Question 1

Why was British rule in the colonies decentralized? What groups benefited from this and how?

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Question 2

The Virginian who took the lead in protesting the Stamp Act was ________.

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Question 3

Through the first half of the eighteenth century,the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with

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A)   England only.
B)   England, and then France.
C)   both France and England at the same time.
D)   France only.
E)   no European powers.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

During the first half of the eighteenth century,England's administration of the colonies

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A)   was primarily concerned with checking the growth of New France.
B)   began to assert greater authority over newspapers and public expression.
C)   sought new means to tax American merchants.
D)   was notable for its strict enforcement of trade policies.
E)   was decentralized and inefficient.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Following the conclusion of the French and Indian War,

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A)   most colonists welcomed England's greater control over their local affairs.
B)   the newly acquired western lands were immediately opened for settlement.
C)   many colonists began to call for full independence from England.
D)   the economy of several American colonies was in ruins.
E)   the Iroquois alliance with the British quickly unraveled.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Creole refers to a white immigrant of French descent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Boston Massacre

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A)   was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.
B)   resulted in the death of several British soldiers.
C)   led to Paul Revere's midnight ride of warning.
D)   included a trial in which British soldiers were convicted of murder.
E)   turned Paul Revere into a martyr for the cause of colonial independence.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 8

The colonial boycott of tea in 1773

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A)   was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax.
B)   involved relatively small numbers of people.
C)   was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
D)   had little financial effect on England.
E)   resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

When he became British prime minister,George Grenville

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A)   believed the colonial economies could not weather the cost of the recent war.
B)   criticized William Pitt for being too harsh in dealing with the American colonies.
C)   began a cost-cutting effort by reducing the number of British officials in America.
D)   initially sought to further decentralize government authority in the American colonies.
E)   believed the American colonists had been indulged for far too long.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 10

The Sugar Act of 1764 created courts called ________ courts,which were designed to deal with accused smugglers.

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Question 11

The French and Indian War in North America

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A)   greatly enriched the English government's finances.
B)   began a period of almost continual warfare for England.
C)   demonstrated that increasing England's control over the colonies would not be easy.
D)   led England to conclude that its relationship with the colonies was strong.
E)   led England to conclude that the American colonies were not worth protecting.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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