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Who built forts on land claimed by Virginia, prompting the first battles of the French and Indian War?

A
the Iroquois Confederacy
B
France
C
Spain
D
the Ottawa people
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Thomas Jefferson borrowed an idea from John Locke that he used in the Declaration of Independence. What did Jefferson call this idea?

A
“executive branch”
B
“people’s rights”
C
“natural rights”
D
“unalienable rights”
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Which tactic did Charles Townshend use to increase British control of the American colonies?

A
He established new trade measures and prohibitions.
B
He formed new peace treaties with Indigenous tribes.
C
He drew a new boundary between French and English colonies.
D
He created new taxes on the American colonists to raise revenue.
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Which of the following best explains why Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766?

A
Parliament agreed with the American colonists that the act was unfair.
B
Colonial legislators were threatening to impose their own taxes.
C
Colonists’ boycotts of British goods were hurting British trade.
D
The British passed the Declaratory Act, which replaced it with a heavier tax.
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What happened in 1773 after a shipment of tea arrived in Boston Harbor?

A
The colonists agreed to pay the tax, even though they disagreed with it.
B
The governor of Massachusetts refused to let the ships into the harbor.
C
More than 5,000 colonists met to decide what to do about the shipment of tea.
D
Colonists called for a meeting of representatives from every colony.

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