Question 1

Which of the following caused the Iroquois to abandon their traditional policy of neutrality and ally with Great Britain against France in 1759?

Accepted Answer

A)   The British victory against French forces on the Plains of Abraham
B)   The decision by the Ohio Indians to ally with the British
C)   The success of the French in retaking Newfoundland
D)   Fear that France would win the Seven Years WarE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

What was the main reason that resistance leaders wanted members of the South End and North End gangs to participate in anti-Stamp Act demonstrations?

Accepted Answer

A)   If the demonstrations caused adverse consequences, they would fall on gang members rather than on resistance leaders.
B)   Their participation would show that people of all social classes opposed the act.
C)   Gang members were much more experienced in leading demonstrations to protest British actions.
D)   Gang members were adept at avoiding arrest.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760?

Accepted Answer

A)   The British abrogated their trade agreements with the Cherokees.
B)   Both colonies had been capturing and enslaving Cherokees.
C)   The Cherokees realized that, if Great Britain defeated France, they would no longer be able to force concessions from the British by threatening to ally with France or Spain.
D)   The governors of both colonies had declared war against the Cherokees.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts?

Accepted Answer

A)   The colonists did not believe that Parliament had the power to regulate trade.
B)   These acts placed a financial burden on many colonists who were already suffering from the effects of a depressed colonial economy.
C)   These acts placed restrictions on the type of legislation that could be enacted by colonial assemblies.
D)   The colonists contended that Parliament had no legislative power in the colonies.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act and the proposed Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A)   Although Parliament may regulate trade, only the colonial assemblies have the power to enact laws pertaining to domestic affairs in their respective colonies.
B)   Because the colonists live some three thousand miles from the mother country, it is understood that they do not enjoy all of the rights of Englishmen.
C)   Even though the colonists believe an act of Parliament to be unconstitutional, they must obey that act until it is repealed.
D)   A colonial assembly has power equal to that of the British Parliament.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)   Although the colonies are dependent on Great Britain, they are not Great Britain's slaves.
B)   The American colonies owe obedience to the King but not to Parliament.
C)   The colonies are morally superior to Great Britain.
D)   Parliament has no jurisdiction over the American colonies.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Which of the following was the most pressing problem facing Great Britain at the end of the Seven Years War?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hostile Indian tribes in the Ohio country
B)   The government's war debt
C)   Economic hard times and unemployment in England
D)   Establishing legal authority over French settlers along the St. LawrenceE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

The most important reason for repeal of the Stamp Act was the

Accepted Answer

A)   formal protests made by colonial assemblies.
B)   replacement of Grenville as prime minister by Lord Rockingham.
C)   nonimportation movement.
D)   threat of even more violent and destructive mob action.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763?

Accepted Answer

A)   An assembly is not representative unless all people twenty-one years of age and over have the right to vote.
B)   A person elected to a colonial assembly represents only the people from the region in which eligible voters had a chance to vote for him directly.
C)   A person elected to a colonial assembly represents the whole colony, not just the people from his district.
D)   The population must be approximately equal in each district from which an assembly's representatives are chosen.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

Some leaders of the American resistance movement viewed passage of the Tea Act as

Accepted Answer

A)   a sign that Parliament was willing to compromise on the major issues of disagreement between itself and the American colonies.
B)   an indication that Parliament eventually intended to establish an East India Company monopoly on all colonial trade.
C)   an indication that Parliament eventually intended to prohibit the sale of all tea in the American colonies.
D)   proof that Parliament would respond positively to colonial assemblies if they presented their grievances in a respectful wayE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 5: Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763?

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Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies?

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Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts?

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What was the main reason that resistance leaders wanted members of the South End and North End gangs to participate in anti-Stamp Act demonstrations?

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The most important reason for repeal of the Stamp Act was the

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Which of the following caused the Iroquois to abandon their traditional policy of neutrality and ally with Great Britain against France in 1759?

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Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760?

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Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act and the proposed Stamp Act?

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Which of the following was the most pressing problem facing Great Britain at the end of the Seven Years War?

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Some leaders of the American resistance movement viewed passage of the Tea Act as

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Exam 5: Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763?

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Which of the following ideas was presented by Daniel Dulany in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes on the British Colonies?

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Why did the American colonists protest Parliament's passage of the Sugar and Currency Acts?

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What was the main reason that resistance leaders wanted members of the South End and North End gangs to participate in anti-Stamp Act demonstrations?

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The most important reason for repeal of the Stamp Act was the

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Which of the following caused the Iroquois to abandon their traditional policy of neutrality and ally with Great Britain against France in 1759?

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Which of the following was a reason for an attack by the Cherokees on the Carolina and Virginia frontiers in 1760?

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Which of the following statements best expresses the argument presented by James Otis in his 1764 pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act and the proposed Stamp Act?

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