Unit 2 For APUSH
What percentage of the average American colonists' income in the 1760s was typically spent on taxes?
25 percent
The Great Compromise led to which of the following outcomes?
A bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate.
The Constitution, as completed on September 17, 1787, gave the national government which of the following?
Broad powers over taxation, military defense, and commerce
Why did it take the Continental Congress several years to ratify the Articles of Confederation?
Disputes over western land claims led some states to block ratification.
Although women made few gains in the eighteenth century, they did achieve a degree of progress in 1790 when they won which of the following?
Equal access to public education in Massachusetts
Which of the following describes the Boston Massacre, which took place on March 5, 1770?
Five Bostonians were shot and killed by British troops who were later exonerated of the crime
Which of the following took place during the 2nd Continental Congress in 1775?
George Washington became head of the Continental army
George Grenville designed the Sugar Act of 1764 to accomplish which of the following?
Improve colonial merchants' compliance with customs laws
Why was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 significant?
It prohibited slavery in the territory and earmarked funds from land sales for public schools.
Which of the following was true under the Articles of Confederation?
Most of the power remained with the states.
In Federalist No. 10, James Madison maintained that the constitutional government would accomplish which of the following ends?
Prevent any one faction from becoming dominant
The three-fifths compromise dealt with which of the following issues?
Slavery
Which of the following was the purpose of the Tea Act imposed by Parliament on the colonies in May 1773?
The British needed to bail out the financially strapped British East India Company
Which of the following statements describes British military strategy during the first two years of the Revolutionary War?
The British were content to demonstrate their superior power and tactics in the hopes of convincing the rebels to surrender.
The colonists' real objections to the Sugar Act stemmed from which of the following?
The growing administrative power of the British government over the colonies
How did Britain's skyrocketing national debt affect its government in England and America in the 1760s?
The need for higher taxes spurred Britain to increase the size and power of its bureaucracy in England and America.
To persuade Massachusetts, Virginia, and New York to ratify the Constitution, leading Federalists promised that
a bill of rights would be added to the Constitution.
The Stamp Act was instituted by Parliament in the colonies in 1765, it was
part of England's plan to create a more centralized imperial system in America
"... by the authority of [Parliament], that there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his majesty, his heirs, and successors, throughout the colonies and plantations in America... For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer or other pleading, or any copy thereof; in any court of law within the British colonies and plantations in America, a stamp duty of three pence... For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any such order or warrant for surveying or setting out any quantity of land above one hundred and not exceeding two hundred acres, within the said colonies and plantations, a stamp duty of one shilling..." --Parliamentary legislation, March 22, 1765 The primary purpose of the legislation excerpted above was to
recover some of the money Britain had expended upon the defense of the colonies in the French and Indian War.
What did Shays's Rebellion, which took place in Massachusetts in the winter of 1786-1787, demonstrate to American political leaders?
A stronger national government was needed to solve the nation's monetary problems.
Which of the following factors was among those that motivated many merchants, artisans & journeyman to protest against the Stamp Act?
Fear that their personal liberty would be undermined
"The most Christian King and the United States of North America... having this day concluded a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, for the reciprocal advantage of their subjects and citizens have thought it necessary to take into consideration the means of strengthening those engagements and of rendering them useful to the safety and tranquility of the two parties, particularly in case Great Britain in resentment of that connection and of the good correspondence which is the object of the said treaty, should break the peace with France, either by direct hostilities, or by hindering her commerce and navigation." --Treaty of Alliance, 1778 A direct effect of the treaty excerpted above was that
French financial support eventually resulted in an American victory in the American Revolution.
Why did New Englanders resent the Quebec Act of 1774?
It recognized Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec
In which of the following ways did the Rockingham ministry in Britain fashion a compromise to the Stamp Act crisis in 1766?
It repealed the Stamp Act, lowered the molasses tax, and crafted the Declaratory Act
Who led the moderate faction at the 2nd Continental Congress and won approval of a petition expressing loyalty to George III and asking for a repeal of oppressive parliamentary legislation?
John Dickinson
Which of the following states were eventually created out of the Northwest Territory?
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana
How did British politicians respond to the Ameircan's cry of "no taxation without representation"?
