Question 1

Resistance to British imperial authority was centered among western farmers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The "Virginia Resolves" stated that

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A)  Virginians should not be required to pay taxes.
B)  the English government had no authority over the economic activities of Virginians.
C)  anyone who supported the right of Parliament to tax was an enemy of the colony.
D)  independence from England was the only solution to the tax crisis.
E)  Virginia must do its part to reimburse England for the cost of colonial defense.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

In the eighteenth century,the English constitution was

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A)  an unwritten document.
B)  difficult to change.
C)  unpopular in both England and America.
D)  believed to be holding back colonial expansion.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General Thomas Gage,the commander of the British garrison in Boston,

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A)  considered his army too small to act without reinforcements.
B)  was convinced that Americans would never actually dare to fight.
C)  arrested Sam Adams and John Hancock near Lexington.
D)  offered to resign his command to avoid war.
E)  believed the colonists' calls for independence were justified.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

King George's War

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A)  inspired the American Revolution.
B)  failed to resolve European conflicts in North America.
C)  was a conflict between England and the Iroquois.
D)  saw English colonists stay out of the conflict.
E)  saw England acquire Newfoundland from the French.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 6

During King George's War,the colonists captured the French fort at ________ on Cape Breton Island,only to be forced to return it to the French during the peace settlement.

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Question 7

In 1772 Samuel Adams proposed the creation of a "committee of ________" to publicize grievances against England.

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Question 8

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The British Parliament operated on a theory of representation called ________ representation.

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Question 10

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

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Question 11

The ________ colony had the most elaborately developed tavern culture.

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Question 12

The Tea Act of 1773 angered colonial consumers,but not colonial merchants.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

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A)  the monarchy,the aristocracy,and representative assemblies.
B)  England and the American colonies.
C)  the commercial and landholding classes on both sides of the ocean.
D)  Parliament and the monarchy.
E)  the monarchy,Parliament,and the courts.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 14

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) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

In general,the colonists regarded the political burden of the post-1763 imperial program to be worse than the economic burden.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Following the conclusion of the French and Indian War,

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A)  many colonists resented England's interference in their local affairs.
B)  colonial expansion westward rapidly progressed.
C)  many colonists began to call for full independence from England.
D)  the economy of several American colonies was in ruins.
E)  the British and Iroquois renewed their alliance.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

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

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Question 18

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

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A)  George Washington
B)  Patrick Henry
C)  James Madison
D)  Benedict Arnold
E)  John AdamsF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 19

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

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Question 20

Legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 adversely affected American

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A)  merchants in New England.
B)  planters in the South.
C)  small farmers.
D)  urban workers.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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The ________ colony had the most elaborately developed tavern culture.

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In the eighteenth century,the English constitution was

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

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King George's War

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The Paxton Boys and the Regulators both

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The Tea Act of 1773 angered colonial consumers,but not colonial merchants.

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In general,the colonists regarded the political burden of the post-1763 imperial program to be worse than the economic burden.

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

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

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

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Resistance to British imperial authority was centered among western farmers.

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Following the conclusion of the French and Indian War,

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

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Legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in 1764-1765 adversely affected American

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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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During King George's War,the colonists captured the French fort at ________ on Cape Breton Island,only to be forced to return it to the French during the peace settlement.

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At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,General Thomas Gage,the commander of the British garrison in Boston,

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