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How did colonists display their opposition to the Stamp Act? (5 points)
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Street fighters maimed or murdered anyone who supported the Act.
They damaged and destroyed property.
Women participated in spinning bees.
Prominent women led a widespread boycott of stamps. !
They created a congress that advocated independence from Great Britain.
2.
The Sugar Act
I. placed a 3-pence-per-gallon duty on foreign molasses.
II. required that colonists exporting lumber, iron, whalebone, and other commodities to
foreign countries first land their shipments in Britain.
III. ordered accused violators of the law to be tried before vice-admiralty courts.
IV. required captains to fill out a confusing series of documents to certify their trade as
legal. (5 points)
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I
II
III
I, II and III
I, II, III and IV -T
3.
The Coercive Acts
I. restructured the Massachusetts government.
II. closed Boston Harbor.
III. permitted certain murderers to be tried in England.
IV. became known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies. (5 points)
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I
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I and II
III and IV
I, II, III and IV-T
4.
Delegates to the Stamp Act Congress agreed (5 points)
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that the colonies should declare their independence if Parliament did not repeal the
Stamp Act.
to boycott any products requiring official British stamps.-T
that Parliament did not have the right to levy taxes outside Great Britain.
to send delegates to London to petition for recognition as the colonies true legislature.
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to accept the Stamp Act if Parliament offered membership to American
representatives.
5.
The 1773 Tea Act (5 points)
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raised import duties on tea and thereby caused the cost of tea to skyrocket.-T
granted the British East India Company a monopoly on all tea sold in the colonies,
thereby permitting the company to raise tea prices across the board.
removed additional import duties on tea and, as a result, significantly lowered the
price of tea in the colonies.
prohibited the consumption of any tea that had not been shipped in British vessels.
ended all tea monopolies, thereby opening up competition and putting American
smugglers out of business.
6.
In his plan to encourage Americans to assume the military burden of the Seven Years’ War,
William Pitt
I. pledged lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for settlement.
II. hinted at increased colonial self-government in the postwar world.
III. promised Parliament would bear the financial burden for colonial armies.
IV. guaranteed lower tariffs and internal taxes in the postwar era. (5 points)
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I
II
III
I and IV
I, II and III-T
7.
Where did British and colonial forces first fight in April 1775? (5 points)
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Fort Sumter
Breed's Hill
Fort Ticonderoga
Lexington and Concord-T
Providence and Kingsport
8.
Which of the following resulted from the Seven Years' War?
I. The French won.
II. A common bond developed between French and British soldiers who fought side by side.
III. Americans gained key Southern tobacco fields. (5 points)
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II
III
I, II and III
none of the above
9.
On a timeline, which of the following events would be last? (5 points)
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Townshend Duties
Tea Act
Battle of Concord
Declaration of Independence-T
First Continental Congress
10.
What happened in the Boston Massacre? (5 points)
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A large force of British troops ruthlessly fired on unarmed civilians, killing fifty.
An unpopular customs informer killed two young boys when he fired birdshot at
several children bombarding his house with rocks.
A fictitious confrontation, invented by Samuel Adams, took place between British
troops and Boston citizens.
Unemployed Boston fishermen ambushed a squad of British soldiers, killing them and
twenty innocent bystanders.
Bostonians hurled ice, rocks, and lumber at British soldiers, who then fired without
orders and killed five citizens.-T
11.
Where did American forces suffer through the disastrous winter of 1777–1778? (5 points)
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Germantown
Brandywine Springs
Valley Forge-T
Monmouth
Cowpens
12.
Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most
accurate? (5 points)
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The delegates were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and
southern states.
The delegates tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.
The delegates were predominantly America's elder statesmen, the generation that had
shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.
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The delegates were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solid
commercial, international outlook
The delegates represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.-T
13.
By 1784, all state constitutions included a provision for a (5 points)
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strong executive.-T
strong legislature.
strong judiciary
bill of rights
none of the above
14.
Which of the following areas was a loyalist stronghold during the Revolution? (5 points)
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New York and all of New England-T
New York
South Carolina low country
Pennsylvania
Tidewater Virginia
15.
All of the following conditions adopted by state constitutions during the Revolution are
true, except
I. They concentrated power in the popularly elected legislatures.
II. They all contained bills of rights.
III. They provided for weak executives and frequent elections.
IV. They abolished property and tax-paying qualifications for voting. (5 points)
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I and II
I, II and III
I, II, III and IV
IV-T
I
16.
All of the following statements are reasons why the Constitution was ratified in
1788, except (5 points)
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supporters of the Constitution had much more recognizable leaders.-T
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison made spirited arguments in favor of the
Constitution.
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the Bill of Rights was added in 1787 to persuade opponents of the Constitution to
accept it.
supporters of the Constitution were much better organized.
most newspapers favored ratification of the Constitution.
17.
All of the following were features or powers of government under the Articles of
Confederation, except (5 points)
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It created a national congress in which each state had only one vote.
It required the unanimous approval of the states before the congress could enact any
tax measure.-T
It provided no congressional power to regulate interstate or foreign commerce.
It established a single-chamber congress, elected by state legislatures, in which each
state had one vote.
It called for a president elected by the state legislatures.
18.
Who served as George Washington's French liaison during the Revolution? (5 points)
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Marquis de Lafayette-T
François Beauvoir
Edward Daladier
Jacques Cobert
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
19.
Which of the following problems challenged the confederation government? (5 points)
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the closing of West Indian trade to American merchants
an economic depression
continued British occupation of western forts
outbreaks of domestic violence
all of the above-T
20.
The Battle of Saratoga was significant to the American Revolution because it
convinced (5 points)
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France to support the United States publicly.-T
Spain to support the United States publicly.
the Netherlands to support the United States publicly.
Russia to support the United States publicly.
Sweden to support the United States publicly.