Question 1

The Navigation Laws required that

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A)   all commerce to and from the colonies be carried only on British vessels.
B)   European goods going to the colonies had first to be put in at a British port and pay duties.
C)   certain goods produced in the colonies, like tobacco, be shipped only to Britain.
D)   the colonies could not sell goods in any country except Britain.
E)   the colonies had to use British paper currency.

Question 2

When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists

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A)   were perpetually hostile to authority.
B)   believed that revolution was a necessary step in human progress.
C)   based their revolt on working class hostility to British aristocracy.
D)   revolted against the cultural domination of the mother country.
E)   were reluctant revolutionaries.

Question 3

Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

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A)   would be assumed guilty unless they could prove themselves innocent.
B)   would be taken to Britain for trial.
C)   could not present witnesses in their own defense.
D)   would not receive a jury trial.
E)   could not have an attorney.

Question 4

As a result of Parliament's rejection of the First Continental Congress's petitions,

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A)   Americans vowed to declare their independence.
B)   both sides prepared for an imminent clash of arms.
C)   Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested.
D)   America sent a last-ditch peace delegation to London.
E)   King George III declared the colonists to be in rebellion.

Question 5

Before 1763 the Navigation Laws

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A)   made British merchants wealthy at the expense of Americans.
B)   hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies.
C)   prevented Americans from trading with countries besides Britain.
D)   discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants.
E)   were only loosely enforced in the American colonies.

Question 6

At war's end the British kept their word, to some at least, evacuating as many as fourteen thousand ____ to Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and Britain itself for their loyalty to the British Empire during the war.

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A)   Mulattos
B)   Whigs
C)   Black Loyalists
D)   Patriots
E)   Tories

Question 7

African Americans during the Revolutionary War

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A)   fought for both the Americans and the British.
B)   were betrayed by the British whom they fought for.
C)   were promised freedom from slavery by the Americans.
D)   were seldom enlisted in the armed forces of either side.
E)   seized the opportunity to gain their freedom by running away to Canada and the West Indies.

Question 8

The "radical Whigs" feared

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A)   too much democracy.
B)   a written constitution.
C)   the arbitrary power and corruption of the monarchy.
D)   a too powerful parliament.
E)   the growth of cities as threats to moral virtue.

Question 9

Mercantilists believed that

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A)   a nation needed to import more goods than it exported.
B)   imperial power was a detriment to free trade.
C)   the mother country produced raw materials and colonies produced the finished product.
D)   a country's economic wealth could be measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury.
E)   the less economic regulation the better.

Question 10

The First Continental Congress

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A)   was attended by delegates from all of the thirteen colonies.
B)   adopted a moderate proposal for establishing colonial home rule under British direction.
C)   made a ringing declaration of America's independence from Britain.
D)   called for a complete boycott of British goods.
E)   brought George Washington to the fore as the most prominent anti-British radical.

Question 11

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A)  clash at Lexington and Concord, (B)  meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C)  Quebec Act, (D)  Boston Tea Party.

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A)   C, D, A, B
B)   B, A, C, D
C)   D, C, B, A
D)   A, B, D, C
E)   A, D, C, B

Question 12

The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the

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A)   Quartering Act.
B)   Quebec Act.
C)   Sugar Act.
D)   Courts Act.
E)   Boston Port Act.

Question 13

The founding of the American colonies by the British was

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A)   the result of a careful plan developed by Queen Elizabeth I.
B)   based on the religious aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers.
C)   strongly opposed by the "Little Englanders."
D)   undertaken in a haphazard manner under a variety of auspices.
E)   supervised by the British army and navy.

Question 14

The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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A)   protest the Intolerable Acts and redress colonial grievances.
B)   pass legislation that would nullify British tax laws.
C)   raise and organize an army to fight the British.
D)   decide which of Parliament's taxes the colonies would and would not pay.
E)   establish a unified government for the colonies.

Question 15

As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,

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A)   British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order.
B)   the port of Boston was closed.
C)   Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
D)   the British imposed a new tax on tea.
E)   Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.

Question 16

In November 1775 ____, royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation offering freedom to any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British Army.

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A)   Thomas Hutchinson
B)   George Grenville
C)   Lord Dunmore
D)   William Franklin
E)   Robert Townshend

Question 17

In direct response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

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A)   closed Boston harbor.
B)   restricted town meetings in New England.
C)   allowed British officials who killed colonists to be taken to Britain for trial.
D)   repealed the Tea Act.
E)   passed the Quebec Act.

Question 18

Match each act below with the correct description.

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A)   A-3, B-2, C-l
B)   A-1, B-4, C-3
C)   A-1, B-4, C-2
D)   A-4, B-1, C-2
E)   A-2, B-1, C-4

Question 19

When the British government awarded a monopoly on the American tea trade to the British East India Company,

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A)   it stirred colonial opposition to big business monopolies.
B)   colonists believed it was designed to get them to violate their principles and pay the tea tax.
C)   the colonists immediately called the First Continental Congress into session.
D)   the colonists realized that the British government was favoring Indian tea growers over American consumers.
E)   many Americans gave up tea and turned to coffee.

Question 20

To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

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A)   colonists were paid subsidies for producing ships' parts and stores.
B)   tobacco growers were guaranteed a monopoly of the British market for their crop.
C)   colonial trading ships were protected by the Royal Navy.
D)   colonists had a guaranteed market in other parts of the British empire.
E)   gold and silver flowed into the colonies from the West Indies.

Exam 7: The Road to Revolution

In November 1775 ____, royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation offering freedom to any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British Army.

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The First Continental Congress

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At war's end the British kept their word, to some at least, evacuating as many as fourteen thousand ____ to Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and Britain itself for their loyalty to the British Empire during the war.

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In direct response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

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The "radical Whigs" feared

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Before 1763 the Navigation Laws

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As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,

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When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists

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To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

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The Navigation Laws required that

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As a result of Parliament's rejection of the First Continental Congress's petitions,

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Mercantilists believed that

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African Americans during the Revolutionary War

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Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

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When the British government awarded a monopoly on the American tea trade to the British East India Company,

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Match each act below with the correct description.

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The founding of the American colonies by the British was

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The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the

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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, (D) Boston Tea Party.

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The First Continental Congress was called in order to

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