in Nova Scotia.

e. France ceded all its claims east of the Mississippi, except New Orleans, to Britain.

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d. The Acadians established a new homeland in Nova Scotia.

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Which of the following does not accurately relate to the concept of republicanism that began to circulate in the colonies in the decade before the American revolution?

a. It balanced Locke's emphasis on individual rights with the innate good in people.

b. It included a sense of civic duty.

c. It argued that citizens had an obligation to practice public virtue and avoid moral and political corruption.

d. It considered factions that represented different groups would be the key to a truly representative government.

e. All of these choices

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d. It considered factions that represented different groups would be the key to a truly representatives government.

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How did Americans oppose the Stamp Act?

a. Street fighters maimed or murdered anyone who supported the act.

b. Americans damaged and destroyed property.

c. Gangs of seamen tarred and feathered stamp distributors.

d. Prominent women led a wide-spread boycott of stamps.

e. They created a congress that advocated independence from Great Britain.

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b. Americans damaged and destroyed property

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How did the British government react to the colonial opposition to the Stamp Act?

a. It revoked the act and slowly began to return its colonial policies to those of salutary neglect.

b. It reinforced all British garrisons in North America and prepared for a long conflict.

c. It concluded that the colonies were incapable of cooperating and that the next phase of imperial restructuring should begin.

d. It imposed harsh martial law on the colonies and revoked all civil liberties.

e. It revoked the act but reaffirmed parliamentary power to legislate for the colonies in all cases.

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e. It revoked the act but reaffirmed parliamentary power to legislate for the colonies in all cases.

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Which of the following statements concerning Philadelphia before the America Revolution is not true?

a. It grew so quickly that it taxed its water supply and created public health problems.

b. It suffered from limited or nonexistent garbage and sewage disposal.

c. It became the official capital of the colonies for the British empire.

d. Its ideal location made it a leading Atlantic port.

e. It was the fastest growing American city in the 18th century.

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c. It became the official capital of the colonies for the British Empire.

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What did the Townshend Duties do?

a. They required that all legal documents and newspapers be printed on special watermarked paper

b. They set moderate tax rates on certain imported items to the colonies.

c. They imposed such heavy duties on imported goods that colonists could no longer afford to buy them.

d. They removed taxes on all items except those being shipped to the British West Indies.

e. They raised large amounts of revenue and helped to reduce the British treasury's serious deficit.

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b. They set moderate tax rates on certain imported items to the colonies.

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John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is significant because

a. Benjamin Franklin signed and endorsed it.

b. it was the first written essay to suggest that the colonies break from England.

c. it outlined how burdensome taxes were to struggling farmers in the colonies.

d. its condemnation of the Townshend and other duties introduced the language of taxation without representation into the debate with England.

e. All of these choices

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d. Its condemnation of the Townshed and other duties introduced the language of taxation without representation into the debate with England.

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What was the purpose of the 1764 Sugar Act?

a. It was designed to raise revenues to offset British military expenses in North America.

b. It was designed to provide King George III with the necessary resources to maintain his opulent lifestyle.

c. It was designed to increase the consumption of sugar in the colonies by reducing its price.

d. It was designed to create a monopoly over the sugar trade by the British East India Company.

e. It was designed to eliminate French involvement in the sugar trade.

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a. It was designed to raise revenues to offset British military expenses in North America.

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What was the principle of virtual representation?

a. It was the idea that every person should vote on each issue.

b. It was the idea that every male should be able to select a representative to represent his interests in Parliament.

c. It was the idea that everyone had representation since the king was a representative of all the people.

d. It was the idea that male property holders should hold elected offices.

e. It was the idea that members of Parliament represented all British subjects because they considered the welfare of all subjects  and not just the interests of some  when deciding issues.

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e. It was the idea that members of Parliament represented all British subjects because they considered the welfare of all subjects  and not just the interests of some  when deciding issues.

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What agreement did the delegates to the Stamp Act Congress reach?

a. They agreed that the colonies should declare their independence if Parliament did not repeal the Stamp Act.

b. They agreed to boycott any products requiring official British stamps.

c. They agreed that Parliament did not have the right to levy taxes outside of Great Britain.

d. They agreed to send delegates to London to petition for recognition as the colonies true legislature.

e. They agreed to accept the Stamp Act if Parliament offered membership to American representatives.

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c. They agreed that Parliament did not have the right to leave taxes outside of Great Britain.

