Question 1

The Board of Trade's power to recommend disallowance of colonial laws was

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A)   used against only a small percentage of the laws which it reviewed.
B)   theoretical only, since the Crown seldom accepted its recommendation.
C)   used against more than half of the laws which it reviewed.
D)   ended by a royal order of 1696 because of the colonists' petition.

Question 2

In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British passed a series of laws which, among other things, closed the port of Boston and strengthened the power of the governor of Massachusetts. In the colonies, these acts were known as the ________ Acts.

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A)   Intolerable
B)   Suffolk
C)   Royal Brute
D)   Supremacy

Question 3

Although forced to surrender in 1754 to French troops constructing Fort Duquesne, the young Virginian who emerged as a hero to fellow colonists was

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A)   Patrick Henry.
B)   George Washington.
C)   James Madison.
D)   Thomas Jefferson.

Question 4

Thomas Jefferson led the opposition to the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Crown reserved the right to veto colonial laws.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

One of the few advantages a colonial governor had in conflicts with his colonial subjects was his

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A)   permanent tenure of office.
B)   complete freedom to maneuver without restrictions imposed on him by the king.
C)   financial independence from the colonial legislatures.
D)   power to summon and dismiss the colonial assembly.

Question 7

The so-called Boston Massacre had little impact on public opinion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Great Awakening tended to emphasize

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A)   an emotional and revivalistic style of religion.
B)   human reason and scientific observation as the key to truth.
C)   preaching to those who were already church members.
D)   the basic goodness and sinlessness of human nature.

Question 9

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages the American colonies had under the British colonial system. How did the British justify and implement this system?

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Question 10

The "enumeration" principle in the Navigation Act of 1660 required that

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A)   at least three-fourths of the total value of colonial products had to be shipped in English vessels.
B)   certain commodities like sugar, tobacco, and indigo could not be shipped outside the British Empire.
C)   European goods bound for the colonies had to pass through England on the way.
D)   all colonial commodities had to be sold to British merchants.

Question 11

In an effort to help support the increased cost of colonial administration, Parliament passed the ________ Act in 1764, placing tariffs on coffee, wines, and other major imports.

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A)   Tea
B)   Sugar
C)   Grenville
D)   Declaratory

Question 12

The British victory in the French and Indian War was due largely to

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A)   British soldiers financed by the British government.
B)   American soldiers financed by the colonial assemblies.
C)   American soldiers financed by the British government.
D)   British soldiers financed by the colonial assemblies.

Question 13

The most conservative proposal before the First Continental Congress in 1774 was the

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A)   Boston Manifesto that denounced the crimes committed by the British government since 1763.
B)   Continental Association which called for boycotting British goods and cutting off exports to Great Britain.
C)   plan from Joseph Galloway to create a general government for America capable of blocking Parliament's proposals.
D)   Albany Plan from Benjamin Franklin for voluntary union among the colonies.

Question 14

The British government of the American colonies

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A)   was strongly centralized from its very beginning.
B)   became less effective and centralized from 1660 to 1776.
C)   never developed an effective, centralized government.
D)   had little subsequent influence on the development of American government.

Question 15

According to the map, "British Successes, 1758-1763," the route General James Wolfe followed in mounting his successful attack on Quebec was

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A)   Lake Ontario.
B)   the Hudson River.
C)   Lake Champlain.
D)   the St. Lawrence River.

Question 16

The most important American objection to the Tea Act of 1773 was that it

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A)   made tea prohibitively expensive for American consumers.
B)   was coupled with the arrival of British regiments in Boston to enforce the trade laws.
C)   seemed to be a trick to trap Americans into paying the Townshend duty on tea.
D)   closed colonial ports which refused to import English tea.

Question 17

Compare and contrast the major ideas and values of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment in America. Describe the life and ideas of at least one major American figure in each movement.

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Question 18

The major purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to

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A)   restrict colonial trade with England to British ships.
B)   force the Native Americans of the Ohio Valley to submit to British authority.
C)   check colonial expansion across the Appalachians.
D)   promote colonial land development projects in the Ohio Valley.

Question 19

Explain how a dispute over taxes became a struggle over sovereignty; include a discussion about the differences in the British and the colonial views on the issue of sovereignty.

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The dispute over taxes between the Briti...

Question 20

Illegal, often violent, resistance by the Sons of Liberty to the ________ may be seen as marking the start of the revolution.

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A)   Proclamation of 1763
B)   Sugar Act
C)   Navigation Acts
D)   Stamp Act

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