Question 1

The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

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Revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other.

Question 2

During the first half of the 18th century, England's administration of the colonies

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Was notable for its relaxed and inefficient enforcement of trade policies

Question 3

Treaty of Paris

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France ceded Canada and all claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain.

Question 4

The Stamp Act of 1765

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Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents.

Question 5

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by

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Reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.

Question 6

As a result of the Seven Years' War, England

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Confirmed its commercial supremacy and increased its political control of the settled regions.

Question 7

The Boston Massacre

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Was transformed by some colonists into a symbol of British oppression.

Question 8

In 1774, the First Continental Congress

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Called for the repeal of all oppressive legislation passed since 1763.

Question 9

The Sugar Act of 1764 was designed to

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All these answers are correct (establish vice-admiralty courts, lower molasses duty, eliminate illegal sugar trade).

Question 10

Regarding the Coercive Acts

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Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance.

Question 11

Common Sense was written by

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Thomas Paine.

Question 12

During the Revolution, enslaved African Americans

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Were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt the American war effort.

Question 13

After the Declaration of Independence, colonies called themselves "states"

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Due to the belief that each was a sovereign entity.

Question 14

Fear of ___ helped keep Caribbean English colonists from joining the revolt

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Slave rebellions.

Question 15

Significance of the Battle of Saratoga

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It led to an alliance with France.

Question 16

The Battle of Yorktown involved

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A combined French and American army and navy.

Question 17

During the Revolution, Loyalists

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Constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population.

Question 18

Treaty of Paris

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The United States gained formal British recognition of American independence.

Question 19

In 1776, Abigail Adams was an advocate for

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New protections for women against abusive and tyrannical men

Question 20

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could

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Borrow and issue money.

Question 21

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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All these answers are correct (created one territory, guaranteed religious freedom, prohibited slavery).

Question 22

One effect of Shays's Rebellion

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Contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform.

Question 23

After the Revolution, greater social importance was attached to women as

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Mothers

Question 24

Under English common law, a married woman

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Could not own property.

Question 25

n the 1790s, Republicans envisioned a nation that would

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Be largely agricultural and rural.

Question 26

Antifederalist opponents of the Constitution

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Argued that the Constitution would put an end to individual liberty.

Question 27

Madison, Jefferson, and others opposed Hamilton's national bank because

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Congress had no constitutional authority to create a national bank.

Question 28

The Alien and Sedition Acts

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Gave the federal government effective authority to stifle public criticism.

Question 29

The French Revolution was generally praised by

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Republicans.

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