REAL QUESTIONS Flashcards

(29 cards)

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According to textbook, how did women participare in protesting the Townshend Acts

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Spinning homespun clothing to aid the trade boycott

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According to textbook, How did colonist respond to the repeal of the Stamp Act

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Praising Parliment and King George III

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According to textbook, the coercive or intolerable acts includecd 4 specific laws. First was the boston port act. The other 3 are all of the following except.

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Glass Act

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According to textbook, the “Declaration of Rights and Grievences” produced by the Continintal Congress included which of the following assortions

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All of the above

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The tension leading to the boston massacare were caused by

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The presence of several thousand British soilders in Boston

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A major difficulty that confronted the First Continental Congress was

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The fact that the delegates from different regions were unfamiliar with one another (a reflection of strong spirit of localism)

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The first continintal congress took all of the following actions EXCEPT

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calling for a complete separation from Great Britian

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Most signifigant consequence of the Seven Years War was

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It left Britian with enormous debt

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Which one of the following was NOT a major problem facing the British at the end of the French and Indian War

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French territorial holdings in North America

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Why did colonist oppose the Tea Act

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It appeared to be a trick to get colonist to accept parliaments authority to Tax Colonist

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Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act

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They did not think Parliment had the constitutional authority to impose revenue taxes on them

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What compelled parliament to repeal the townshed Duties

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A colonial trade boycott

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What was the primart pourpose of the Proclomation of 1764

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To help england avoid having to pay for costly indian wars in the colonies

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The pamphlet _____ presented justification to Americans for their break with great Britain

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Common Sense

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15
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Boston Massacare

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Raised the possibility of colonial armed resistance

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Delagates to the stamp act congress essisantialy agreed witu the Verginia Resolutions that

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Parlamentry taxation violated colonist’ rights and libertys

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what of the following prohibited colonial settlement est of the appalation mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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In the treaty of 1763 of Paris that ended the french and indian war, Britian acquired all the following accept

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All of these factors existed in Colonial America except

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A living and active corprate will to be a nation

20
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Why were colonist alarmed by the Qubec Act

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All of the Above

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Within Parliment, the repeal of the stamp act came largley as a consequence of mounting concern over the colonists’

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Economic boycott of english trade

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From the perspective of 1770, colonist believed that the troublesome events they had experiecnced in the 1760’s were the consequenes of

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a deliberate plot by corrupt leaders of parliment to rob the colonist of their rights

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According ti your textbook, why did King George III issue the Royal Proclimation of 1763 and limit settlement west of appalation Mountians

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To limit wars with Native Americans

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According ti your textbook, what was the pourpose of the Tea Act

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Help the East India Company

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According ti your textbook, what was the most important differance between the Stamp and sugar act
Stamp act was direct tax while sugar act modified pre-existing duty
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According ti your textbook, why was the boston massacare signifigant
Tied colonist together through shared sympathy for Boston
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Ristance to townshed duties resulted in the dispatch of British troops to Boston in 1768, their presence provoked the
Boston Massacare
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When colonist protested stamp act with the cry "no taxation without representation," George Greville argued that
each member of parlament, regardless of his residence, represented all colonist in the empire
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