1.What major event led the British government to actively seek ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost of empire?
a.The Declaration of Independence
b.King Philip’s War
c.The Seven Years’ War
d.The Boston Tea Party
e.William Pitt becoming British Prime Minister
2.Virtual representation meant that
a.the colonies elected representatives to the House of Commons.
b.the colonial governor served as the colony’s representative in London.
c.members of the British parliament represented the entire empire.
d.the King appointed representatives for the colonies.
e.colonial assemblies sent two non-voting members to the House of Commons to speak for the colonies.
3.Thomas Jefferson took many of the ideas from John Locke when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. However, Jefferson wrote that man had the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, rather than Locke’s version of the pursuit of
a.property.
b.freedom.
c.politics.
d.wealth.
e.religion.
4.The Olive Branch Petition
a.eased tensions within the Continental Congress.
b.enabled northern and southern colonies to work together.
c.convinced Thomas Paine that he had enough support to write Common Sense.
d.was Parliament’s final attempt to explain virtual representation to the colonists.
e.was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown.
5.After the Revolution, the northern states dealt with the slavery issue by
a.passing legislation that tightened existing slave laws.
b.passing laws that enacted immediate abolition.
c.mobilizing a mass abolitionist movement.
d.discussing the possibility of secession.
e.passing legislation for the gradual end of slavery.
6.Which state’s constitution granted suffrage to all “inhabitants” who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to cast ballots until that state amended its constitution with the word “male” in 1807?
a.New York
b.Virginia
c.New Jersey
d.Massachusetts
e.Pennsylvania
7.What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
a.They allied themselves with the British, who had tried to protect them against American encroachment.
b.They allied themselves with the Americans, since the British had failed to protect them against American encroachment.
c.Most tribes officially maintained neutrality but secretly aided one side or the other.
d.They divided in allegiance, just as many white Americans did.
e.They volunteered to fight in the Continental Army, but George Washington rejected them.
8.Shays’s Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated that
a.land distribution policies were out of date.
b.the economic preponderance of the East was bitterly resented by those in the West.
c.the ex-soldiers of the Continental army were unhappy.
d.the present government was unable to protect property rights.
e.the Indians were causing a problem in the West.
9.The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed
a.all immigrants to become citizens.
b.only Irish, English, and German immigrants to become citizens.
c.everyone except blacks to become citizens.
d.only white people to become citizens.
e.only white men to become citizens.
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a.The Declaration of Independence
b.King Philip’s War
c.The Seven Years’ War
d.The Boston Tea Party
e.William Pitt becoming British Prime Minister
2.Virtual representation meant that
a.the colonies elected representatives to the House of Commons.
b.the colonial governor served as the colony’s representative in London.
c.members of the British parliament represented the entire empire.
d.the King appointed representatives for the colonies.
e.colonial assemblies sent two non-voting members to the House of Commons to speak for the colonies.
3.Thomas Jefferson took many of the ideas from John Locke when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. However, Jefferson wrote that man had the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, rather than Locke’s version of the pursuit of
a.property.
b.freedom.
c.politics.
d.wealth.
e.religion.
4.The Olive Branch Petition
a.eased tensions within the Continental Congress.
b.enabled northern and southern colonies to work together.
c.convinced Thomas Paine that he had enough support to write Common Sense.
d.was Parliament’s final attempt to explain virtual representation to the colonists.
e.was addressed to King George III and reaffirmed American loyalty to the crown.
5.After the Revolution, the northern states dealt with the slavery issue by
a.passing legislation that tightened existing slave laws.
b.passing laws that enacted immediate abolition.
c.mobilizing a mass abolitionist movement.
d.discussing the possibility of secession.
e.passing legislation for the gradual end of slavery.
6.Which state’s constitution granted suffrage to all “inhabitants” who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to cast ballots until that state amended its constitution with the word “male” in 1807?
a.New York
b.Virginia
c.New Jersey
d.Massachusetts
e.Pennsylvania
7.What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
a.They allied themselves with the British, who had tried to protect them against American encroachment.
b.They allied themselves with the Americans, since the British had failed to protect them against American encroachment.
c.Most tribes officially maintained neutrality but secretly aided one side or the other.
d.They divided in allegiance, just as many white Americans did.
e.They volunteered to fight in the Continental Army, but George Washington rejected them.
8.Shays’s Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated that
a.land distribution policies were out of date.
b.the economic preponderance of the East was bitterly resented by those in the West.
c.the ex-soldiers of the Continental army were unhappy.
d.the present government was unable to protect property rights.
e.the Indians were causing a problem in the West.
9.The Naturalization Act of 1790 allowed
a.all immigrants to become citizens.
b.only Irish, English, and German immigrants to become citizens.
c.everyone except blacks to become citizens.
d.only white people to become citizens.
e.only white men to become citizens.
*rude comments will be ignored...dont waste your finger energy*