Question 1

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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Following the French and Indian War, Par...

Question 2

Resistance to British imperial authority was centered among western farmers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713

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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.

Question 4

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Was the American Revolution avoidable? What did the British government do which inadvertently encouraged colonial rebellion?

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The American Revolution may have been av...

Question 6

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 7

In 1766, in response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act, the British government

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A)  closed the port of Boston.
B)  attempted to arrest the authors of the "Virginia Resolves."
C)  created the Currency Act.
D)  sent additional troops to the colonies.
E)  rescinded the Stamp Act.

Question 8

In the 1760s, the Grenville ministry increased its authority in the colonies by

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A)  stationing regular British troops permanently in America.
B)  banning political meetings.
C)  closing the port of Boston.
D)  closing newspapers that criticized the English government.
E)  outlawing the Sons of Liberty.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

In 1774, the First Continental Congress

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A)  accepted a plan for a colonial union under British authority.
B)  proposed that the colonies tax themselves at Parliament's demand.
C)  agreed to end colonial boycotts of British trade.
D)  issued an order for the arrest of all colonists loyal to the King.
E)  called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.

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