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Which of the following best describes the British government's reasoning for its actions referenced in Washington's letter above?

For reasons of military expense and preservation of trade and land speculation for itself, it wanted to control westward expansion instead of allowing the provincial colonial governments to have control.

The above excerpt most directly reflects which dominate goal of Native Americans during the colonial war for independence?

Forge advantageous alliances in hopes of protecting their own interests

Which of the following was a significant political development which can be most attributed to the enactment of the full financial program partly represented in the above graphic?

Formal political parties organized in opposition emerged

Which can best be seen as a turning point directly resulting from specific events being shown on the maps?

France's decision to throw financial and military support behind the American forces

Which of the following best explains why the special assignment of Section 16 of each township in the Ordinance of 1785 could be viewed as a turning point in American history?

It set a precedent for U.S. federal support for public education.

Which best describes how the engraving can be seen as reflecting bias in support of the Patriot cause on the part of the creator?

It suggests that the British soldiers made an orchestrated attack on a peaceful colonial crowd.

Which of the following developments in British-American colonial relations most immediately led to the writing of the above document?

Many American colonists sought to directly resist British political authority

Which best describes the development of the lands discussed in the treaty by the mid-19th century?

Many German immigrants had settled there to farm.

Which group of the time most displayed the "compelling conviction" that Middlekauff references?

Members of colonial groups who organized popular resistance efforts and boycotts

Which best describes the advantages possessed by the British forces whose movements and battles are depicted on the maps?

More manpower, money, and military experience

The perspective invoked by the description of Sleepy Hollow most shares a commonality with which artistic movement?

Painters of the early 19th century celebrating the naturalness of the American landscape

The excerpt is most directly responding to which political development in America in the late 18th century?

Partisan rivalries between parties based on geographic and ideological differences

Which of the following events directly shaped the political climate in the colonies that allowed for outbursts of violence like the one shown in this engraving?

Passage of restrictive laws such as the Townshend Acts

The geographic rivalries referred to in the excerpt most closely resemble which development in the mid-19th century?

Regional conflicts over slavery in the western territories

Disputes between colonists and the British that led to events like the one shown in this engraving most closely reflected disagreements over which of the following?

Right of the British to tax colonists who lacked a voice in Parliament

Which of the following ideals most justified in many American colonists' view their general political response to laws such as those above?

Rule by the people, under a republican governmen

Which group's perspective from the 19th century would be most consistent with the colonial perspective as interpreted in the excerpt?

Supporters of the free-soil movement

Which of the following developments from the British colonial era is the above excerpt most directly responding to?

The British king barred colonists from expanding further westward.

Which of the following most contributed to the rise of the ideals as expressed in the above excerpt?

The Enlightenment ideal of natural rights

Which of the following visions from colonial America is most echoed in Jefferson's expression of his vision of America in the above excerpt?

The Puritans' view of establishing a commonwealth of holiness to serve as a model for the world.

The above letter best demonstrates which of the following regarding American colonial relations with the British Crown by the mid-1700s?

The colonists had little interest in following British laws that opposed their own interests.

Which of the following best describes the effect of European events and actions on political life in the newly established United States?

The conflicts and actions of Europe created deep political divisions in America regarding foreign policy, further entrenching the opposing political parties.

The excerpt most extends support for which political ideology being debated in the U.S. in the late 18th century?

The excerpt most extends support for which political ideology being debated in the U.S. in the late 18th century?

What later debate can be seen as a continuity of the political struggle referenced in this excerpt?

The modern-day Tea Party ideology arguing that an expansion of centralized authority in health care represented an oppression of personal economic liberties

Which of the following best describes the reasoning behind the financial construct adopted by the early U.S. government shown in the above graphic

The wealthy lenders who would fund the national debt would have a direct interest in a strong and successful national government

Which of the following best describes the effect of laws such as that above on how a broad number of American colonists' came to view themselves in relation to the British?

They moved many colonists to define themselves in opposition to the British government

The above graphic best reflects which of the following groups' economic goals for the newly formed United States

Those who argued for a centralized national economic policy.

