UNIT 3 APUSH TEST

The argument between Great Britain and its American colonies during the 1760's and 1770's over "virtual representation" concerned

Parliament's ability to reflect colonial interests

The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to

limit western expansion of colonial settlement

The ideas expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following?

The adoption of plans for gradual emancipation in the North

Which of the following is a correct statement about women in United States society in the years 1790-1810 ?

They were considered critical to educating good republican citizens.

Which of the following most appropriately characterizes the violence exhibited in such episodes as Bacon's Rebellion, the Boston Tea Party, Shays' Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion?

Violence was directed at "outsiders" or representatives of distant authority.

The image most directly reflects the belief held by many in 1788 that

a stronger central government was a positive step

In the 1760s many English colonists in North America reacted to imperial governance by

protesting a lack of representation in Parliament

Parliament enacted the Stamp Act (1765) primarily to

raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies

The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to

raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in

republican motherhood

After the French and Indian War, British political leaders were determined to

require the North American colonies to pay a greater share of the empire's administrative expenses

British colonists in North America objected to the Stamp Act primarily because it

taxed them without their consent

The author claims in the excerpt that antislavery rhetoric in the late eighteenth century was based on

the belief that emancipated people would not be a presence in society

France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following

the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

In the eighteenth century, British colonists wishing to settle west of the Appalachians were principally motivated by

the low price and easy availability of land

By the time of the American Revolution, most patriots had come to believe that, in republican government, sovereignty was located in

the people

The women described in the excerpt would have most typically engaged in which of the following activities during the Revolutionary era?

Producing goods for the Patriot cause

During the American Revolution, many women contributed to the cause of independence by

collecting money, medicine, and food to supply the Continental Army

Which of the following most likely helped to prompt the petition in the excerpt?

American colonists' declaration of independence from Britain

The Stamp Act crisis was important in the coming of the American Revolution for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

American patriots realized that British inflexibility made revolution virtually inevitable.

Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?

An expansion of political democracy for White men

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy

Which of the following historical situations most directly shaped Paine's argument that Britain's policies were economically harming its colonies?

Continued enforcement of mercantilism

Which of the following contributed most to the American Victory in the Revolution?

French military and financial assistance

To which of the following was Dickinson responding in his letters?

Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years' War

Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in North America?

Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies

Which of the following would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Merchants in New England

All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT:

Most soldiers were draftees.

Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s?

Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies

The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?

Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle.

The excerpt most strongly suggests that in 1774 which of the following was correct?

Some members of the First Continental Congress sought a compromise between submission to British authority and independence.

Paine's argument "that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still" was most likely in reference to which of the following situations?

The belief among colonists that they had earned a right to greater liberty from Britain

Which of the following statements best explains the change over time in the composition of legislatures depicted in the graph?

The concept of republican self-government encouraged individual talent.

Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams' theory about the Revolution?

The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause

The author makes which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the perceptions Whites maintained regarding emancipated people in the North?

They believed that emancipated people were unable to take care of themselves.

Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt?

The fear of excessive centralized authority

During and immediately after the Revolutionary era, which of the following resulted most directly from the efforts of women such as those described in the excerpt?

The ideal that women would teach republican values

In which of the following ways did slavery change in the late 1700s?

The ideals of the American Revolution prompted some individuals and groups to call for the abolition of slavery.

Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?

The king of England and the principle of monarchy

Which of the following developments from the 1800s emerged from ideas most similar to those expressed in the excerpt?

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The concern in the petition about the effect of taxation is best understood in continuity with which of the following earlier developments?

The revolt against British imperial control of the North American colonies

The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following historical processes?

The transmission of Enlightenment ideals across the Atlantic

The primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to

avoid conflict with the trans-Appalachian Indians

The concept of republican motherhood includes the idea that women should

be educated to raise their children to be good citizens

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

call for the abolition of the slave trade

The First Continental Congress called for the Continental Association to

enforce an economic boycott of British goods

The key concern that Galloway's plan was designed to address was the

lack of American representation in the British Parliament

During the War for Independence, the principal reason the American government sought diplomatic recognition from foreign powers was to

facilitate the purchase of arms and borrowing of money from other nations

The concept of republican motherhood, which historians have used to describe the roles of women in the early nineteenth century, emphasized the

idea that mothers were responsible for instilling good citizenship values in children

A major consequence of the French and Indian War of 1754-1763 was the...

imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies

Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) by

increasing taxes on goods bought and sold in the colonies

Paine's rhetoric in the excerpt would have most likely been interpreted at the time as promoting the

independence of the American colonies

The British government attempted to restrict westward settlement following the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in order to

minimize conflicts with Native Americans

The author argues that emancipation in northern states occurred

over a long period of time

The Proclamation of 1763 sought to

prevent conflicts with American Indians on the colonial frontier

Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinson's letters was to

use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

The American colonists' slogan "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of

virtual representation

France decided to aid the North American colonies in their war for independence primarily because France

wanted to weaken the British empire

After the Revolution, the concept of the "republican mother" suggested that

women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic