Question 1

Explain the relationship between mercantilism, the Navigation Laws, and British efforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after 1696.

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Question 2

Both the British and the colonists were devoted to the principle of "No taxation without representation." To what extent did both taxation and representation become major sources of controversy between the colonists and Parliament?

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Question 3

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

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Question 4

Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the British and the colonists, respectively, as the American Revolutionary War began? What would Britain have to do to win? What would the American colonists have to do to win?

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Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-George Grenville responded to American protests against his policies by asserting that

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Question 6

It might be said that it was the British who were revolutionaries in 1763 and the colonists who were conservatives attempting to preserve the status quo. Explain.

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Question 7

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

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Question 8

List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets, boycotts, mob action, and committees of correspondence. Justify your ranking.

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Question 9

What does the phrase point of no return mean in the context of American colonial-British relations? Identify the point of no return in American colonial-British relations between 1760 and 1776 that marked an inevitable march to war and explain why you picked that event/date.

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Question 10

Which of the following do you think was most responsible for the conflict between Britain and its American colonies: the ineptness of parliamentary leadership, the colonists' behavior, the high-handedness of King George III, the British mercantilist system and Navigation Laws, or the actions of British officials in the colonies? Justify your choice.

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Question 11

In what ways were the mercantilist policies of the British burdensome to the colonists? In what ways were they beneficial? From this comparison, draw a conclusion about the effects of mercantilism and the Navigation Laws on British-colonial relations up to 1763.

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Question 12

Explain the following quote, "Insurrection of thought usually precedes insurrection of deed." What does this mean? In what ways is this generalization an accurate description of the coming of the American Revolutionary War?

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Question 13

Evaluate the role and influence of American women in organizing colonial protests and actions against politically and economically coercive British laws and taxes in the American colonies. Why did scholars of the Revolutionary era assert that American women played a key role in facilitating the success of the overall Revolutionary War effort?

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Question 14

Create a scenario for the period 1763-1776 to demonstrate that the American Revolutionary War and colonial independence from Great Britain were not inevitable.

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Question 15

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

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Question 16

Explain the following quote, "In the American wilderness, they encountered a world that was theirs to make afresh."

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Question 17

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The Townshend Acts

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Question 18

Given that the Quebec Act did not apply to the thirteen seaboard colonies, why did the act create such a stir of protest among them?

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Question 19

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The Navigation Laws required that

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The Navigation Laws required that all commerce to and from the colonies be carried only on British vessels, European goods going to the colonies had first to put in at a British port and pay duties, and certain goods produced in the colonies, like tobacco, be shipped only to Britain. The laws did not require the colonies to develop manufacturing or print their own currency.

Quiz 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

Explain the relationship between mercantilism, the Navigation Laws, and British efforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after 1696.

Both the British and the colonists were devoted to the principle of "No taxation without representation." To what extent did both taxation and representation become major sources of controversy between the colonists and Parliament?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the British and the colonists, respectively, as the American Revolutionary War began? What would Britain have to do to win? What would the American colonists have to do to win?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -George Grenville responded to American protests against his policies by asserting that

It might be said that it was the British who were revolutionaries in 1763 and the colonists who were conservatives attempting to preserve the status quo. Explain.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets, boycotts, mob action, and committees of correspondence. Justify your ranking.

What does the phrase point of no return mean in the context of American colonial-British relations? Identify the point of no return in American colonial-British relations between 1760 and 1776 that marked an inevitable march to war and explain why you picked that event/date.

In what ways were the mercantilist policies of the British burdensome to the colonists? In what ways were they beneficial? From this comparison, draw a conclusion about the effects of mercantilism and the Navigation Laws on British-colonial relations up to 1763.

Explain the following quote, "Insurrection of thought usually precedes insurrection of deed." What does this mean? In what ways is this generalization an accurate description of the coming of the American Revolutionary War?

Create a scenario for the period 1763-1776 to demonstrate that the American Revolutionary War and colonial independence from Great Britain were not inevitable.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

Explain the following quote, "In the American wilderness, they encountered a world that was theirs to make afresh."

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Townshend Acts

Given that the Quebec Act did not apply to the thirteen seaboard colonies, why did the act create such a stir of protest among them?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Navigation Laws required that

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -George Grenville responded to American protests against his policies by asserting that

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Colonists disliked the new British policy of trying accused tax-policy offenders in admiralty courts because the offenders

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -To a degree, the Navigation Laws were beneficial to colonists because

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Townshend Acts

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The Navigation Laws required that