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- who was considered the chief drafter of the American Declaration of Independence and chairman of the committee that prepared the document?
- Thomas Jefferson
- Who is considered the founder of the Americdan Philosophical Society, which predated the English Lunar Society and shared many of the same aims of its American counterpart?
- Benjamin Franklin
- Who created the ceramics that Robert Adam selected to decorate many of the interiors that he designed?
- Josiah Wedgwood
- The chapter's Continuity and Change seciont mentions that Antonio Canova's statue of Napoleon Bonaparte was eventually purchased by the British government as a gift. For whom?
- the Duke of Wellington
- Who is specifically mentioned as being among those killed during the event captured in the engraving known as The bloody Massacre?
- Crispus Attucks
- Who is the author of Poems on Variouse Subjects:Religious and Moral, published in 1773 and stression the theme of Christian salvation?
- Phyllis Wheatley
- Who designed the Virginia State Capitol?
- Thomas Jefferson
- Which of the following is NOT among those specifically mentioned as being one of the primary markets for Josiah Wedgwood's earthenware?
- Spain
- Who was the author of History of Ancient Art, which the author mentions as being the first book to include the phrase "history of art" in its title?
- Johann Winckelmann
- Who created most of the relief designs on the vases produced by Josiah Wedgwood?
- John Flaxman
- Who designed Lord Sarsdale's country house, Kedleston Hall, in Derbyshire, and became the "most sought-after architect" of the period?
- Robert Adam
- Which of the following is NOT among the items specifically mentioned as being taxed by the Stamp Act of 1765?
- wagon wheels
- Who is the silversmith that engraved The Bloody Massacre?
- Paul Revere
- In which American city, according to the author, was the idea of freedom centered during the last decades of the eighteenth century?
- Philadelphia
- Who is the author of Common Sense, in which he contended that the only solution to the colonists' problems with Britain was independence followed by a republican form of government?
- thoms Paine
- Which of the following is NOT among those specifically mentioned as being the authors of The Federalists, although they were signed by "Publius Valerius Publicola"?
- Edward Gibbon
- Who was hired to rebuild the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, after the British burned it during the War of 1812?
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Who painted Watson and the Shark, which may contain a commentary on slavery?
- John Singleton Copley
- Who is the author of Oroonoko, the story of an African prince and the woman he loves?
- Aphra Behn
- Who wrote The Weath of Nations and claimed that a laissez-faire economic policy is the best?
- Adam Smith
- Which of the following is NOT among the nations specifically mentioned as being among those that supported the revolutionaries with money and naval forces in order to dilute British power?
- Italy
- Which of the following is NOT among the items specifically mentioned as one of the measures that became known as the Intolerable Actts of 1774?
- The wholesale price of tea was decreased by fifty percent.
- The chapter's Continuity and Change section mentions that Antonio Canova's larger-than-life-size sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte depicted the Emperor "in the nude as the modern embodiment" of one of the Roman gods. Which one?
- Mars
- Which of the following is NOT among the cultures listed as providing recognizable elements in the Haitian relifious practice known as Voudou?
- Benin
- The chapter's Continuity and Change seciton mentions Thomas Jefferson's favorite architect, whose influence can be seen in many of Jefferson's designs. Who was Jefferson's favorite architect?
- Andrea Palladio