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Florida History - A New Nation — Unit test Answers

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After Parliament passed the Stamp Act, Samuel Adams

c
collected the taxes imposed by the act.
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tried to stop the Stamp Act Riots.
w
wrote the Declaration of Independence.
l
led a revolt against the Stamp Act.
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What was the main reason the British levied taxes on the American colonies in the 1760s?

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to punish the colonists for their protests
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to fund shipbuilding and trade in the colonies
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to raise money for defending the colonists’ territory
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to pay for colonial representation in Parliament
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Which Indigenous groups were allied with the French as the French and Indian War began?

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the Iroquois Confederacy and the Huron
t
the Ottawa and the Huron
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the Iroquois Confederacy and the Algonquin
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the Algonquin and the Huron
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What did the colonists promise to do if King George III addressed their complaints in the Olive Branch Petition?

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lay down their weapons
r
reopen the port of Boston
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help the king strengthen the British army
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volunteer to fight in future British wars
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In response to the Stamp Act, Patrick Henry urged Virginia’s legislature to

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impose its own tax.
f
formally protest the act.
f
formally approve the act.
s
send representatives to Parliament.
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Who wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?

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George Washington
B
Benjamin Franklin
T
Thomas Jefferson
J
John Adams
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Which colonial group was established around 1770 in order to help colonists participate in boycotts against British goods?

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the Stamp Act Congress
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the Committees of Correspondence
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the Sons of Liberty
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the Daughters of Liberty
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most likely

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military officer.
p
patriot.
l
loyalist.
p
plantation owner.
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Under governor James Grant, coastal cities in East Florida increased activities.

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Although the Albany Plan of Union was abandoned, it caused the American colonists to

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join the fight against the British in the French and Indian War.
b
begin thinking of the colonies as separate from Britain.
r
resent having to serve in the British military.
u
understand the importance of housing British soldiers.
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The Albany Congress believed that under the Albany Plan of Union, the colonies would

b
become free of British influence.
k
keep separate from one another.
b
better protect themselves.
j
join the British military.
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most

t
the Pennsylvania Assembly
t
the Daughters of Liberty
t
the House of Burgesses
t
the British Parliament
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Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?

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to raise revenue for the British government
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to declare that Parliament could levy taxes
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to gain more control over the colonists
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to decrease tension between colonists and Britain

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