Question 1

When Massachusetts refused to renounce the letter written by Samuel Adams and James Otis in 1768,Great Britain responded by

Accepted Answer

A) ordering all ships leaving Boston to be searched for illegal goods. 
B) disbanding their legislature. 
C) overruling the letter and proceeding with the enforcement of the Stamp Act. 
D) declaring Boston in revolt and instituting martial law. 
E) abolishing the Massachusetts government and replacing it with royal advisors. 
A) ordering all ships leaving Boston to be searched for illegal goods. 
B) disbanding their legislature. 
C) overruling the letter and proceeding with the enforcement of the Stamp Act. 
D) declaring Boston in revolt and instituting martial law. 
E) abolishing the Massachusetts government and replacing it with royal advisors.

Question 2

Write an essay exploring the deep ideological roots of the Revolution as well as the immediate causes of the conflict.

Accepted Answer

The American Revolution was deeply roote

Question 3

What is not a reason that the Spanish colonies in North America failed?

Accepted Answer

A) Too many Indian uprisings 
B) Failed to establish self-sustaining colonies 
C) Too many Spaniards refused to work 
D) Too focused on building forts and missions 
E) Too focused on converting the Native Americans to Catholicism 
A) Too many Indian uprisings 
B) Failed to establish self-sustaining colonies 
C) Too many Spaniards refused to work 
D) Too focused on building forts and missions 
E) Too focused on converting the Native Americans to Catholicism

Question 4

In a last ditch effort to secure peace with England,the Continental Congress sent King George

Accepted Answer

A) the Declaration of Independence. 
B) the Rights of the Colonists Removed. 
C) the Olive Branch Petition. 
D) the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. 
E) the Magna Carta. 
A) the Declaration of Independence. 
B) the Rights of the Colonists Removed. 
C) the Olive Branch Petition. 
D) the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. 
E) the Magna Carta.

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence laid blame for the issues between England and its American colonies on

Accepted Answer

A) King George III. 
B) Prime Minister North. 
C) Parliament. 
D) the Star Chamber. 
E) the colonists. 
A) King George III. 
B) Prime Minister North. 
C) Parliament. 
D) the Star Chamber. 
E) the colonists.

Question 6

Discuss the background,details,and results of the Boston Massacre.What impact did this conflict have on the impending Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Massacre was a pivotal event

Question 7

Benjamin Franklin

Accepted Answer

A) Father of Louisiana 
B) Led Virginia troops against the French in the northwest 
C) Halted British salutary neglect of the colonies 
D) Led the Puritan Commonwealth 
E) Advocated the Plan of Union (1754)
F)Founder of Quebec
G)Focused British attention on America during the Seven Years' War
H)Authored Two Treatises on Government
I)Rose to rule as a result of the Glorious Revolution 
A) Father of Louisiana 
B) Led Virginia troops against the French in the northwest 
C) Halted British salutary neglect of the colonies 
D) Led the Puritan Commonwealth 
E) Advocated the Plan of Union (1754)
F)Founder of Quebec
G)Focused British attention on America during the Seven Years' War
H)Authored Two Treatises on Government
I)Rose to rule as a result of the Glorious Revolution

Question 8

The first ruler of England to acknowledge the possibility of generating a profit from the English colonies was

Accepted Answer

A) Queen Elizabeth I. 
B) King Charles II. 
C) King James I. 
D) Oliver Cromwell. 
E) Queen Mary I. 
A) Queen Elizabeth I. 
B) King Charles II. 
C) King James I. 
D) Oliver Cromwell. 
E) Queen Mary I.

Question 9

What was the main argument of the Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

A) Only the King could tax the colonies. 
B) The colonies could only be taxed by their representatives. 
C) They opposed the Proclamation of 1763 outlawing new colonies. 
D) They were independent of England. 
E) They were against King George III's reinstatement of Catholicism as the official religion. 
A) Only the King could tax the colonies. 
B) The colonies could only be taxed by their representatives. 
C) They opposed the Proclamation of 1763 outlawing new colonies. 
D) They were independent of England. 
E) They were against King George III's reinstatement of Catholicism as the official religion.

Question 10

What actions did the colonists not take to protest the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

A) They wrote a series of resolves to the king asking for him to intervene. 
B) They protested Parliament's authority to tax them. 
C) They refused to buy the items that required stamps. 
D) They bought their goods from duty-free French markets. 
E) They destroyed a lieutenant governor's home. 
A) They wrote a series of resolves to the king asking for him to intervene. 
B) They protested Parliament's authority to tax them. 
C) They refused to buy the items that required stamps. 
D) They bought their goods from duty-free French markets. 
E) They destroyed a lieutenant governor's home.

When Massachusetts refused to renounce the letter written by Samuel Adams and James Otis in 1768,Great Britain responded by

Write an essay exploring the deep ideological roots of the Revolution as well as the immediate causes of the conflict.

What is not a reason that the Spanish colonies in North America failed?

In a last ditch effort to secure peace with England,the Continental Congress sent King George

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence laid blame for the issues between England and its American colonies on

Discuss the background,details,and results of the Boston Massacre.What impact did this conflict have on the impending Revolution?

Benjamin Franklin

The first ruler of England to acknowledge the possibility of generating a profit from the English colonies was

What was the main argument of the Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies?

What actions did the colonists not take to protest the Stamp Act?

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age, 1950-1959

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First Century America, 1993-Present

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Exam 4: From Colonies to States, 1607-1776

When Massachusetts refused to renounce the letter written by Samuel Adams and James Otis in 1768,Great Britain responded by

Write an essay exploring the deep ideological roots of the Revolution as well as the immediate causes of the conflict.

What is not a reason that the Spanish colonies in North America failed?

In a last ditch effort to secure peace with England,the Continental Congress sent King George

Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence laid blame for the issues between England and its American colonies on

Discuss the background,details,and results of the Boston Massacre.What impact did this conflict have on the impending Revolution?

Benjamin Franklin

The first ruler of England to acknowledge the possibility of generating a profit from the English colonies was

What was the main argument of the Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonies?

What actions did the colonists not take to protest the Stamp Act?

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age, 1950-1959

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First Century America, 1993-Present

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