A pivotal event that pushed popular support for independence from Britain was
a. The Boston Tea Party
b. The Stamp Act
c. The Sugar Tax
d. The Boston Massacre
e. The Olive Branch Petition
ANSWER:
d
You might also like to view...
While family life was NOT exempt from violence, divorce rates also increased because women refused to remain in violent or unhappy marriages or remain connected to a man who treated them badly
Answer:
Americans objected to the Tea Act of 1773 because it would
A) raise the price of tea in America. B) make it difficult for American merchants to compete with British merchants. C) increase Parliament's taxation of tea. D) bankrupt the popular East India Company.
The Haymarket Square riot of 1886
A. resulted in a strike at the McCormick Harvester Company. B. was the catalyst for several wide-ranging labor reforms. C. took place in Indianapolis. D. l public outrage over the police firing into a crowd of workers. E. resulted in the conviction and execution of several anarchists.
How is the Port Royal experiment in land distribution an example of the failures of Reconstruction?
A) The land was obtained by Native American tribes instead of African Americans. B) The land stayed under black ownership and control. C) The land remained in the hands of the federal government. D) The land soon reverted to private white ownership.