CH. 6 U.S. History – Flashcards
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What caused the Seven Years' War?
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A. Conflicts over territory in the Ohio Valley
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What did Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson hope to accomplish with the Albany Plan of Union?
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D. The creation of an Indian policy
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How did William Pitt turn the Seven Years' War in favor of the British?
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C. He committed massive resources to the war.
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Which territory did England receive in the Treaty of Paris?
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B. Canada
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What did the colonists learn from the Seven Years' War?
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C. British military discipline was harsh.
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Who was credited with leading a violent rebellion against the British in 1763?
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C. Pontiac
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What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
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D. To prevent colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Why did King George III seek to extract more money from the colonists?
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C. He thought the colonists should help pay England's war debt.
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In an effort to generate income for England, in 1764 George Grenville initiated the
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B. Sugar Act.
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How did the Stamp Act differ from the Sugar Act?
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D. The Stamp Act was an internal tax that affected a great number of colonists.
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George Grenville claimed that Americans had "virtual representation" because
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C. the House of Commons represented all British subjects, wherever they were.
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What did the Virginia Resolves argue?
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B. Virginia alone had the right to tax Virginians.
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The first street demonstrations against the Stamp Act occurred in which colony?
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A. Massachusetts
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What did the protests of the Sons of Liberty prove to colonists?
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D. Demonstrations could have a decisive impact on politics.
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What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress, held in New York in 1765?
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D. It advanced the idea of intercolonial political action.
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How did the British government respond to the colonial reaction to the Stamp Act?
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C. It repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766.
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How did the Declaratory Act show Britain's refusal to compromise on Parliament's power to tax?
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A. It asserted Parliament's right to legislate for the colonies.
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According to the British, the major purpose of the Tea Act of 1773 was to
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C. boost sales for Britain's East India Company.
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Dissenting colonists believed the real goal of the Tea Act of 1773 was to
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D. pay the salaries of royal officials.
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The Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for the Destruction of the Tea, included
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A. a law closing Boston harbor until the tea was paid for.
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Why did the Coercive Acts spread alarm among the colonists?
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A. Colonists feared their liberties were insecure.
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Which colony failed to send a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia?
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C. Georgia
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Why did General Gage plan a surprise attack on an ammunition storage site in Concord?
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D. British leaders ordered him to arrest the American troublemakers.
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Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation
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A. promising freedom to defecting, able-bodied slaves who would fight for the British.
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After the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, slaves who had gained their freedom by joining the British army settled in Nova Scotia or
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A. Sierra Leone.