Politicians argued that the colonists already had virtual representation
"... by the authority of [Parliament], that there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his majesty, his heirs, and successors, throughout the colonies and plantations in America... For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer or other pleading, or any copy thereof; in any court of law within the British colonies and plantations in America, a stamp duty of three pence... For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written, or printed, any such order or warrant for surveying or setting out any quantity of land above one hundred and not exceeding two hundred acres, within the said colonies and plantations, a stamp duty of one shilling..." --Parliamentary legislation, March 22, 1765 From which document was the excerpt above most likely taken?
Stamp Act
John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania was a response to which of the following policies?
Stamp Act
Which of the following was one reason the British sent 7,500 troops to North America after the end of the Great War for Empire in 1763?
The British government sought to prevent future Indian uprisings on the frontier
Why was the Battle of Saratoga historically significant?
The victory ensured the French would join in an alliance with the Americans.
How did the Daughters of Liberty contribute to the American boycott of British goods in the late 1760s?
They promoted nonimportation by making and wearing homespun cloth
Why did radical Patriots in the colonies object to the Tea Act of 1773?
They saw it as a bridge to eliminate colonial tax resistance
What was significant about George Washington's leading of his troops across the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776?
Washington's action surprised the enemy and gave the Americans their first real victory.
Which of the following battles marked the end of the American Revolution in 1781?
Yorktown
England had a clear advantage at the outset of the Revolutionary War, but Americans had which of the following factors operating in their favor?
a more motivated military
"...Were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest...Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.... ...as [a] colony increases, the public concerns will increase likewise, and the distance at which the members may be separated, will render it too inconvenient for all of them to meet on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This will point out the convenience of their consenting to leave the legislative part to be managed by a select number chosen from the whole body.... And as this frequent interchange will establish a common interest with every part of the community, they will mutually and naturally support each other, and on this, (not on the unmeaning name of king,) depends the strength of government, and the happiness of the governed." --Common Sense, pamphlet Thomas Paine, 1776 The excerpt could serve as evidence to support the argument that
a republican form of government was a superior to a monarchy.
Which of the following individuals would have been an unlikely Loyalist in 1776?
a yeoman farmer in Connecticut
"...Were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest...Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.... ...as [a] colony increases, the public concerns will increase likewise, and the distance at which the members may be separated, will render it too inconvenient for all of them to meet on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This will point out the convenience of their consenting to leave the legislative part to be managed by a select number chosen from the whole body.... And as this frequent interchange will establish a common interest with every part of the community, they will mutually and naturally support each other, and on this, (not on the unmeaning name of king,) depends the strength of government, and the happiness of the governed." --Common Sense, pamphlet Thomas Paine, 1776 The excerpt shows the intellectual influence of the Enlightenment in that it
characterizes government as being based on a social contract.
At the same time that Parliament imposed the Stamp Act, it also passed the Quartering Act, which required
colonial governments to provide barracks and food for British troops sent to America to protect them.
To finance the war during its first two years, the new American state governments relied primarily on
printing large quantities of paper money.
"...Were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest...Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.... ...as [a] colony increases, the public concerns will increase likewise, and the distance at which the members may be separated, will render it too inconvenient for all of them to meet on every occasion as at first, when their number was small, their habitations near, and the public concerns few and trifling. This will point out the convenience of their consenting to leave the legislative part to be managed by a select number chosen from the whole body.... And as this frequent interchange will establish a common interest with every part of the community, they will mutually and naturally support each other, and on this, (not on the unmeaning name of king,) depends the strength of government, and the happiness of the governed." --Common Sense, pamphlet Thomas Paine, 1776 Which of the following documents could also serve as evidence to support the main argument of the excerpt?
the Declaration of Independence
Which of the following describes the historical significance of the April 1776 Battle of Lexington & Concord?
the bloodshed that took place made further compromise impossible
"The most Christian King and the United States of North America... having this day concluded a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, for the reciprocal advantage of their subjects and citizens have thought it necessary to take into consideration the means of strengthening those engagements and of rendering them useful to the safety and tranquility of the two parties, particularly in case Great Britain in resentment of that connection and of the good correspondence which is the object of the said treaty, should break the peace with France, either by direct hostilities, or by hindering her commerce and navigation." --Treaty of Alliance, 1778 The excerpt provides evidence to support the argument that
the patriot cause succeeded because of the colonists' greater familiarity with the land, resilient military and political leadership, and their support from European allies.