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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Declaratory Act

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Navigation Acts (Laws)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Battle of Lexington and Concord

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Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except


A) prevent the colonies from developing militias.
B) restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws.
C) nullify any colonial legislation deemed bad for the mercantilist system.
D) restrain the colonies from printing paper currency.
E) enumerate products that must be shipped to Britain.

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Before 1763, the Navigation Laws


A) were enforced heavily in the American colonies and were very effective.
B) hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies.
C) were a great burden to only India.
D) discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants.
E) were only loosely enforced in the American colonies.

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The radical Whigs feared


A) too much democracy.
B) a written constitution.
C) the arbitrary and enhanced power of the monarchy and its ministers at the expense of Parliament.
D) a too powerful parliament.
E) republicanism.

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Townshend Acts

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Townshend

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​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament


A) closed Boston harbor.
B) restricted town meetings in New England.
C) required that the perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party be taken to England for trial.
D) repealed the Tea Act.
E) passed the Townshend Acts.

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By the end of the War for Independence


A) the majority of Americans supported independence with selfless devotion.
B) America had an army larger than Britain's.
C) the American military no longer needed foreign assistance.
D) a few thousand American regular troops were finally whipped into shape.
E) America had built a strong navy.

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List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets, boycotts, mob action, and committees of correspondence. Justify your ranking.

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In a broad sense, America was


A) a revolutionary force from the day of its discovery by Europeans.
B) a place that nurtured a love for Britain.
C) completely dependent on Britain for economic support.
D) a place where no new ideas took shape.
E) essentially a conservative society.

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Unlike the ____ Act, the ____ Act and the ____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.


A) Townshend, Stamp, Sugar
B) Stamp, Sugar, Townshend
C) Stamp, Quartering, Townshend
D) Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar
E) Quartering, Stamp, Sugar

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Republicanism held that the stability of society and the authority of the government


A) rested with the legislature.
B) depended on a strong hierarchical culture.
C) rested with a strong monarchy.
D) rested on an interdependence of all citizens.
E) depended on the virtue of its citizenry.

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Evaluate the role and influence of American women in organizing colonial protests and actions against politically and economically coercive British laws and taxes in the American colonies. Why did scholars of the Revolutionary era assert that American women played a key role in facilitating the success of the overall Revolutionary War effort?

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Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they


A) favored French domination of North America.
B) were strongly pacifist.
C) feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at home might become tyrannical.
D) rejected colonialism.
E) opposed the mercantilist system.

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All of the following were direct benefits reaped by the Americans from the mercantile system of Britain except


A) British allowed the Americans to freely trade with other countries and compete on the open market.
B) London paid high prices for ship parts to American producers.
C) Virginia tobacco planters enjoyed a monopoly in the British market.
D) protection of the world's mightiest navy and army without a penny of cost.
E) some British merchants were not allowed to compete with the American colonial merchants.

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As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of


A) overwhelming national wealth and naval power.
B) an alliance with Spain and Holland.
C) a well-organized and united home government and population.
D) first-rate generals and a well-supplied professional army.
E) knowing the terrain and geography of the colonies.

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"enumerated" products

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lord North

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