APUSH semester exam 2

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When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were
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The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except
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Identify the statement that is false
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By 1775, the ___________ were the larges non-English ethnic group in colonial America.
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The Seven Year's War was also known in America as
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Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, and (D) Intolerable Acts
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Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because
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The American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on
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The 1759 Battle of Quebec
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Unlike the _____ Act, the _____ Act and the _____ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports
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With the defeat of Chief Pontiac and his alliance, the British decided to
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The First Continental Congress
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French motives in the New World included the desire to
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Arrange the following events in chronological order; (A) fighting a Lexington and Concord, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of Common Sense, and (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence
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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) great Puritan migration, (B) founding of Plymouth Colony, (C) Protestant Reformation, and (D) founding of Rhode Island
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The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
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The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was
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The result of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1644 can best be described as
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The Revolutionary War began with fighting in ___; then in 1777-1778, fighting was concentrated in ___; and the fighting concluded in _______.
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Before 1763, the Navigation Laws
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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; and (D) General James Wolfe's army defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham
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All of the following were weaknesses of the of the British military during he War for Independence except
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By the end of the War for Independence
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The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except
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Match each individual on the left with his or her talent
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As a result of Bacon's Rebellion
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Match each denomination on the left with the region where it predominated.
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The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were
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The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years' War can be attributed to all of the following except
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By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on ____, the Chesapeake colonies relied on _____, and the southern colonies relied on ______.
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The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
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Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they
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Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved
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The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
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As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress
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The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and Europeans neighbors because of
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Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense
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For the American colonies, the Seven Years' War
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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, (D) Boston Tea Party
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In 1773, ______ led the way by creating the first intercolonial committee of correspondence
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All of the following were true of the Pilgrims except they
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The Olive Branch Petition
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The founding of the American colonies by the British was
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The triangle trade of the colonial American shipping industry
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Unlike the English colonies in America, in New France
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The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the
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The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
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Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except
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By the end of the 1700s what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?
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When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775