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History 011 - US History to 1877 » Fall 2020 » Chapter 2 and 3 Quiz

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Question #1

In religion, most immigrants to early America adhered to various forms of Calvinism, which greatly facilitated the emergence of a social order built on individual rights and social mobility.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #2

John Locke's Second Treatise on Government set forth a theory of government based not on divine right, but

A. direct democracy

B. contract

C. utopia

D. totalitarianism

Question #3

Provisions for establishing self government were omitted in which of the following two colonies?

A. Rhode Island and Vermont

B. Georgia and New York

C. South Carolina and Delaware

D. New York and Virginia

Question #4

In the Peace of Paris (1763) Spain agreed to relinquish all Canada, the Great Lakes, and the territory east of the Mississippi to France.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #5

The Royal Proclamation of 1763 reserved all the western territory between the Alleghany Mountains, Florida, the Mississippi River and Quebec for use by

A. the Native Americans

B. the Dutch

C. the Democrats

D. the French

Question #6

The Massachusetts Assembly in 1765, invited all the colonies to appoint delegates to a meeting appealing for relief from the Crown and Parliament, known as

A. the House of Burgess

B. the Stamp Act Congress

C. the House of Commons Protest

D. the Son's of Liberty Assembly

Question #7

None of the colonies accepted the Albany Plan of Union because the plan required them to surrender the power of taxation and control over developing western lands to a central authority.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #8

Victory in the French and Indian War by the British meant

A. soccer would remain the premier sport in the American colonies.

B. defense and administration of newly gained territories by the British would now require huge sums of money and increased personnel.

C. the 13 American colonies would have new opportunities to freely expand westward through the Allegheny and Appalachian mountains into the Ohio Valley.

D. the French would now only be able to establish colonial claims on the western side of the Mississippi River.

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