APUSH Unit 2 Test Answers – Flashcards
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As a result of the French and Indian war
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The colonies resented British interference in local affairs, and American militia notes marked differences between themselves and their English brethren
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Which of the following was the first to signal a change in British policy to the American colonies
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The Proclamation of 1763
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The conclusion of the stamp act crisis, Parliament reasserted its authority to legislate for "in all cases, whatsoever" in the
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Declaratory Act
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British North American colonists accepted the Navigation Act duties before the sugar act because
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Navigation acts were external not internal taxes
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The Quebec Act both infuriated and threatened American colonists by
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Granting Quebec province freedom to practice Catholicism and instituting an authoritarian government which was harsher than governments in the 13 British colonies to the South
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British troops were sent to Lexington and Concord in 1775 to
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Arrest John Hancock and Samuel and seize patriot ammunition stored there
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After the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental congress sent the Olive Branch petition to the king to
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seek reconciliation with the crown by stating colonial grievances
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The sentiment expressed int this phrase from the Declaration of Independence "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [securing life, liberty, and and property], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it" best expresses the political philosophy of
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John Locke
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The Treaty of Paris at the end of the war contained provisions for
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The US western boundary to the Mississippi River and British recognition of it's independence.
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The first continental congress was a reaction to
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The passage of the intolerable acts
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, served to
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Cause the majority of colonial residents to support the independence movement
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As a result of the treaty of paris, the US gained all of the following except
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The territory of Florida
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"After the French and Indian War, the British government tried to make Americans pay for British protection in the colonies" Each of following supports the
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Quebec Act
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Which of the following was not a compromise to the Stamp Act
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Colonial War debts were paid
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The Townsend acts provoked all of the following colonial reactions EXCEPT
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The Stamp Act Congress
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The Boston Tea Party had which of the following causes
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Parliament efforts to improve the profits for the East India Tea Company
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An important task facing the first continental congress was
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Emphasizing the common cause Americans had without compromising local identites
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The English set aside an Indian resource in North America with
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The Proclamation of 1763
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During the 1760s the main American weapon to British policy was
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Economic Boycotts
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The Boston Massacre of 1770 was
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an unfortunate and tragic event that developed out of numerous colonial tensions
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The English response to the Boston tea party was
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Coercive Acts
