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Question 1

Eighteenth-century parliamentary leaders were less inclined than seventeenth-century English monarchs to exert control over their empire.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding the Coercive Acts is true?
 
  A. Massachusetts became a martyr in the cause of resistance.
 
  B. The acts were basically ignored by other colonial legislatures.
 
  C. Colonial boycotts decreased.
 
  D. Massachusetts became politically isolated from the other colonies.
 
  E. The acts had little practical effect on the Massachusetts colony.

Question 3

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by
 
  A. reducing the geographic size of the colony.
 
  B. repealing the Tea Act.
 
  C. threatening to launch a war against the Massachusetts militia.
 
  D. withdrawing its military protection of Massachusetts.
 
  E. reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts.

Question 4

The Boston Tea Party of December 1773
 
  A. took place in response to Boston's turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor.
 
  B. shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
 
  C. took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts.
 
  D. frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace.
 
  E. triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.

Question 5

The colonial boycott of tea in 1773
 
  A. was based on colonists' anger at having to pay a new tax.
 
  B. involved relatively small numbers of people.
 
  C. was led in large part by women, who were the primary consumers of tea.
 
  D. resulted in the arrest of the Daughters of Liberty.
 
  E. had little financial effect on England.



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Answer 1

TRUE

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E

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