// question: 16920684 name: An act, passed after the failure of the Stamp Act, that affirmed Parliament's... ::An act, passed after the failure of the Stamp Act, that affirmed Parliament's...::[html]An act, passed after the failure of the Stamp Act, that affirmed Parliament's sovereignty over the colonies was the ____________________ Act.{ ~Sugar#Incorrect ~Quebec#Incorrect ~Coercive#Incorrect ~Tea#Incorrect =Declaratory#Correct } // question: 16920681 name: Britain's first effort at military coercion of the colonies failed with ... ::Britain's first effort at military coercion of the colonies failed with ...::[html]Britain's first effort at military coercion of the colonies failed with ____________________.{ =the Boston Massacre#Correct ~the Paxton Boys killings#Incorrect ~Pontiac's War#Incorrect ~the Boston Tea Party#Incorrect ~the First Continental congress#Incorrect } // question: 16920578 name: Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as ::Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as::[html]Britain's new imperial policy after 1763 can best be described as{ =one of increased centralized control over the colonies.#Correct ~one of relaxed control over the colonies.#Incorrect ~unchanged from before 1763.#Incorrect ~one that sought to get rid of the colonies.#Incorrect ~one that sought to exterminate the Indians.#Incorrect } // question: 16920603 name: Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to ::Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to::[html]Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to{ =coordinate intercolonial communication and organize efforts to defend American liberties.#Correct ~send letters and petitions expressing colonial views to Spain and France.#Incorrect ~organize the first postal system in North America.#Incorrect ~improve relations between merchants in America and in England.#Incorrect ~share information regarding Indian uprisings.#Incorrect } // question: 16920593 name: In 1770, British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for ... ::In 1770, British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for ...::[html]In 1770, British Parliament repealed each of the Townshend Duties except for the one on{ ~glass.#Incorrect ~lead.#Incorrect =tea.#Correct ~paper.#Incorrect ~Painters' colors.#Incorrect } // question: 16920670 name: Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the ... ::Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the ...::[html]Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the Stamp Act.{ ~scare tactics#Incorrect =nonimportation agreements#Correct ~importation refusals#Incorrect ~tariffs#Incorrect ~exchange blocks#Incorrect } // question: 16920605 name: One of the consequences of colonial rhetoric about liberty and rights was ::One of the consequences of colonial rhetoric about liberty and rights was::[html]One of the consequences of colonial rhetoric about liberty and rights was{ ~the ordination of women as lay preachers in the Anglican church.#Incorrect ~an end to the use of indentured servants.#Incorrect ~an increase in the number of declared skeptics and atheists.#Incorrect ~extending the right to vote to women.#Incorrect =agitation for the extension of equality and freedom to all people including slaves.#Correct } // question: 16920610 name: Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for ::Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for::[html]Revenues raised by the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767 were to be used for{ ~paying Britain's military wars in Europe.#Incorrect ~supporting the British royal family.#Incorrect =paying the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies.#Correct ~paying for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.#Incorrect ~payments to customs collectors.#Incorrect } // question: 16920607 name: The Boston Massacre ::The Boston Massacre::[html]The Boston Massacre{ ~occurred when a group of British soldiers illegally fired into a crowd that was harassing them.#Incorrect ~was followed by a murder trial in which John Adams acted as a defense attorney.#Incorrect ~resulted in a change of quarters for British soldiers to Castle William in Boston harbor.#Incorrect ~marked the failure of Britain's attempt at military coercion.#Incorrect =all of these choices#Correct } // question: 16920664 name: The colonists named the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act the ... ::The colonists named the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act the ...::[html]The colonists named the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act the ____________________.{ ~Oppressive Acts#Incorrect ~Tolerable Acts#Incorrect ~Mad King Acts#Incorrect =Intolerable Acts#Correct ~Senseless Acts#Incorrect } // question: 16920585 name: The English responded to colonial complaints against "taxation without ... ::The English responded to colonial complaints against "taxation without ...::[html]The English responded to colonial complaints against "taxation without representation" by asserting that{ ~colonial lobbyists in London represented local interests there.#Incorrect ~the assemblies provided adequate protection for colonial rights.#Incorrect =each member of Parliament virtually represented all the citizens of the empire.#Correct ~each colony could send a representative to the House of Commons.#Incorrect ~representation was not necessary for a government to tax.#Incorrect } // question: 16920600 name: The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to ::The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to::[html]The purpose of George Grenville's revenue policies was to{ ~force the colonies to pay the entire British debt from the French-Indian War.#Incorrect ~reward the colonies that assisted England during the French-Indian War#Incorrect =centralize and increase British control over all of the colonies.#Correct ~encourage voluntary participation of the colonies in determining their own tax burden.#Incorrect ~encourage the colonies to declare independence.#Incorrect } // question: 16920582 name: The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775 ::The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775::[html]The so-called Olive Branch Petition to the king in 1775{ ~more or less declared that a state of war existed in North America.#Incorrect ~called for increased trade between the colonies and the mother country.#Incorrect ~attacked George III.#Incorrect ~belligerently affirmed colonial rights.#Incorrect =affirmed the loyalty of the colonists to the crown#Correct } // question: 16920669 name: The ____________________ Act launched the first post-1763 colonial crisis. ::The ____________________ Act launched the first post-1763 colonial crisis.::[html]The ____________________ Act launched the first post-1763 colonial crisis.{ ~Townshend#Incorrect ~Currency#Incorrect ~Quebec#Incorrect ~Coercive#Incorrect =Stamp#Correct } // question: 16920674 name: Under the Tea Act, the price of legal tea would be ____________________ . ::Under the Tea Act, the price of legal tea would be ____________________ .::[html]Under the Tea Act, the price of legal tea would be ____________________ .{ ~increased#Incorrect =decreased#Correct ~higher than that of imported tea#Incorrect ~lower than that of imported tea#Incorrect ~fixed to the price of legal sugar#Incorrect } // question: 16920666 name: Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a ... ::Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a ...::[html]Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a moment's notice were called ____________________.{ ~the lightning militia#Incorrect ~the thunder brigade#Incorrect =minutemen#Correct ~Massachusetts Mounties#Incorrect ~the Association#Incorrect } // question: 16920598 name: What was the colonial response to the Stamp Act? ::What was the colonial response to the Stamp Act?::[html]What was the colonial response to the Stamp Act?{ ~Riots.#Incorrect ~Boycotts.#Incorrect ~Petitions to Parliament.#Incorrect ~Resolutions passed by colonial assemblies.#Incorrect =All of these choices are correct.#Correct } // question: 16920587 name: What was the significance of the Declaratory Act? ::What was the significance of the Declaratory Act?::[html]What was the significance of the Declaratory Act?{ ~It repealed the Stamp Act.#Incorrect ~It sent military assistance to Boston harbor to quell insurrection..#Incorrect =It asserted Parliament's absolute right to legislate for the colonies.#Correct ~It nullified the charters of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.#Incorrect ~It established new taxes on the colonists.#Incorrect }