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1
Which of the following is not true of the British-colonial relations before the Seven Years' War?
A)Parliamentary leaders were less inclined than seventeenth-century monarchs to try to tighten imperial organization.
B)Day-to-day administration of colonial affairs remained decentralized and inefficient
C)Robert Walpole strictly enforced the Navigation Acts in order to stimulate commerce
D)Royal appointments in the colonies generally came as the result of bribery or favoritism.
2
Who proposed the 1754 Albany Plan of cooperation among the colonies?
A)James Otis
B)William Pitt
C)Benjamin Franklin
D)Edward Braddock
3
Which of the following was not a member of the Iroquois Confederacy?
A)Seneca
B)Mohawk
C)Cherokee
D)Oneida
4
What did the French generally offer their Indian allies, in contrast to most British settlers?
A)Better and more plentiful goods
B)Access to European markets
C)Access to European weaponry
D)Tolerance
5
Which of the following was not an Anglo-French war of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A)King William's War
B)King James' War
C)Queen Anne's War
D)King George's War
6
Who commanded the militia force at Fort Necessity which was forced to surrender to the French in 1754?
A)Edward Braddock
B)George Washington
C)James Wolfe
D)Jeffrey Amherst
7
Which of the following was not a war measure taken by Prime Minister William Pitt in 1757?
A)Forcible impressment of colonists
B)Seizure of local supplies and equipment
C)Increased duties on colonial paper products
D)Forced quartering of British troops in colonists' homes
8
Which of the following was not part of the 1763 Peace of Paris?
A)France gave up most of their colonies in India.
B)France gave land west of the Mississippi to Spain.
C)France kept New Orleans.
D)France gave land east of the Mississippi to England.
9
What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?
A)All goods to the colonies had to arrive on English ships.
B)Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.
C)All nations had the right to navigate the Mississippi River.
D)Colonists must obey Parliament "in all cases whatsoever."
10
Which of the following was not passed by the ministry of George Grenville?
A)The Sugar Act
B)The Stamp Act
C)The Currency Act
D)The Tea Act
11
In which colony did the Paxton Boys demand relief from taxes and money for Indian defense in 1763?
A)New York
B)Massachusetts
C)Pennsylvania
D)Virginia
12
Who introduced the "Virginia Resolves" in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765?
A)Patrick Henry
B)James Madison
C)Nathan Hale
D)Thomas Hutchinson
13
What did Parliament pass in response to the furor over the Stamp Act?
A)The Currency Act
B)The Declaratory Act
C)The Coercive Acts
D)The Proclamation of 1763
14
Which of the following was not a good subject to the Townshend Duties?
A)Tea
B)Paper
C)Tobacco
D)Paint
15
Who led the British regiment involved in the unfortunate "Boston Massacre" of 1770?
A)Thomas Preston
B)Edward Braddock
C)Thomas Hutchison
D)Thomas Gage
16
How many colonists were killed in the "Boston Massacre"?
A)0
B)5
C)12
D)30
17
Which of the following most fomented the public outrage over the Boston Massacre?
A)James Otis
B)Samuel Adams
C)John Adams
D)Francis Nicholson
18
Which of the following is not true of the differing political philosophies of England and the colonies?
A)The English constitution was a permanently inscribed, fixed, and inflexible document.
B)The British believed in undivided sovereignty, with king and Parliament at the head.
C)The colonists did not believe in the principle of "virtual representation."
D)Both England and the colonies believed government needed safeguards against possible abuses of power.
19
Why did Parliament pass the 1773 Tea Act?
A)To raise money to pay for outstanding war debts
B)To punish the colonies for earlier recalcitrance
C)To prevent the bankruptcy of the East India Company
D)To encourage tea consumption in the American colonies
20
Which of the following was not a colonial response to the Tea Act?
A)A boycott led and orchestrated by the Daughters of Liberty
B)Harbors prevented British ships from landing tea cargo
C)Ships in Boston boarded and emptied of tea
D)A call for a First Continental Congress
21
Which of the following was not mandated by the Coercive Acts?
A)The port of Boston was closed
B)Troops must be quartered in colonists' houses
C)The New York legislature was disbanded
D)Royal officers would be tried in England
22
Why were colonists outraged by the Quebec Act?
A)It exempted Quebec from the duties that impacted the other colonies.
B)Its granting of political rights to Catholics seemed part of a tyrannical papist plot.
C)It allowed citizens of Quebec to ignore the Proclamation of 1763.
D)It seemed a blatant attempt by Parliament to "divide and conquer" the American colonies.
23
Which of the following was not an organization or extralegal body created by colonists during the growing conflict with England?
A)Committees of Correspondence
B)Sons of Liberty
C)Continental Association
D)Tammany Society
24
Which of the following was not agreed to at the First Continental Congress?
A)A Continental Association
B)Military preparations to defend Boston
C)The Galloway plan of union
D)Nonimportation
25
Why did Thomas Gage send troops to Lexington and Concord?
A)To arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock and destroy a gunpowder cache.
B)Colonists planning an ambush had sent word of an Indian attack
C)To arrest William Dawes and Paul Revere
D)To stop an illegal and secret meeting by the Massachusetts Assembly





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