APUSH Unit 3 Practice

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

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

use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

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

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

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

Most soldiers were draftees.

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

independence of the American colonies

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

the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

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

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

John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, 1768 Which of the following would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Merchants in New England

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

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

imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies

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.

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 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.

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

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

Virtual Representation

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

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

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 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

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

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