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Which of the following statements best describe Thomas Paine’s argument
presented in the pamphlet, Common Sense
A
The best course of action for colonists to take is to
extend an olive branch to England
B
Constitutional monarchies can effectively protect the
people and limit the powers of kings
C
The best balance between government and society
includes a divinely appointed government
D
All men are equal at creation and the distinction between
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Paine’s Common Sense proved important at the beginning of the American
Revolution because it
A
Convinced Americans who had been undecided to
support independence
B
Helped Americans reconcile their differences with
England
C
Contained a detailed outline for a new government and
military plans
D
Argued that the King, and not the British parliament, was
the enemy
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Britain sought to monopolize the tea trade and assert its power by requiring
A
Colonial tea companies to sell their tea wholesale at
auctions in England
B
Colonists to import their tea only from Great Britain
C
Colonists to only sell tea to Great Britain
D
The East India Company to pay the duty on tea imported
to the colonies
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Colonists who supported the Boston Tea Party objected to the Tea Act because
A
They believed that it violated their right to be taxed only
by their own elected representatives
B
They believed the Tea Act imposed taxes that were too
high and were detrimental to colonial business
C
They strongly disliked the Royal Governor Thomas
Hutchinson who often sided with Britain
D
Britain had closed the port of Boston enforcing the
Coercive Acts in addition to the Tea Act
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The Coercive Acts produced which of the following results?
A
Colonists were forced to pay the millions of dollars worth
of tea destroyed by the Boston Tea Party
B
American colonists were forced to concede the authority
of Parliament over their elected assemblies
C
The Act encouraged colonists from diverse colonies to
unite and form the First Continental Congress.
D
The Act proved successul in isolating radicals in
Massachusetts from the rest of the colonies
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Which of the following statements below was one of the main goals of the First
Continental Congress?
A
Petition the King for a redress of grievances
B
Organize an economic boycott of Great Britain in protest
to the Tea Act
C
Organize the defence of the colonies and prepare for
war with Great Britain
D
Declare Independence from Britain
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The Second Continental Congress
A
Advised retracting oaths of allegiance and suppressing
the authority of the Crown in the colonies
B
Created the Continental Association system
C
Aimed to alter Britain's policies towards the colonies
without severing allegience
D
Imposed an immediate ban on British tea and on
importing or consuming any goods from Britain
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The battles of Trenton and Princeton
A
revealed the weakness of the British forces
B
marked the beginning of the end of the war
C
significantly boosted American morale and
D
caused the British troops to abandon New York to the
colonial forces
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The capture of Fort Ticonderoga
A
resulted in the death of over 400 British troops
B
was single­handedly orchestrated by Ethan Allen
C
cost the colonists many lives and considerable expense
D
yielded weapons that would later be used in the battles
around Boston
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The British troops' Pyrrhic victory at Bunker Hill indirectly contributed to
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A
the diminution of support for independence amongst the
colonists themselves
B
the hardening of King George's position toward the
colonists
C
Washington's pessimism about the colonists' military
preparedness
D
the success of the Olive Branch Petition
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The first colonial protest against British taxes came in response to
A
the Townshend Revenue Act
B
the Tea Act
C
the Boston Port Act
D
the Stamp Act
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During the Revolutionary War, blacks in the colonies did all of the following
EXCEPT
A
fight for the Revolutionary cause in return for a promise
of freedom
B
escape their colonial masters and fight for the British
C
fight in all­black units in Rhode Island and
Massachusetts
D
establish an independent, fourteenth colony in western
Pennsylvania
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General Gage had ordered the British forces under the control of Francis Smith
A
to find and execute Paul Revere
B
to destroy the colonists' stock of weapons in Concord
C
to ask for the resignation of George Washington
D
to plunder the town of Concord
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Which of the following occurred in 1775?
A
Paul Revere's ride
B
All of the answers are correct
C
Battle of Lexington
D
The Olive Branch Petition
E
Parliament declared Massachusetts in a state of
rebellion