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1. The Great Awakening of the 18th century can be most accurately
described as:
(A) an intellectual revolution similar to the European Enlightenment
(B) an intercolonial religious revival
(C) the increase in rebellious spirit among colonists during the 1770s
(D) the British realization that North American colonies were a vital
part of the British Empire
(E) an increase of trade and commerce in the colonial economy
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(B) It was a series of revivals.
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2. Mercantilists in the 18th century believed in all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) a favorable balance of trade is good for the nation
(B) a state treasury should accumulate bullion
(C) exports should exceed imports
(D) a decentralized government with limited powers is good for trade
(E) a state needs colonies for markets and raw materials
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(D) Mercantilists believed a strong government was needed to control trade.
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3. At the end of the French and Indian War, the British:
(A) ended the Navigation Acts
(B) ceded Quebec to France
(C) gave the United States the right to fish off Newfoundland
(D) gave English colonies permission to establish an intercolonial
legislature
(E) forbade further migration into the Ohio country
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(E) The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement of the land that lay west of
the Appalachian mountains.
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4. "Writs of Assistance" can be best defined as:
(A) search warrants
(B) welfare laws
(C) royal decrees
(D) illegally printed paper money
(E) letters circulated among colonial towns
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(A) Custom officials were granted Writs of Assistance under the Navigation Acts
to prevent smuggling. Colonists claimed that such writs were illegal.
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5. "Resolved, that whoever shall be aiding, or assisting in the landing, or
carting of such tea, from any ship or vessel, or shall hire any house . . .
to deposit tea . . . shall be deemed an enemy to the liberties of America."
Who most likely said this?
(A) Parliament in the Tea Act
(B) the Sons of Liberty in a Resolution
(C) Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
(D) the Board of Trade in London
(E) Massachusetts' Governor Hutchinson
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(B) They were a patriotic group.
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6. The state constitutions adopted during the Revolution were characterized
by all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) weak chief executives
(B) elected legislatures
(C) weak legislatures
(D) property qualifications for voting
(E) property qualifications for office-holding.
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(C) During the Revolutionary era, the states were wary of strong executives.
They therefore established strong legislatures with many powers.
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7. The Three-Fifths Compromise of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
provided that, for purposes of representation and taxation:
(A) the votes of three free men were equal to those of five slaves
(B) five slaves would be counted as three persons
(C) slaves would be counted only if they exceeded three-fifths of a state's
population
(D) only three-fifths of each slave state's population would be counted
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(B) 5 slaves were counted as 3 people.
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8. Which of the following could be considered a CONSEQUENCE of the Alien and
Sedition Acts of 1798?
(A) the new popularity of the Federalist party
(B) the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
(C) Leisler's Rebellion
(D) the Whiskey Rebellion
(E) Washington's Farewell Address
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(B) These two resolutions were a consequence of the 1789 Alien and Sedition
Acts.
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