Which of the following factors facilitated Enlightenment thinking in the colonies?
New styles of art and architecture arriving from England
Disputes over slavery's role in politics and economics
John Locke's many
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Which of the following factors facilitated Enlightenment thinking in the colonies?
New styles of art and architecture arriving from England
Disputes over slavery's role in politics and economics
John Locke's many visits to the colonies
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The proliferation of magazines, pamphlets and books
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What was the primary argument of Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense?
That the colonies had little chance of defeating the British Army.
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That a small island had no right to rule over a large continent.
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That King George III should be replaced by a less corrupt king.
That the colonies should continue to seek a peaceful resolution with England.
3
Read the quotation about a vision for American society after the American Revolution.
"As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science. Grant that their minds are by nature equal, yet who shall wonder at the apparent superiority, if indeed custom becomes second nature; nay if it taketh place of nature, and that it doth the experience of each day will evince."
According to this speaker, which American value is being contradicted?
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Religious freedom
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Natural equality
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Liberty
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Pursuit of happiness
4
Which of the following events happened in response to the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689?
James II increasingly modeled his style of kingship after that of his cousin, Louis XIV of
The Whig party was formed to oppose centralization and support Parliament.
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Sir Edmund Andros rose to power in the colonies, imposed new taxes and strictly
enforced the Navigation Acts.
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The government of the Dominion of New England was overthrown by colonists .
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Which of the following represented a challenge to the English colonies by slaves?
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A network connecting slaves throughout the colonies threatened to overthrow the
English government altogether.
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Slaves represented a significant percentage of the voting population in the colonies,
which was ruled by democracy.
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Which of the following quotations—from documents associated with the American, French and Haitian revolutions—exemplifies the Enlightenment idea of natural equality?
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"Hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no other limits than those
which assure to other members of society the enjoyment of the same rights."
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"it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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"...the frightful veil of prejudice is torn to pieces, be it so for ever. Woe be to them who
would dare to put together its bloody tatters.”
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“The representatives of the French people, constituted as a National Assembly, and
considering that ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole
causes of public misfortunes and governmental corruption.”
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Which of the following was characteristic of the Great Awakening?
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Sermons that included stirring descriptions of hell and damnation
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Toleration of Catholics and Orthodox in the British colonies
Larger and more ornate churches that could hold more people
Unification of previously separated Protestant denominations
8
Which of the following statements best characterizes the French and Indian War?
It was essentially a war between England and France that was provoked by English
expansion into territories already claimed by France and native tribes .
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It was essentially a war between Europeans and native tribes, in which the English and
9
How did English colonists view their relationship with the king at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
Most colonists had already rejected the king's authority.
Most colonists believed the king was incompetent and lazy.
Most colonists still saw themselves as loyal subjects of the king .
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Most colonists had been loyal to James II but not George III.
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Prior to 1767, most colonists believed that Parliament had the authority to use taxation of Atlantic trade as a means of regulating the empire and supporting the mother country.
Which form of taxation does this represent?
Internal taxation
Virtual taxation
Actual taxation
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How did colonial political leaders like John Adams respond to the Stamp Act?
They wrote articles and pamphlets opposing the act and nominally denouncing violent
responses.
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They wrote articles condemning the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and calling for their
12
In what way did slavery in the Northern colonies differ from the Southern colonies in the 18th century?
Social class was not as dependent on a system of slavery.
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There were far fewer slaves in this region.
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Slaves were exposed to both the gang and task systems of slavery.
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Slaves' marriages were not legally recognized.
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What was the significance of the Proclamation of 1763?
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It forbade the further sale of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains .
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It reduced the tax on molasses and tightened enforcement to cut down on smuggling.
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It stated that only the British could carry goods between England and the colonies.
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It required colonists to pay taxes in silver and gold, not paper currency.
Which of the following aggravated the hostility between British troops and colonists?
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Colonists formed their own militias to avenge atrocities committed by British soldiers.
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Natives would take advantage of the existing tension, as they had done with the French.
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Soldiers would compete with colonists for additional employment.
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Soldiers would often respond to harassment by murdering any colonists who
participated.
What was a committee of correspondence?
A network of colonial communication used to plan protests of new parliamentary
legislation
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Rebels against the British crown conspiring to start a revolution in secret
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"When I recovered a little, I found some black people about me, who I believed were some of those who brought me on board and had been receiving their pay; they talked to me in order to cheer me, but all in vain.”
Based on this quotation from Olaudah Equiano's account, which of the following is true?
Only Europeans participated in taking Africans captive and selling them into slavery.
People who were selling slaves made an effort to speak the language of their captives
Slavery was a concept invented by Africans to weaken other tribes.
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Horatio Gates was an important figure in the Revolutionary War.
Select the statement that correctly identifies him.
"I led the British troops south from Montreal to do battle with George Washington."
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"I instructed my troops to hold their fire until they could see the whites of their
opponents' eyes."
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