The Road to Independence
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- Q 1/10Score 0Many colonists did not feel represented by British Parliament, while Wales and Scotland held 27 and 45 seats, respectively, the American colonists accounted for how many of the 558 seats in Westminster at the time?29zeroapproximately 10 percent17approximately half
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- Q1Many colonists did not feel represented by British Parliament, while Wales and Scotland held 27 and 45 seats, respectively, the American colonists accounted for how many of the 558 seats in Westminster at the time?zeroapproximately 10 percent17approximately half120s
- Q2One sign that Parliament was out of touch with the American colonies is the fact that only one Member of Parliament raised objections to the passage of the 1765 tax law which was known as which of the following?The English Bill of RightsThe Stamp ActThe Declaration of IndependenceThe "Intolerable" Acts120s
- Q3At the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, the British government maintained a national debt in excess of 122 million pounds sterling. Which of the selections listed below was a result of this situation?trade with Britain was restrictedtax revenues from the colonies decreasedtrade with France was encouragedtaxes were raised on the colonies120s
- Q4The 1764 Sugar Act, which actually lowered sugar tax rates but increased enforcement, and the 1764 Currency Act, which barred colonies from printing their own money, are both best described as which of the following selections?political posturing by the colonistseconomic liberalization which pleased colonistspolitical protests by the colonistseconomic restrictions which angered colonists120s
- Q5The end of the British colonial policy of “salutary neglect,” under which restrictions on trade and other activities within the colonies were little enforced, resulted in which of the following selections?decreased tensions between the colonies and Britaindecreased tensions between the colonies and Spainincreased tensions between the colonies and Britainincreased economic freedom120s
- Q6The Stamp Act was eventually repealed due to protests from the colonies, however which of the following selections also occurred?the British did not attempt further taxesthe military situation was already too direthe colonists agreed Britain had the right to tax themnew taxes and laws took their place120s
- Q7The Mutiny Act of 1765 required colonial assemblies to house and supply British soldiers, a practice that would be reestablished by which of the following?The Quartering Act of 1774The Tea Act of 1773The Stamp Act of 1765The Townshend Acts of 1767120s
- Q8The Proclamation of 1763, which limited the expansion of the Thirteen Colonies west of the Appalachian mountains, was seen as which of the selections listed below by the colonists towards British colonial rule?grievancesvictoriesbenefitsagreements120s
- Q9The fact that British officials during the period of 1763-1776 would not respond to American colonists’ complaints about onerous tax laws was one of the leading causes of the writing of which of the following selections?The Intolerable ActsThe United States ConstitutionThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Townshend Acts120s
- Q10Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense, primarily advocated which Enlightenment political idea?limited monarchyseparation of powersself-governmentnatural law120s
