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The chapter introduction tells the story of two different public actions in Boston, a dozen years apart, to make the point that: |
| | A) | while the colonials liked being British, imperial leaders forced them to develop a new and independent identity as Americans. |
| | B) | there was a small cadre of revolutionary leaders in Boston who, for a decade, systematically worked to undermine British authority; their efforts won support throughout the colonies by 1775. |
| | C) | Boston, the hotbed of revolt, was not representative of other areas in America, which would join in the rebellion against England only with great reluctance. |
| | D) | the Seven Years' War in the 1760s laid the economic and ideological basis for the Revolutionary War in the 1770s, even though Americans didn't realize it at the time. |
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The Treaty of Paris (1763) gave Britain title to: |
| | A) | all French claims west of the Mississippi, and Spanish Florida. |
| | B) | all French claims east of the Mississippi, and Spanish Florida. |
| | C) | all French claims east of the Mississippi, New Orleans, and the French sugar islands of the West Indies. |
| | D) | all French claims in North America. |
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Among the consequences of the Seven Years' War that led to the rift between the colonies and England, all are correctly stated EXCEPT: |
| | A) | The French and Indian threats were removed, so the British government felt they had no need to keep troops in the colonies. |
| | B) | The British government was deeply in debt. |
| | C) | British imperial officials were determined to centralize and extend British rule over the colonies in their greatly expanded empire. |
| | D) | Both the Americans and the British came out of the war with very different expectations about the future of their relationship. |
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After the Seven Years' War, Britain kept several thousand troops in the colonies for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: |
| | A) | to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 by providing protection to colonials settling west of the Appalachians. |
| | B) | to prevent France from trying to regain its lost territory. |
| | C) | to manage the new and uneasy relations with the Indians, as in the case of Pontiac's Rebellion. |
| | D) | to encourage American acceptance of Grenville's new measures |
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Grenville believed his taxation demands were reasonable for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Britain's national debt had doubled between 1754 and 1764. |
| | B) | the colonial customs service was paying out four times the amount in salaries that they were receiving in revenue. |
| | C) | The English had been paying a tax similar to the one created by the Stamp Act for nearly a century. |
| | D) | an earlier tax on molasses had succeeded in forcing the colonists to stop buying molasses from the French and the Dutch. |
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Americans insisted that they be taxed by their own assemblies, because they held to the dictum of John Locke: |
| | A) | That government governs best which governs least. |
| | B) | All men are created equal. |
| | C) | Property guarantees liberty. |
| | D) | No taxation without representation. |
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The Sons of Liberty: |
| | A) | consisted mostly of poor artisans, apprentices and dockworkers. |
| | B) | supported the destruction of the home of Thomas Hutchinson, the unpopular lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. |
| | C) | successfully convinced most of the stamp distributors to resign. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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In resisting the Stamp Act, Americans affirmed all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | their general mistrust of power. |
| | B) | their particular right to trial by jury. |
| | C) | their belief in virtual representation. |
| | D) | their belief in taxation only by their elected representatives. |
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Which of the following British leaders actually supported the colonists' objections to taxation by Parliament? |
| | A) | William Pitt |
| | B) | Lord North |
| | C) | John Dickinson |
| | D) | Thomas Gordon |
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Parliament repealed all of the Townshend Duties EXCEPT the tax on tea: |
| | A) | because British businesses suffered from reduced American consumption of British imports. |
| | B) | because American producers of raw materials suffered from lower prices on the world market. |
| | C) | because of rioting in America, which prevented collection of the duties. |
| | D) | because Parliament decided temporarily to yield to American views. |
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Pope's Day in colonial Boston was: |
| | A) | a celebration of the birthday of the English poet Alexander Pope. |
| | B) | a popular celebration of the birthday of the Roman Catholic pope. |
| | C) | a popular celebration of the birthday of Guy Fawkes. |
| | D) | a popular celebration of anti-Catholic sentiment. |
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The Tea Act: |
| | A) | significantly raised the price of tea in the colonies. |
| | B) | was passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. |
| | C) | led to the advancing of a suspicion that the conspiracy to enslave the colonies had spread beyond the King's ministers to Parliament, and perhaps to king George himself. |
| | D) | led to the passage of a bill requiring any colonist accused of a crime against the British Crown to be tried in England rather than in the colonies. |
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The First Continental Congress in late 1774: |
| | A) | renounced American allegiance to George III, and established a Continental Army. |
| | B) | denied Parliament's right to tax and legislate for the colonies (while acknowledging its authority to regulate their trade), and set up a trade boycott. |
| | C) | denied that Parliament had any authority at all in America, but took a collective oath of allegiance reaffirming loyalty to George III. |
| | D) | denied that Parliament or George III had any authority in America, and urged colonial legislatures to seize power from crown officials. |
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Opponents of the colonial resistance movement feared that the removal of the British government would cause: |
| | A) | an attempt by the French to regain the land it had lost in the Seven Years' War. |
| | B) | an uprising by the slave population. |
| | C) | disputes over land claims, sectional tensions, and religious differences. |
| | D) | an attack on the colonies by a united Indian population. |
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In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argues all EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Parliament had deliberately and wickedly brought about all of America's misfortunes. |
| | B) | Britain displayed no parental affection toward the colonies, and instead preyed upon their wealth and liberties. |
| | C) | monarchy was a foolish and dangerous form of government. |
| | D) | nature had destined America for independence. |
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