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Which Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jacques Bossuet
Baron de Montesquieu
Which of the following was a direct British response to the colonial views expressed by the Stamp Act Congress?
Quartering Act for British soldiers.
Sugar Act taxing luxuries.
Coercive Act closing the port of Boston.
Declaratory Act stating the right to tax.
Which of the following is the underlying goal of the colonists in the excerpt?
Win political representation.
Declare independence.
Promote free trade.
Reduce the overall level of taxes.
Why did support for established churches decrease in the colonies?
Various religious organizations were able to raise enough funds to totally separate themselves from state governments.
Various immigrants violently purged the established churches in the rural areas.
Various religions became instinct in the colonies are more immigrants arrived in the colonies.
Various immigrants increased the religious diversity of the colonies,
Which of the following was NEW DEVELOPMENT occurring immediately after the French and Indian War?
English settlers began to push west into Native Americans' territory.
British colonists decided to break with Britain and become independent.
English colonists began to question their place in the British Empire, as they felt they weren't respected as Englishmen.
Native Americans organized to violently repel invading English settlers.
Which of the following is the best explanation for why the British did not establish a powerful central government in the American colonies?
The British cared little how the colonists lived so long as the colonies remained a productive economic asset
Britain feared that the colonists would rebel against any substantial government force that it established
few members of the British elite were willing to travel to the colonies, even for the opportunity to govern
Britain gave the coloines a large measure of autonomy as a first step in transitioning the region to independence
King Philip's War could be best described as
an uprising of poor farmers against wealthy plantation owners
the colonial conflict resulting from the European War of Spanish Succession
an early revolt by enslaved Africans in the southern colonies
a conflict between Native Americans and New England settlers
Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?
the Stamp Act
the Quartering Act
the Coercive Acts
the Proclamation of 1763
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2000
2012
2015
2018
