What major event first led the British government to seek ways to make the colonies bear part of the cost of the empire?
a. the Declaration of Independence
b. the Seven Years' War
c. the Boston Tea Party
d. King Philip's War
e. the appointment of William Pitt as British prime minister
Ans: b. the Seven Years' War
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Measures taken by the National Assembly concerning the Catholic Church included all of the following except
A) confiscating church property. B) abolishing monasteries and convents. C) abolishing the requirement that clergy take an oath to the state. D) making the clergy salaried state employees. E) pensioning the monks and nuns to permit them to continue as nurses and teachers.
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A. 1789 B. 1792 C. 1794 D. 1795 E. 1802
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