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1532611453The British commander who surrendered at Yorktown in 1781 wascornwallis0
1532611454Essential to the establishment of a colonial alliance with the French was the work ofBenjamin Franklin1
1537706905The author of the Declaration of Independence wasThomas Jefferson2
1537706906Provided colonists with a rationale for revolutioncommon sense3
1537706907In December 1775 Parliament passed the _____ which declared war on American international commerceProhibitory Act4
1537706908A major Difficulty that confronted the First Continental congress wasthe fact that the delegates from different regions were unfamiliar with one another5
1537706909The suffolk resolves advocatedforcible resistance to the coercive Acts6
1537706910The Tea Act of 1773 was passed in order tosave the indian company7
1537706911England passed the Coercive Acts in response toThe Boston Tea Party8
1537706912The _______ extended Canadian boundaries into Ohio Valley and recognized civil rights for Roman catholicsQuebec Act9
1537706913Massachusetts reacted to the passage of the Townshed Acts with theCircular letter10
1537706914The fundamental issue leading to the Boston Massacre in 1770 was thepresence of so many British troops in American cities11
1537706915The Boston Massacrerained the possibility of colonial armed resistance12
1537706916The tone of the Stamp Act Congress reflectedrestraint and conciliation with no mention of independence or disloyalty13
1537706917The boycott movement against the Stamp Actmobilized colonial women to action14
1537706918__________ States that Parliament's belief in its own sovereignty?Declaratory Act15
1537706919One consequence of the Townshend Acts wasThe strengthening of intercolonial unity16
1537706920The handbill printed by Boston leaders during 1770 would be most directly connected to what group?sons of Liberty17
1537706921The radical American group which is first emerged during the stamp act crisis was known asthe sons of liberty18
1537706922_________ prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?Proclamation of 176319
1537706923as a result of the Sugar Act, the duty on molasses wasreduced significantly20
1537706924The leader of the anti-stamp movement in Virginia wasPatrick Henry21
1537706925The most significant consequence of the Seven Years of War wasthat it left Britain with an enormous debt22
1537706926The English political philosopher most often cited by american rebels wasJohn Locke23
1537706927George III believedthe monarch should make policed for the empire24
1537706928The failure of the Albany Plan can be attributed, primarily to thefiscal jealousies of colonial assemblies25
1537706929The man who led Great Britain to victory in the Seven years of war wasWilliam pitt26
1537706930The British general responsible for the seizure of Quebec in 1759 wasJames wolfe27
1537706931The Leading figured at the Albany Congress and designer of the Albany plan wasBenjamin Franklin28
1537706932What did the Great awakening, intercolonial trade, and rise of the colonial assemblies have in common?they all contributed to a growing sense of shared identity29
1537706933Colonial ministers who opposed the great awakening were known as"old lights"30
1537706934Followers of the Great awakening, who emphasized a powerful, emotional religion, were know as"New Lights"31
1537706935The preaching of Johnathan Edwars EmphasizedThe calvanistic teachings of the puritans32
1537706936The two most important leaders of the Great awakening in the colonial America wereJohnathan Edwards and George Whitefield33
1537706937The one American who, more than anyone else, symbolized the spirit of the Enlightenment wasBenjamin Franklin34
1537706938The largest group of white non-english immigrants to the colonies werethe scots-irish35
1537706939As a result of the salem witchcraft trialsnineteen people were hanged36
1537706940A major objective of the Navigation Acts were to eliminate the _______ from american tradedutch37
1537706941Enumerated goodsCould be only sold to the mother country38
1537706942British authorities based their colonial commercial policies on the theory ofMercantilism39
1537706943The invention of the Navigation Acts was toallow England to monopolize American trade40
1537728529The first Institution of higher learning founded in England's mainland colonies wasHarvard41
1537728530The half-way covenant of the seventeenth-Centry New Englandlessened someone the requirements for baptism as a congregationalist42
1537728531The colony of Pennsylvania was established as a religious Sanctuary forQuakers43
1537728532William Penn guaranteed the commercial success of Philadelphia by purchasingDelaware44
1537728533In 1636, authorities in Massachusetts Bay banished Roger Williams becauseof his defense of native American rights an demanded for separation of church and state45
1537728534Puritan dissenter roger williams established the colony ofRhode Island46
1537728535Anne Hutchingson's skillful self-defense at her trail before the magistrates of Massachusetts bay was ruined byher claim of personal revelation47
1537738384columbus originally was determined to prove thata west water route to china existed48
1537738385columbus first voyage was in149249
1537738386Whose voyages established the claims in North americaJohn Cabot50
1537813880What sixteenth century European upheaval had a profound impact on England's settlement of the New World?The reformation51
1537813881_________ was responsible for starting the protestant revolt in Europe?Martin Luther52
1537813882The most influential early protestant thinker wasJohn Calvin53
1537813883Calvinists in Scotland founded thePresbyterian churt54
1537813884In the 1580's the English attempted to make a settlement atRoanoke55
1537813885The sponsor of the failed Roanoke colony wasWalter Raleigh56
1537813886To solve the problem of vast expenses New world settlement required, English Merchant-capitalists introduced the concept ofthe joint stock company57
1537813887The______Company was responsible for settlement of jamestown in virginiaVirginia58
1537813888Jamestown might have gone the way of Roanoke had it not been for the perseverance ofcaptain John smith59
1537813889The man who taught Virginians how to grow tobacco wasJohn rolfe60
1537813890After the Virginia company's principal means of attracting new settlers wasa system of land grants61
1537813891Under the "headlight" system Virginiaall new arrivals who had paid their trans-atlantic fares received fifty-acre land grants62
1537813892Indentured servantswere working off the cost of their passage to america63
1537813893After 1618, the Virginia colonist were allowed to elect a representative assembly known as theHouse of Burgesses64
1537813894In 1642 virginia becamea royal colony65
1537813895The most important institution of local government in colonial Virginia was thecountry court66
1537813896The individual largely responsible for Maryland's settlement wasSir George Calvert67
1537813897Initially, Lord baltimore intended that Maryland be a haven forCatholics68
1537813898Lord baltimore's settlement in marylandnever succeeded in becoming a feudal society69
1537813899The document in which the pilgrims established a civil government for their plymouth colony become known as theMayflower compact70
1537813900The puritans of Massachusetts Bay believed that the best way to reform the church of England was toremain in the church ad reform it form the inside71

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