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How were women important to colonial resistance?

a. They led the non-consumption movement.

b. A group of women established the Daughters of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act.

c. In response to the Revenue Act, three hundred Boston women denounced the consumption of tea.

d. They helped to expand domestic cloth production.

e. All of these choices

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e. All of these choices

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What happened in the Boston Massacre?

a. A large force of British troops ruthlessly fired on unarmed civilians, killing fifty.

b. An unpopular customs informer killed two young boys when he fired birdshot at several children bombarding his house with rocks.

c. A fictitious confrontation, invented by Samuel Adams, took place between British troops and Boston citizens.

d. Unemployed Boston fishermen ambushed a squad of British soldiers, killing them and twenty innocent bystanders.

e. Tensions between British soldiers and Bostonians erupted when Bostonians hurled objects at British soldiers, who then fired and killed five citizens.

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e. Tensions between British soldiers and Bostonians erupted when Bostonians hurled objects at British soldiers, who then fired and killed five citizens.

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Which of the following was the attorney who defended the British soldiers accused of firing on the civilians in the Boston Massacre?

a. John Adams

b. Thomas Hutchinson

c. Thomas Paine

d. John Wilkes

e. John Dickinson

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a. John Adams

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What was the colonial resistance leaders' first attempt at maintaining close and continuing cooperation in defense of colonists' rights over a wide area?

a. The Stamp Act Manifesto

b. The committees of correspondence

c. The Continental Congress

d. The circular letter

e. The spinning bee network

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b. The committees of correspondence

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What did the 1773 Tea Act do?

a. It raised import duties on tea and thereby caused the cost of tea to skyrocket.

b. It granted the British East India Company a monopoly on all tea sold in the colonies, thereby permitting the company to raise tea prices across the board.

c. It eliminated all remaining import duties on tea entering England and, as a result, significantly lowered the price of tea in the colonies.

d. It prohibited the consumption of any tea that had not been shipped in British vessels.

e. It ended all tea monopolies, thereby opening up competition and putting American smugglers out of business.

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c. It eliminated all remaining import duties on tea entering England and, as a result, significantly lowered the price of tea in the colonies.

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Which of the following is not one of the results of the Coercive Acts?

a. They restructured the Massachusetts government.

b. They closed Boston harbor.

c. They permitted certain murderers to be tried in England.

d. They became known as the "Intolerable Acts" in the colonies.

e. They established Roman Catholicism as Quebec's official religion.

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e. They established Roman Catholicism as Quebec's official religion.

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Which of the following occurred last?

a. Townshend Duties

b. Tea Act

c. Battle of Concord

d. Declaration of Independence

e. First Continental Congress

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d. Declaration of Independence

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Which of the following was not one of the goals of the Olive Branch Petition?

a. a cease-fire at Boston.

b. repeal of the Coercive Acts.

c. opening negotiations to establish guarantees of American rights.

d. colonial administration by the British cabinet rather than King George.

e. maintenance of peace between Britain and the colonies.

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d. Colonial administration by the British cabinet rather than King George.

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Where did British and colonial forces first fight in April 1775?

a. Fort Sumter

b. Breed's Hill

c. Fort Ticonderoga

d. Lexington and Concord

e. Providence and Kingsport

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d. Lexington and Concord

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In the Declaration of Independence, where did Thomas Jefferson place the blame for the problems between the colonies and Great Britain?

a. Parliament, because of the oppressive legislation that it had passed over ten years

b. King George III, because of the crown's apparent intention to establish despotism

c. the king's ministers, because they had refused to compromise and had turned the king and Parliament against the colonies

d. British merchants, because their drive for personal profits had caused them to ignore the greater good of the empire

e. all of these choices

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b. King George III, because of the crown's apparent intention to establish despotism.

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What made Thomas Paine's publication of Common Sense so significant?

a. It became the basis for the arrest of Lord North.

b. It convinced Parliament to take a more measured approach to the colonies and led to the repeal of some of the hated taxes.

c. It argued that America had no economic need to be connected to Great Britain and would achieve new heights by breaking from the mother country.

d. It provided a compromise that gave the colonies their independence while retaining important ties to their British homeland and parliament.

e. None of these choices

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c. It argued that America had no economic need to be connected to Great Britain and would achieve new heights by breaking from the mother country.

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According to Pontiac, the Master of Life warned the prophet Neolin that the absence of wild animals was a result of

a. Commercial overhunting

b. The evil environmental effects of European settlement

c. A bad spirit who whispers to the Delaware and leads them to do evil

d. Intermarriage between Indians and Europeans

e. Medicine dances that used the wrong steps

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c. A bad spirit who whispers to the Delaware and leads them to do evil.

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What beliefs did loyalists and patriots share?

a. They were all opposed to secession from Britain.

b. They both opposed Parliament's claim of authority to tax the colonies.

c. They worried about what would happen if the patriots should be victorious.

d. They agreed that those on the losing side should forfeit their rights to any land they held.

e. They both thought that for the greater good, it would be important to rally behind whichever side was ultimately victorious.

