STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
In the 1760s, the Grenville ministry increased its authority in the colonies by - Answer-
Stationing regular British troops permanently in America
When he became British prime minister, George Grenville - Answer-Believed the
American colonists had been indulged for far too long
The Tea Act of 1773 - Answer-a. followed a few years of relative calm between England
and the American colonies.
b. lowered the price of tea for American colonists.
c. was intended to benefit a private British company.
d. provided no new tax on tea.
e. All these answers are correct
(E)
Colonial protests directed against the Townshend Duties took the form of - Answer-a
colonial nonimportation agreement
Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by - Answer-Reducing the powers of
self-government in Massachusetts
The Townshend Duties of 1767 - Answer-Were taxes on what Townshend believed to
be external transactions
Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American
tribes? - Answer-In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals.
Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? - Answer-St.
Louis
The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the - Answer-Olmecs
In the Great Plains region, most pre-Columbian societies - Answer-Engaged in
sedentary farming
Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americas over the Bering Strait
occurred approximately - Answer-11,000 years ago
The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest - Answer-Fished
salmon as their principal occupation.
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