The Quebec Act
a. outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec.
b. provoked outrage among American colonists because it sustained unrepresentative colonial assemblies and denial of jury trials in Quebec, setting a dangerous undemocratic precedent in America.
c. restricted Quebec's boundaries to the area north of the Great Lakes.
d. was generally ignored by the thirteen seaboard colonies because it had little effect on their relations with Britain.
e. granted Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury.
b
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a. many free blacks were openly questioning their subordinate position in society. b. radical Whig evangelicals questioned racism. c. official segregation by race was illegal. d. Quakers were the strongest critics of racial segregation. e. black children were not allowed to attend school.
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A. had an immediate and dramatic effect on American policy. B. deeply angered the European powers. C. was an important example of American nationalism. D. was primarily based on the earlier writings of Thomas Jefferson. E. was motivated by American interests in Hawaii.
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a. true b. false