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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #30216 Short War 3

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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

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And then finally, briefly, but say a little bit about the way in which the Seven Years' War created a new sense of empire. [I have put a] question mark, [here] because there are questions about how new this [sense] is, but it certainly intensified Britain's interest in things imperial and, and I think most historians, both British and American, would agree that that new interest and that determination to govern the empire more closely played a key role in preparing the ground for the series of parliamentary attempts to tax the American colonies without their consent, which culminated in the rebellion and eventual independence of thirteen of them. So there’s a close connect ion, and historians have always seen this, between the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.

According to the speaker, how did the Seven Years' War contribute to the start of the American Revolution?

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The British Parliament refused consent for higher taxes. It led Britain to monitor more closely its colonial interests. It caused the colonies to seek greater financial support from Britain. It enabled Britain to further stretch the boundaries of its empire.

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Option 2: "It led Britain to monitor more closely its colonial interests."

Explanation: This option is correct as the text explicitly states that the Seven Years' War intensified Britain's interest in imperial matters and led to a determination to govern the empire more closely. This aligns directly with the speaker's assertion that the war created a new sense of empire, which is crucial for understanding the connection to the American Revolution.

Option 1: "The British Parliament refused consent for higher taxes."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not state that the British Parliament refused consent for higher taxes. Instead, it mentions that the attempts to tax the American colonies were made without their consent, indicating that the Parliament was indeed trying to impose taxes, which contradicts this option.

Option 3: "It caused the colonies to seek greater financial support from Britain."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text does not mention the colonies seeking greater financial support from Britain. Instead, it discusses Britain's attempts to tax the colonies without their consent, which does not support the idea of the colonies seeking support.

Option 4: "It enabled Britain to further stretch the boundaries of its empire."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not discuss the stretching of the empire's boundaries. The focus is on Britain's increased interest in governing the empire more closely rather than expanding it, making this option not relevant to the speaker's argument.

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