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b. They both opposed Parliaments claim of authority to tax the colonies.

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What did American Tories believe?

a. They believed separation from Britain was an illegal act that would ignite an unnecessary war.

b. They believed Parliament had the right to tax the colonies.

c. They believed only independence could preserve the colonists' constitutional rights.

d. They believed loyal support for Lord North was the surest way to achieve a military victory.

e. They believed the king, not Parliament, was responsible for the problems facing the colonies.

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a. They believed separation from Britain was an illegal act that would ignite an unnecessary war.

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While waging the American Revolution and running the government before 1787, how was Congress limited by the Articles of Confederation?

a. The articles prohibited Congress from placing tariffs on imports.

b. The articles did not give Congress the authority to order states to comply with its requests.

c. The articles gave too much power to the executive.

d. The articles required Congress to obtain the unanimous approval of the states to declare war.

e. The articles failed to establish a judiciary.

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b. The articles did not give Congress

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Which of the following was not an advantage that the British had over the Americans in the War for Independence?

a. Britain had large numbers of soldiers already stationed in North America.

b. Britain had the resources to hire German mercenaries as soldiers.

c. Britain had long had one of the best navies in the world.

d. The British population was more than 4 times greater than that of the colonies.

e. Britain had a nearly unlimited ability to finance the war, no matter how long it dragged on.

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e. Britain had a nearly unlimited ability to finance the war, no matter how long it dragged on.

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Which of the following was not one of Britain's difficulties during the War for Independence?

a. It had a large but ill-trained army.

b. It had difficulty in supplying the army.

c. Its navy had been weakened by budget cuts.

d. American privateers seriously hampered Britain's merchant marine.

e. It had a rising financial burden that the politically influential landed gentry were increasingly reluctant to shoulder.

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a. It had a large but ill-trained army.

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How could the American army in the early years of the War for Independence be characterized?

a. It was a well-trained army with a strong tradition of bravery under fire.

b. It was not trained to fight pitched battles against professional armies.

c. It was buoyed by a string of exhilarating victories.

d. It was uncoordinated because of the influence of foreign troops who did not speak English.

e. It was floundering because of a lack of effective or respected leaders.

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b. It was not trained to fight pitched battles against professional armies.

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Which of the following statements correctly describes the fate of Loyalists after the British defeat in the American Revolution?

a. The Confederation government deported them to Sierra Leone.

b. State tribunals quickly tried them and executed thousands.

c. The wealthy Loyalists fled to Canada while the poor Loyalists remained in the new United States.

d. Only a small numberperhaps 3 percentleft the United States.

e. They bought large estates in northern New York and joined the Federalist party.

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d. Only a small number perhaps m3 percent left the United States.

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Why was the Battle of Saratoga so significant to the American Revolution?

a. It convinced France to support the United States publicly.

b. It convinced Spain to support the United States publicly.

c. It convinced the Netherlands to support the United States publicly.

d. It convinced Russia to support the United States publicly.

e. It convinced Sweden to support the United States publicly.

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a. It convinced France to support the United States publicly.

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Who was Friedrich von Steuben?

a. He was the commander of the Hessian forces employed by the British during the War for Independence.

b. He was the representative of Prussia at the Paris peace conference.

c. He was the man who turned the American army into a formidable fighting force.

d. He was the leader of the Antifederalist forces in Pennsylvania.

e. He was the Dutch merchant who was the first casualty in the American War for Independence.

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c. He was the man who turned the American army into a formidable fighting force

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Which of the following statements is not a reason why the Constitution was ratified in 1788?

a. Supporters of the Constitution had much more recognizable leaders.

b. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison made spirited arguments in favor of the Constitution.

c. A Bill of Rights was added in 1787 to persuade opponents of the Constitution to accept it.

d. Supporters of the Constitution were much better organized.

e. Most newspapers favored ratification of the Constitution.

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d. Supporters of the Constitution were much better organized.

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Which of the following battles forced the British government to commence peace negotiations with the Americans?

a. Yorktown

b. Saratoga

c. Brandywine Creek

d. Camden

e. Long Island

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a. Yorktown

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Which of the following was not one of the terms of the Peace of Paris?

a. Loyalists were to be compensated for their property losses.

b. East and west Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States.

c. The United States received fishing rights off the Grand Banks of Canada.

d. Britain recognized American independence.

e. The British were to return slaves who had been confiscated by their troops.

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b. East and West Florida were transferred from Spain to the United States.

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According to the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could be admitted as a new state when

a. it adopted a constitution prohibiting slavery.

b. it could prove that it had eliminated the presence of Indians.

c. its people voted to accept the Constitution.

d. its population reached 60,000.

e. it was able to provide at least $1 million in annual tax revenues.

