Unit 2 review

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The Intolerable Acts were-

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strict laws passed by Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party

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Which Revolutionary figure was an author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Which of the following best describes the main idea in Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense? Options: Independence from Britiain, Reconciliation with the South, Temporary alliance with France, Military conflict with Spain

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Independence from Britiain

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Which of the following is an example of a grievance expressed by the American colonies against England? Joint-stock companies stealing money, Taxation without representation, lack of farming resources in the colonies, Poor relationship with American Indians

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Taxation without representation

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What outcome of the French and Indian war eventually led to the American Revolution? Options: Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war, The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in British government, Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war, Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense

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Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war

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Which of the following is a grievance from the Declaration of Independence?
Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes
Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia
Colonists were not eligible to become officers in the British army.
Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office

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Colonists were forced to quarter troops in their homes

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The signing of which document in 1776 led directly to the Revolutionary War? Options: The Declaration of Independence, The Secession Acts of the Thirteen States, The US Constitution, The War Powers Act

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The Declaration of Independence

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What economic policy maintains that a colony exists solely to benefit the mother country?

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mercantilism

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What does the Quartering Act state?

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housing British soldiers in colonial homes

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The French and Indian War affected relations between the British and the colonists in which of the following ways? The British respected the American way of government. The American colonists were treated as equals by the British. The colonists became more dependent on the British. The colonists challenged British authority.

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The colonists challenged British authority.