What were the results of the Halfway Covenant

Churches became corrupted, but membership increased

Churches experience revival, but membership decreased

Churches experienced revival, and membership increased

Church became corrupted, and membership increased

How did the Great Awakening convince Americans of the need for politcal freedom?

They realized that political freedom was necessary to have true religious freedom

They realized that the Anglican church was dead and that to be free of it, true Christians would have to separate from Great Britain

They desired to spread the Gospel farther west, but were prevented by British authority

They wanted to protect their children from the worldly influence of the Englishmen still living in the mother country

How did the Albany Plan differ from the Dominion of New England?

The Dominion of New England was a forced union

The Albany Plan was fully implemented

The Albany Plan had the approval of the king

The Dominion of New England was a loose confederation

How did the mercantile theory influence British colonial policy?

Great Britain only used the colonies for the benefit of the mother country

Great Britain ensured that trade was balanced among all her colonies

Great Britain redistributed gold and silver from wealthier colonies to poorer ones

Great Britain allowed the colonies a free economy with minimal regulation

What was the function of the Stamp Act?

The act required all publications and legal documents to be taxed by purchasing stamps from the government.

The act required colonists to pay more to the government to mail letters.

The act required all publications and legal documents to be inspected and stamped by the government.

The act created a new tax on goods that was paid by purchasing stamps from the government.

Why was the concept of virtual representation unacceptable to the colonists?

The colonists believed that they could not give consent to laws if they had no choice in who represented them

The colonists believed that Parliament was too far away to represent them

The colonists opposed any rule from great Britain

The colonists believed that Parliament was directly opposed to colonial interests

What grievance does the following quotation give against King George III? "He [King George III] has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution,... giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation." - Declaration of Independence

He had illegally enforced parliamentary laws in the colonies

He had attempted to rule as an absolute monarch

He had ignored colonial requests

He had no right to rule over the colonists

Why did Charles Townshend expect his program to be more acceptable to the colonists than George Grenville's program?

He believed that they only opposed taxes within the American colonies and that they would not object to taxes on imports

He believed that they saw him as a better friend to the American colonies than they did Grenville

He had repealed the portions of Grenville's program that they most despised, including the Stamp Act

He had publicly acknowledged teh grievances of the Stamp Act Congress

Why was the containment of the British at New York significant?

It forced the British to give up on their strategy of dividing the colonies.

New York was already a Loyalist city and therefore was not a great loss for the Americans.

The British were trapped just south of the most enthusiastic Patriots located in New England.

The British army could not leave New York to pursue George Washington.

William Blackstone’s definition of the law of nature influenced the Declaration of Independence through his four-volume work ____.

Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Date of the First Continental Congress

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1776

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1774

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Date of the Treaty of Paris

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1783

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1774

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Date of the Boston Tea Party

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1783

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1783

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1781

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The most powerful voice of the Great Awakening

George Whitefield

Phillis Wheatley

John Adams

David Brainerd

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Date of the Battle of Yorktown

Date of the Stamp Act Congress

The most powerful voice of the Great Awakening

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