Notes highlighted for test from The American Pageant: Chapter 7
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| 928364187 | What change in colonial policy reinforced an emerging sense of American political identity and helped to precipitate the America Revolution? | The London government's inability to compel Americans to help pay some of the costs of the empire | 1 | |
| 928364188 | In a broad sense when did the American Revolution begin? | When the first colonists set foot in the New World | 2 | |
| 928364189 | Who did Republicans look to for models of a just society? | The Greeks and Romans | 3 | |
| 928364190 | What was defined as a just society? | One where citizens would subordinate their private interests to the common good | 4 | |
| 928364191 | What depended on the virtue of citizenry? | The stability of society and the authority of government | 5 | |
| 928364192 | Which colony was the only one to be formally planted by the British government? | Georgia | 6 | |
| 928364193 | What was Mercantilism? | An economic policy where wealth was measured by a country's amount of gold and silver | 7 | |
| 928364194 | When was the first of the Navigation Laws enacted? | 1650 | 8 | |
| 928364195 | What was the first Navigation Law directed towards? | The Dutch elbowing their way into American shipping | 9 | |
| 928364196 | Who could void the colonial laws and how often was it used? | The Privy Council, sparingly(only 469 times out of 8,563 laws) | 10 | |
| 928364197 | What was a prime example of salutary neglect? | The lack of enforcement of the Navigation Laws up until 1763 that resulted in widespread smuggling | 11 | |
| 928364198 | Who was resented by the settlers for enforcing the Navigation Laws? | Prime Minister George Grenville | 12 | |
| 928364199 | What was the importance of the Sugar Act? | It was the first law passed by Parliament for raising tax revenue in the colonies | 13 | |
| 928364200 | What was required by the Quartering Act? | Required certain colonies to provide food and quarter to British soldiers | 14 | |
| 928364201 | What was the American battle cry? | "No taxation without representation" | 15 | |
| 928364202 | Why did Americans deny Parliament the right to tax them? | Since no Americans where seated in Parliament | 16 | |
| 928364203 | What representative policy did Grenville push and what does it mean? | Virtual Representation, that a Parliamentarian represents all British subjects | 17 | |
| 928364204 | What was smuggled that required Britain to send troops to America? | Tea | 18 | |
| 928364205 | What were the Committees of Correspondence? | A forerunner to the Continental Congress that spread propaganda via letters to keep the rebellious spirit alive in the colonies | 19 | |
| 928364206 | Who first started the Committees of Correspondence? | Samuel Adams | 20 | |
| 928364207 | What was the most drastic measure of the Repressive Acts | The Boston Port Act which closed the Boston Harbor | 21 | |
| 928364208 | When and Where did the First Continental Congress meet? | In Philadelphia from September 5th to October 26th, 1774 | 22 | |
| 928364209 | What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress? | To discuss problems in response to the Intolerable Acts | 23 | |
| 928364210 | What were the three major advantages that Britain had in war with America? | 7.5 million people compared to America's 2 million, superior naval power, and great wealth | 24 | |
| 928364211 | What major advantage did America have in war? | Great leaders like George Washington and smooth diplomats like Benjamin Franklin | 25 | |
| 928364212 | How many Africa Americans enlisted in the American armed forces? | 5,000 | 26 | |
| 928364213 | Which side did African Americans fight for in the American Revolution | Both | 27 |
