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The Stamp Act, Sugar Act and Townshend Act: What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?
a) To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
b) To encourage foreign trade with the colonies
c) To recover the cost of defending the colonies
d) To fund the establishment of the new colonies
How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the Colonies?
a) By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies.
b) By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
c) By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
d) By preventing colonists from trading with other foreign countries
British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because the-
a) feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
b) did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
c) resented the limits it imposed on Westward Expansion
d) wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations
Why was the battle of Saratoga considered the turning point in Revolutionary War?
a) The British victory extended the fighting for another year.
b) The Americans defeat led many soldiers to desert the Continental army
c) The British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority.
d) The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States.
What was one result of the Treat of Paris of 1783?
a) Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
b) Competing Seminole and Spanish claims West Florida were resolved.
c) The British Navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service
d) British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France
Which of these is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?
a) Colonist born in America were prohibited from holding elected office.
b) Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes.
c) Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army.
d) Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia.
Which excerpt from the DOI best explains why colonists were upset about representation in the British Parliament?
a) He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people
b) For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent
c) He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good
d) For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended off
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness: are rights that are considered
a) Transferable
b) legislated
c) unalienable
d) inherited
American Colonists fought against which country for Independence?
a) Great Britain
b) Fur Trade
c) Cash Crops
d) To fund the establishment of the new colonies
Parliament passes the Tea Act, next Colonists dump British tea into the Boston Harbor. What did Great Britain impose on the colonies in order to punish them?
a) Removed the stamp act
b) Allowed colonists to petition for tax relief
c) Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
d) King George III appoints colonial representatives in Parliament
The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 that prevented settling West. Which geographic feature did they use as a boundary ?
a) Lake Michigan
b) Gulf of Mexico
c) Mississippi River
d) Appalachian Mountains
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