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 * Version A**

7) As a result of the Sugar Act, the duty on molasses was A) reduced significantly. B) raised dramatically. C) removed entirely. D) kept at essentially the same level. E) replaced with a duty on processed sugar.

9) The tone of the Stamp Act Congress reflected A) extreme radicalism, with some delegates calling for an immediate declaration of independence. B) restraint and conciliation, with no mention of independence or disloyalty. C) a bitter division between pro-independence radicals and Loyalists who favored acquiescence to British rule. D) angry disputes between various colonies and regions. E) the strength of the Loyalist faction in the colonies.

15) The most important responsibility facing the Second Continental Congress was to A) convince the colonists of the necessity for war. B) win loyalty from the Indians. C) organize the colonies for war. D) find a strong political leader for the nation. E) draft the Declaration of Independence.

17) During the early months of the Revolutionary War, American soldiers A) received excellent training. B) despaired of ever defeating the superior British army. C) were excessively overconfident about their chances of victory. D) rebelled against Washingtonʹs leadership. E) were mentally prepared for a long, difficult fight.

18) The colonial militias A) played a decisive role in several major battles. B) kept the slave populations in line. C) maintained political control over large areas of the colonies unoccupied by British troops. D) consisted mainly of African Americans. E) would sometimes switch sides if they did not get paid.


 * Version B**

4. Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? A) Navigation Act of 1772 B) Proclamation of 1763 C) Sugar Act of 1764 D) Townshend Acts of 1767 E) Settlement Act of 1765

9. Massachusetts reacted to the passage of the Townshend Acts with the A) Minute Men. B) Circular Letter. C) Virginia Resolves. D) First Continental Congress. E) Boston Tea Party.

11. Each of the following developments took place between the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party EXCEPT A) the activities of British customs commissioners eroded the loyalty of many colonists. B) the Quebec Act extended the boundary of Quebec southward to the Ohio River. C) Rhode Islanders burned a British customs vessel, the Gaspee. D) colonial protest leaders organized the committees of correspondence. E) colonial Loyalists emerged as an identifiable group.

17. Which of the following explains why England lost the war? A) The British government did not believe it could win the war. B) British finances could not support the war. C) British strategists did not understand how to fight the war. D) George III never supported the war effort. E) British soldiers sympathized with the Americans.

19. For the British, French intervention meant A) a change in military strategy. B) little change in their military strategy. C) little challenge to their empire. D) a new ally in the war effort. E) fighting a two-front war, both in the colonies and in Europe.