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