Chapter 55. Reflections on Unifying Experiences, Chapter 5

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that, although the American colonies differed by region, they were unified in the 1700s by their economic systems, religious similarities, and British identities.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section is that, although the American colonies differed by region, they were unified in the 1700s by their economic systems, religious similarities, and British identities.

Correct. The answer is b. To prove his argument that economic factors were important for unifying the American colonists, the author points to evidence that most white Americans participated in the market for imported British goods.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To prove his argument that economic factors were important for unifying the American colonists, the author points to evidence that most white Americans participated in the market for imported British goods.

Correct. The answer is b. The author pointed to the colonists’ Protestant identities and growing religious indifference in order to bolster his argument that religious factors contributed to colonial unity in the eighteenth century.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author pointed to the colonists’ Protestant identities and growing religious indifference in order to bolster his argument that religious factors contributed to colonial unity in the eighteenth century.

Correct. The answer is d. According to the author, the American colonists' dependence on British power to defend them from French, Spanish, and Indian enemies helped to maintain their loyalty as British subjects and their identities as British citizens.

Incorrect. The answer is d. According to the author, the American colonists' dependence on British power to defend them from French, Spanish, and Indian enemies helped to maintain their loyalty as British subjects and their identities as British citizens.

Correct. The answer is b. The author suggests that struggles between colonial assemblies and royal governors contributed to the colonists’ increasing resistance to British political power by 1770.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author suggests that struggles between colonial assemblies and royal governors contributed to the colonists’ increasing resistance to British political power by 1770.

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