Question 1. Beginning in 1760, British tax and trade policies:
A) Increased support for British rule among the colonial elite by providing New England merchants and Southern planters with greater economic opportunities.
B) Undermined support for British rule among the colonial elite by threatening the economic interests of New England merchants and Southern planters.
C) No longer applied to the colonies.
D) Increased support for British rule among the colonial public by providing shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers with greater economic opportunities.
Question 2. Which of the following best summarizes the colonies' path to declaring independence?
A) The colonists were internally divided between southern planters who desired independence and northern merchants who feared it would be bad for business.
B) The idea of independence had long been popular in the colonies, dating back to the era of the French and Indian War. It took the colonists a decade to build a strong enough military that they felt comfortable declaring independence.
C) Even at the time of the declaration of independence, only a small minority of wealthy elites desired independence from Great Britain, but they had sufficient power to force others to go along.
D) Originally, most colonists wanted better treatment from Britain, but a cycle of colonial protest and British repression radicalized many colonists and led them to declare independence.
