APUSH ch 6-9 test
The passage above (stamp act congress) most directly reveals the impact on colonial thinking of ideas based on
A republican form of government as celebrated by enlightenment philosophers
The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 had which of the following effects?
An increase in conflicts between British settlers and American Indians
The excerpts were written in response to the
British governments attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies
The passage above most directly reflects which of the following policies attempted by england towards its colonies
Controlling and regulating trade through mercantilist laws
Central to the contrast between these two passages is the debate over the appropriate balance between
Central authority and more local government
The passage reveals that
Colonial merchants and officials resisted royal barriers to free trade
Beyond the rhetoric of Winthrop, which of the following contributed most significantly to the success of the New England colonies
Favorable environment conditions and significant natural resources
Which of the following contributed tothe passage of the espionage act referred to in the passage above
Federal activism and the resultant conservative backlash
Which of the following best explains how the American revolution arose from the kinds of popular protest exhibited here
Growing public protests were fueled by enlightenment ideals and American intellectual elites who questioned the validity of british assertions of power, ultimately leading many to steel independence
Which of the following best explains the change that occurred within the United States between the creation of these two documents
Internal disunity that impeded the ability of the government to take action in economic or foreign affairs
The passage above (stamp act congress) reveals that by 1765 most colonists
Maintained allegiance to the british crown
The rebellious activity depicted in this image was most significantly inspired by
Opposition to increasing attempts by the british to consolidate imperial control over American markets
Which of the following resulted most directly from the replacement of the articles of confederation with the constitution
Steady growth in partisan debates about the proper nature of government
Which of the following best explains why the colonists created the Stamp Act Congress in 1765
The british made renewed efforts to consolidate their rule of the colonies and reap the economic benefits of imperial control
Which of the following ultimately led to the breakdown of the Missouri Compromise
The continued expansion of the United States into new territories
Which of the following would be most directly accelerated by the political decisions advanced in these two documents
The growth of contrasting regional identities
The authors of the articles of confederation were more likely than the framers of the constitution to oppose
The growth of the power of the national government
The ideas about government expressed by Paine and jefferson are most consistent with which of the following
The ideas of the enlightenment
Opponents of the content of the United States Constitution sought to restore some of the protections afforded by the articles of confederation via
The institution of a bill of rights
The pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted most directly from which of the following factors?
The large size of british colonial populations relative to American Indian populations
The underlying economic issues depicted above most closely resemble those of
The opposition to federal protectionism in support of growing industries
Which of the following best explains the decisions of the constitutional convention as recorded in the second passage
The role of the national government in regulating slavery
The contrasting ideals revealed in these two documents is most clearly reflected by the debate that emerged over
The regulation of slavery in the territories
The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution?
The relatively limited powers of the Articles of Confederation
Which of the following best describes the purpose of the excerpted section of the northwest ordinance
To extend democratic ideals and government to the American territories
Which of the following tensions is apparent in this excerpt
Whether American isolationism was a sound foreign policy
The seventeenth century trade regulations referenced in the passage above were passed as a result of which of the following
growing competition from European colonial powers
The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 best explains the
growth of social tensions between backcountry settlers and coastal elites