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For most Indians in North America, British victory in the French and Indian War


A) convinced many tribes to cease in their struggle against European expansion.
B) had disastrous effects on their future.
C) was cheered only by the Iroquois Confederacy.
D) led to an improvement in relations with English colonists.
E) encouraged tribes to join the Iroquois Confederacy.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713


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

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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Creole refers to a white immigrant of French descent.

A) True
B) False

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The "internal rebellions" involving tenant farmers of the British colonies had their roots in the


A) presumption that taxation without representation was intolerable.
B) class system of New England and New York.
C) French and Indian War.
D) expansion into western lands.
E) writings of Ethan Allen.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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English and American supporters of the English constitution felt it correctly divided power


A) among the monarchy, the aristocracy, and the common people.
B) between England and the American colonies.
C) between the commercial and landholding classes on both sides of the ocean.
D) between Parliament and the monarchy.
E) among the monarchy, Parliament, and the courts.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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What were the policy differences between Britain's Navigation Acts (mid-1600s) and the various acts passed after 1763?

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What new policies affecting the colonies did Parliament adopt following the French and Indian War, and why did it adopt those policies?

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In North America during the eighteenth century, French relations with the Indians differed from that of the English in that they


A) offered the Indians more and better trading goods.
B) largely isolated themselves from Indian tribes.
C) were more tolerant of Indian cultures.
D) made little effort to convert Indians to Christianity.
E) forced Indians to adjust to European ways.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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


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

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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In 1775, the Conciliatory Propositions


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

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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

A) True
B) False

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Describe the origins of the American Revolution.

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What future American revolutionary figure surrendered to French forces in 1754 at Fort Necessity in the Ohio Valley?


A) George Washington
B) Patrick Henry
C) James Madison
D) Benedict Arnold
E) John Adams

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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The 1754 effort to deal with Indian issues on an intercolonial basis was called the ________.

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The ________ colony had the most elaborately developed tavern culture.

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The Quebec Act


A) granted political rights to Roman Catholics.
B) reduced the boundaries of Quebec.
C) was approved of by most English colonists.
D) was passed by England to appease the French government.
E) made the Roman Catholic Church illegal.

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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The conflict between England and America was made insoluble because of a basic difference of opinion over the nature of ________.

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The treaty that drove the French out of North American lands east of the Mississippi in 1763 was called the ________.

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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.

A) True
B) False

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The Boston Massacre


A) was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.
B) resulted in the death of several British soldiers.
C) led to Paul Revere's midnight ride of warning.
D) included a trial in which British soldiers were convicted of murder.
E) turned Paul Revere into a martyr for the cause of colonial independence.

F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

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