Enactment of the financial construct represented in the above graphic reflects which viewpoint in the debates within the newly formed United States over interpretation of the Constitution?

Those who argued that the Constitution allowed for broader powers of Congress by implication

George Washington had been appointed commander of the American forces in relation to the events being depicted by the maps. Which best describes Washington's strength as the commander for that time in American history?

Washington's ability to build and hold together the army under discouraging circumstances

Which of the following best expresses a continuing dilemma from the colonial times, which was not addressed by the plan represented in the above graphic?

Westward expansion v. tribal land rights

Which development most led to treaties like this one during the late 1700s and early 1800s?

White settlement west of the Appalachians increased dramatically after the American Revolution.

The ideal of womanhood promoted after the war for independence in America and as echoed in the above excerpt can be seen as a turning point in women's history in which of the following ways?

Women gained some political influence.

The engraving is an example of how the event being depicted can be seen to have served most directly as

a focal point for fueling colonial public outrage against the British

According to the above excerpt, the American Declaration of Independence and subsequent victory in the war of independence most directly led to

a movement towards political self-determination in several other nations

Which of the following competing aspects in American political ideology immediately following the war for independence is best reflected by the plan in the above graphic?

A citizenry consisting of independent property owners

The ideas about liberty expressed in this excerpt are most reflective of the American colonial interest in which of the following philosophies?

Enlightenment thought, which stresses natural rights of the individual

The sociocultural ideology expressed in this excerpt is most reflective of which of the following periods of U.S. history?

Era of Good Feelings, which saw citizens unify behind the spirit of nationalism

Which of the following best describes a continuing pattern from colonial times well into the mid-nineteenth century regarding U.S.-American Indian relations?

After a series of violent battles, the American Indians eventually ceded substantial new lands.

Details in the excerpt suggest that Sleepy Hollow is a place in America, or could be interpreted to stand for America. What does the excerpt reflect about the American sense of national identity at the time?

America was full of potential.

What motivation would Native American tribes have had for forging alliances with the British during the colonial war for independence?

American colonists often destroyed tribal settlements in retaliation for the tribe's support for the British.

Based on the above excerpt, with which of the following statements would Thomas Jefferson most likely agree?

American democratic ideals should be spread as an inspiration for people around the world

Which of the following best describes U.S.-American Indian relations during the 1800s, which can best be seen as an extension of views as reflected in the above letter?

Americans showed a willingness to ignore treaties with American Indians to gain control of valuable land.

Which was the general effect of artistic expressions in the early- to mid-18th century like the one excerpted here?

Americans' national identity solidified.

Why were colonial resistance efforts like the one depicted in this engraving primarily headquartered in the northeastern colonies?

Boston's merchants suffered greater economic consequences from British policies than did Southern planter

Laws like that above were long-term consequences of events related to which of the following?

Britain needed Americans to help pay the debts of the Seven Years' War as well as military expenses for defending the colonists against American Indians.

Which of the following best describes the British perspective in its relations with the American colonies by the latter half of the eighteenth century?

Britain saw the American colonies as a typical part of its empire, and the colonists had gotten too used to provincial self-government.

Which group from the time would least likely have been supporters of the larger event being depicted by the maps?

Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

The nature of the relationships amongst the various Native American tribes revealed in the excerpt best supports which statement?

Divisions among the tribes contributed to the Native American loss in their fight to limit migration of white settlers.

Which of the following best expresses the rationale for ideals such as that expressed in the above excerpt during the late 1700s and early 1800s in America?

Educated women were necessary to raising an informed and self-reliant citizenry imbued with the civic virtue upon which the envisioned republican form of American democracy relied

Which of the following mid-nineteenth century American conceptions of womanhood is a direct derivative of ideals like those summarized in the above excerpt?

Emphasis among the middle class on the role of women as guardians of benevolence and moral instruction

American Indian tribes and the federal government of the newly formed United States shared an ambiguous legal relationship. That the fledgling U.S. continued to sign treaties over land with American Indian tribes suggests that the U.S. acknowledged

formal possession of land by American Indian tribes

By 1840, generally, the lands that the U.S. had left to American Indian tribes in the above treaty

had been ceded over to the federal government