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d. its population reached 60,000

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How were blacks accounted for in the Constitution?

a. Free blacks were granted citizenship and given the right to vote.

b. Each state would have two black representatives in the Senate.

c. Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for tax and representation purposes.

d. The national government would have the power to abolish the slave trade at any time.

e. Three-fifths of the slave states would have to end slavery by 1824.

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c. Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for tax and representation purposes.

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Which of the following was one of the ways the American Revolution affected African-Americans?

a. States throughout the nation abolished slavery.

b. The new Constitution of the United States abolished slavery effective 1809.

c. Washington and Jefferson freed their slaves to set an example.

d. Most northern states took steps to weaken the institution of slavery and phase it out, while no state south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery.

e. African Americans were guaranteed the right to vote.

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d. Most northern states took steps to weaken the institution of slavery and phase it out, while no state south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery.

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Which of the following conditions was not true of the state constitutions adopted during the Revolution?

a. A minority of voters typically elected a majority of assemblymen.

b. New constitutions could be amended only by the voters.

c. The new constitutions included explicit bills of rights.

d. They abolished property and tax-paying qualifications for voting.

e. In most states, elections became annual and the governor became an elected official.

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d. They abolished property and tax paying qualifications for voting.

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Abigail Adams is best remembered for

a. Sewing the first American flag

b. Participating in important boycotts of British goods during the Revolution

c. Challenging gender roles in a letter to her husband

d. Serving as a spy during the American Revolution

e. Being the first published female author in the United States

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c. Challenging gender roles in a letter to her husband

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Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?

a. the theory that power within a government had to be restrained through a series of checks and balances.

b. the realization that both houses of a bicameral legislature represented all the people, not just narrow classes.

c. the idea that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public good rather than the interests of the powerful few.

d. the assertion that government was based on the consent of the governed and that revolution, therefore, was sometimes justifiable.

e. the introduction of government with powers divided among three branches.

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c. The idea that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public good rather than the interests of the powerful few.

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Which of the following was not one of the features or powers of government under the Articles of Confederation?

a. a national congress in which each state had only one vote.

b. the requirement for unanimous approval of the states before Congress could enact any tax measure.

c. the provision that no congressional power to regulate interstate or foreign commerce.

d. a single-chamber Congress, elected by state legislatures, in which each state had one vote.

e. a president elected by the state legislatures.

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e. A president elected by the state legislatures.

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Which of the following was not one of the problems facing the newly-independent United States after the Treaty of Paris?

a. State governments refused to compensate loyalists for their property losses

b. State governments and erected barriers against British creditors' attempts to collect prewar debts.

c. The British refused to honor treaty pledges to abandon forts in the Northwest and to return American-owned slaves under their control.

d. British trade prohibitions remained in effect.

e. The booming New England economy tended to cause rampant inflation elsewhere in the country.

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e. The booming New England economy tended to cause rampant inflation elsewhere in the country.

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Which of the following was not one of the conditions leading to Daniel Shays's Rebellion?

a. An economic recession

b. Huge tax increases

c. Farm foreclosures

d. Balance of payments problems

e. A slave uprising in a neighboring state.

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e. A slave uprising in a neighboring state.

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Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?

a. They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states.

b. They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.

c. They were predominantly America's "elder statesmen," the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.

d. They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook.

e. They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.

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b. They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.

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What was the key issue at the Constitutional Convention?

a. whether the new national government should be more or less powerful than the Confederation government.

b. whether or not slavery should be abolished.

c. how to balance the conflicting interests of large and small states.

d. how to convince the general population to support a document written by the elite.

e. when the new government could acquire additional territory.

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c. How to balance the conflicting interest of large and small states.

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Which state made the proposal to create a bicameral national legislature, with representation based proportionally on each state's population?

a. New Jersey

b. Connecticut

c. Pennsylvania

d. Virginia

e. North Carolina

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d. Virginia

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What was the name of the proposal to create a single-chamber congress in which each state had an equal vote?

a. New Jersey Plan

b. Connecticut Plan

c. Three-fifths Plan

d. Virginia Plan

e. Unity Plan

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a. New Jersey Plan

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By 1784, what did all state constitutions include?

a. Provisions for a strong executive

b. Provisions for a strong legislature

c. Provisions for a strong judiciary

d. A bill of rights

e. None of these choices

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d. A Bill of Rights

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What is the term used for the system of shared power and dual lawmaking by state and national governments as established by the constitution?

a. Functional separation of powers

b. Bicameralism

c. Virtual representation

d. Federalism

e. Localism

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d. Federalism