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Quiz von Naomi Mesman, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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The above engraving, engraving of the Boston Massacre, was used as propaganda to promote which of the following?
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An increase in Bostonian support of British rule to preserve peace in the colonies
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Grassroots mobilization to defend the rights of colonial British subjects
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A memorial for British losses during the Revolutionary War
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A condemnation of the threat to property created by riots in Bostonian
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All of the following causes led up to the Boston Massacre EXCEPT
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British implementation of what colonies believed to be unfair taxation
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the British navy's refusal to protect colonial interests from the Barbary pirates
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Great Britain's massive debt from the Seven Years War
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imperial control over Northern American markets
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The Boston Massacre represents a general trend of colonial discontent occurring during which of the following time periods?
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1754-1607
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1491-1607
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1800-1848
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1754-1800
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The above passage, Letters from an American Farmer, 1782, best indicated what fundamental difference between English colonies and Spanish and French colonies in North America?
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Less restrictive policies than the French or Spanish introduced on who could or could not emigrate to the colonies
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The willingness of the British to allow greater political freedom than either the French or Spanish
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The propensity of English colonies to grant religious freedom while the French and Spanish were much more restrictive
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The adherence of Britain to a mercantilist economic system while the French and Spanish created free-market economies
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By the time of the American Revolution, the above passage, Letters from an American Farmer, indicated that
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nativist sentiment was significantly on the rise
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many colonists felt a sense of American identity
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religious freedom would be a casualty of any rebellion against England
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the majority of American favored independence
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Letters from an American Farmer supports which of the following statements about the American Revolution?
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The Revolution began because Great Britain prohibited people from other nations to emigrate to the colonies
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Great Britain hired mercenaries to assist them in fighting the Patriots
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American Indians tended to side with the British rather than the colonies
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The Patriots had a reasonable expectation that European countries would provide military and financial aid
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The primary reason the Articles of Confederation restricted the power of the federal government was fear
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that anarchy would sweep the nation following victory over Great Britain
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that the French would attempt to recapture land they had lost in the French and Indian War
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that the national government would create a monarchy
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of tyranny that many colonists believed they had suffered under British rule
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Despite its weaknesses, the Articles of Confederation experienced their greatest success in
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setting up a system of survey and disposal of western lands
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removal of the British from the northwest forts
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agreement from the French to halt the impressment of American sailors
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securing from Spain the right to peacefully navigate the entire length of the Mississippi RIver
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Disagreement over determining state representation in the Articles of Confederation congress led to the constitutional convention to incorporate which of the following into the Constitution?
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The division of Congress into two branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate
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The first ten amendments limiting the power of the federal government
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A federal system that divided power between the national and state government
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A clause that allowed Congress to stretch its power as necessary
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The above account, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston, 1842, best reflects which of the following about the American Revolution?
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It was in part the result of a changing American identity
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It was in part the result of serious propaganda campaigns by the colonial elite
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It resulted in a serious divide between loyalists and patriots
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It was fueled by specific acts of British oppression
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Which of the following would most likely lead a historian to question the accuracy of the passage cited above, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston?
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The reliability of interviewers to accurately record firsthand accounts of events
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The reliability of conflicting accounts from firsthand witnesses of the same event
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The reliability of firsthand account from a poorly educated individual
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The reliability of a firsthand account collected long after the event
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The above excerpt, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston, best illustrates the fact that coloniests
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would call for a strong central government following the Revolution
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supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the Revolution
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had developed a sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence
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developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution
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