AP US History The War of Independence — practice questions
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Practice AP US History The War of Independence in the app →Which British measure required revenue stamps on newspapers, licenses and legal documents?France marked out its North American empire with forts and trading posts running between which two points?Who drafted the Albany Plan of Union put before the colonies in 1754?The royal proclamation of 1763 reserved the western territory for whose use?Whom did the Second Continental Congress appoint commander in chief of the American forces?Which idea did Thomas Paine ridicule in his pamphlet Common Sense?News of which American victory led the House of Commons to vote to end the war?How were the men disguised who boarded three tea ships in Boston on 16 December 1773?Down to 1763, what did the mercantilist view hold that colonies should do?Why were royal governors in the colonies often left powerless by the assemblies?Why did no colony accept the Albany Plan of Union?What upset New England merchants most about the Sugar Act of 1764?What did the English principle of virtual representation mean?Which single duty did Parliament keep in 1770 when it repealed the Townshend duties?What did the Boston Port Bill do to the city of Boston?Which colony sent no delegate at all to the first Continental Congress in 1774?Colonial lawyers accepted one kind of parliamentary tax in theory but called the other new and debatable. WhicParliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. Which pressure moved it to yield?Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga in October 1777. Which consequence made that the turning point?Besides acknowledging independence, which territory did the peace settlement grant the 13 states?Why did Britain judge the old colonial system inadequate once the fighting with France ended?