Unit 2 Milestone Exam Questions And Correct Answers 100% Verified.
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Which statement represents support for the theory of actual representation?
"According to our principles, only colonial assemblies may impose internal taxes. Parliament
only has the authority to regulate commerce."
"Colonists d...
Unit 2 Milestone Exam Questions And
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
Which statement represents support for the theory of actual representation?
"According to our principles, only colonial assemblies may impose internal taxes. Parliament
only has the authority to regulate commerce."
"Colonists do not have equal standing before Parliament and are therefore subject to all of its
laws."
"Most British citizens do not meet the property requirements necessary to vote in elections."
"Every Englishman is taxed, and many do not send representatives to Parliament." -
Answer✔"According to our principles, only colonial assemblies may impose internal taxes.
Parliament only has the authority to regulate commerce."
Prior to 1767, most colonists believed that Parliament had the authority to use taxation of
Atlantic trade as a means of regulating the empire and supporting the mother country.
Which form of taxation does this represent?
Internal taxation
Virtual taxation
Actual taxation
External taxation - Answer✔External taxation
How did English colonists view their relationship with the king at the beginning of the
Revolutionary War?
Most colonists had already rejected the king's authority.
Most colonists believed the king was incompetent and lazy.
Most colonists still saw themselves as loyal subjects of the king.
Most colonists had been loyal to James II but not George III. - Answer✔Most colonists still saw
themselves as loyal subjects of the king.
What was a committee of correspondence?
A series of colonial representatives writing to Parliament to state disapproval of virtual
representation
A network of colonial communication used to plan protests of new parliamentary legislation
A group of women in charge of keeping up with families' support of non-importation agreements
Rebels against the British crown conspiring to start a revolution in secret - Answer✔A network
of colonial communication used to plan protests of new parliamentary legislation
How did colonial political leaders like John Adams respond to the Stamp Act?
They wrote articles and pamphlets opposing the act while secretly joining protests by the Sons of
Liberty.
They wrote articles for distribution among the upper classes back in Britain who had
representation.
They wrote articles and pamphlets opposing the act and nominally denouncing violent responses.
They wrote articles condemning the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and calling for their arrest. -
Answer✔They wrote articles and pamphlets opposing the act and nominally denouncing violent
responses.
Which of the following quotations—from documents associated with the American, French and
Haitian revolutions—exemplifies the Enlightenment idea of natural equality?
"...the frightful veil of prejudice is torn to pieces, be it so for ever. Woe be to them who would
dare to put together its bloody tatters."
"it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
"The representatives of the French people, constituted as a National Assembly, and considering
that ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public misfortunes
and governmental corruption."
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