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THE AMERICAN PROMISE 9TH EDITION BY JAMES ROARK
JOHNSON COHEN STAGE EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
What does Ebenezer Mackintosh's story suggest about the political power
available to ordinary people of low social status in the late eighteenth century?
Ordinary people could express their political opinions through public protests and
demonstrations.
Parliament enacted the Boston Port Act on June 1, 1774 in response to
the Boston Tea Party.
Which Native American tribe lived on land that had claims by both the British and
the French?
Cherokee
Ebenezer Mackintosh, like many other colonial Bostonians, likely opposed the
Stamp Act because
it was a tax increase to which the colonists had not consented.
Who did Ebenezer Mackintosh and thousands of other protestors target as the
symbolic embodiment of the hated Stamp Act?
The stamp distributor
What is the relationship between Ebenezer Mackintosh's participation in a
volunteer fire company and his role as a community activist in Stamp Act
protests?
Being a firefighter taught Mackintosh how to be a leader, and also how to set fire
to small buildings in protest.
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Governor Thomas Hutchinson was unable to charge Ebenezer Mackintosh for
demolishing Hutchinson's mansion in 1765 because no witnesses identified
Mackintosh, which suggests that
the local community was sympathetic to Mackintosh's efforts.
Which of the following reflects how George Washington viewed Boston in the
wake of the Boston Port Act, according to the letter he wrote to George William
Fairfax?
Boston's cause had become the cause of all American colonists.
Which of the following explains why the Kingston letter-writers characterized
themselves and their fellow colonists as slaves?
"...for what is a slave, but one who is bound in all cases whatsoever by the will and
command of another."
According to the anonymous Philadelphian letter-writer, what needed to happen
before Parliament would view Boston's grievance as legitimate?
Boston needed to pay for the cost of the tea dumped in the harbor.
Which of these beliefs was shared by all three letter-writers?
It is unjust to levy taxes without the consent of the people being taxed.
What action did the Iroquois representatives take at the Albany Congress in 1754?
The Iroquois made no pledge to help the British fight the French.
Which British prime minister led the effort to repeal the Stamp Act in March
1766?
The Marquess of Rockingham
Who wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, a powerful critique of the
Townshend duties?
John Dickinson
What was the culmination of Bostonians' opposition to the Tea Act?
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Dumping of thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
How did minutemen in Concord respond to the British troops' plan to search for
ammunition in their town in April of 1775?
They stood by and offered no challenge to the British.
Why did France value the Ohio Valley during the first half of the eighteenth
century?
France had alliances with the region's Indians and had established a profitable fur
trade with them.
What caused the colonists' increasing resentment of British authority during the
1760s?
Increased taxation and intrusion by Britain in North America
What does the artist of the cartoon "Edenton Tea Ladies" suggest about the
consequences of women's political activism?
Women would lose their femininity by participating in politics.
How did Lord North propose to reduce the smuggling of Dutch tea into the
American colonies in 1773?
North proposed legislation that allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly
to appointed agents, who would resell the tea with an added tax.
How did General Thomas Gage respond when armed confrontation broke out in
Massachusetts in 1775?
He requested reinforcements and advised repeal of the Coercive Acts.
Why did British leaders want to strengthen their old partnership with the Iroquois
in the Covenant Chain?
To contain the conflict between the French, Indians, and Virginians to the Ohio
Country
THE AMERICAN PROMISE 9TH EDITION BY JAMES ROARK
JOHNSON COHEN STAGE EXAM NEWEST VERSION -2025/2026-
100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
What does Ebenezer Mackintosh's story suggest about the political power
available to ordinary people of low social status in the late eighteenth century?
Ordinary people could express their political opinions through public protests and
demonstrations.
Parliament enacted the Boston Port Act on June 1, 1774 in response to
the Boston Tea Party.
Which Native American tribe lived on land that had claims by both the British and
the French?
Cherokee
Ebenezer Mackintosh, like many other colonial Bostonians, likely opposed the
Stamp Act because
it was a tax increase to which the colonists had not consented.
Who did Ebenezer Mackintosh and thousands of other protestors target as the
symbolic embodiment of the hated Stamp Act?
The stamp distributor
What is the relationship between Ebenezer Mackintosh's participation in a
volunteer fire company and his role as a community activist in Stamp Act
protests?
Being a firefighter taught Mackintosh how to be a leader, and also how to set fire
to small buildings in protest.
, 2
Governor Thomas Hutchinson was unable to charge Ebenezer Mackintosh for
demolishing Hutchinson's mansion in 1765 because no witnesses identified
Mackintosh, which suggests that
the local community was sympathetic to Mackintosh's efforts.
Which of the following reflects how George Washington viewed Boston in the
wake of the Boston Port Act, according to the letter he wrote to George William
Fairfax?
Boston's cause had become the cause of all American colonists.
Which of the following explains why the Kingston letter-writers characterized
themselves and their fellow colonists as slaves?
"...for what is a slave, but one who is bound in all cases whatsoever by the will and
command of another."
According to the anonymous Philadelphian letter-writer, what needed to happen
before Parliament would view Boston's grievance as legitimate?
Boston needed to pay for the cost of the tea dumped in the harbor.
Which of these beliefs was shared by all three letter-writers?
It is unjust to levy taxes without the consent of the people being taxed.
What action did the Iroquois representatives take at the Albany Congress in 1754?
The Iroquois made no pledge to help the British fight the French.
Which British prime minister led the effort to repeal the Stamp Act in March
1766?
The Marquess of Rockingham
Who wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, a powerful critique of the
Townshend duties?
John Dickinson
What was the culmination of Bostonians' opposition to the Tea Act?
, 3
Dumping of thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor
How did minutemen in Concord respond to the British troops' plan to search for
ammunition in their town in April of 1775?
They stood by and offered no challenge to the British.
Why did France value the Ohio Valley during the first half of the eighteenth
century?
France had alliances with the region's Indians and had established a profitable fur
trade with them.
What caused the colonists' increasing resentment of British authority during the
1760s?
Increased taxation and intrusion by Britain in North America
What does the artist of the cartoon "Edenton Tea Ladies" suggest about the
consequences of women's political activism?
Women would lose their femininity by participating in politics.
How did Lord North propose to reduce the smuggling of Dutch tea into the
American colonies in 1773?
North proposed legislation that allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly
to appointed agents, who would resell the tea with an added tax.
How did General Thomas Gage respond when armed confrontation broke out in
Massachusetts in 1775?
He requested reinforcements and advised repeal of the Coercive Acts.
Why did British leaders want to strengthen their old partnership with the Iroquois
in the Covenant Chain?
To contain the conflict between the French, Indians, and Virginians to the Ohio
Country
