APUSH Unit 3 College Board Review Questions

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 would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt? (John Dickinson)

Merchants in New England

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

use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

The author argues that emancipation in northern states occurred

over a long period of time

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

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

lack of American representation in the British Parliament

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.

Gerry made which of the following arguments regarding amending the Constitution?

A Bill of Rights should be added before ratification.

Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the Articles of Confederation?

The problems of the Articles could not be fixed by the state delegates.

One piece of evidence Bouton uses to support his argument about why some United States political leaders sought to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was that they

opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued

The ratification of the United States Constitution despite the "resistance" described in the excerpt is best understood in the context of which of the following developments?

The agreement by some state delegates to pursue a Bill of Rights

The relationship established between the federal government and the states under the United States Constitution was a long-term response to which of the following earlier developments?

The claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures

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

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

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 language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by the

Declaration of Independence

Which of the following most immediately built on the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

The publication of the pamphlet Common Sense

The British Crown's response to actions like those in the excerpt was to

declare the American colonies to be in open rebellion

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to challenge the assertion in the excerpt that British attacks on the colonists had been "unprovoked"?

A series of popular boycotts, mob protests, and violence against royal officials

The issuing of the declaration in the excerpt best serves as evidence of the

efforts of colonists to protect their rights as English subjects

Which of the following claims did the residents of Greenwich use to most support their argument that they should be "relieved" by the Massachusetts legislature from the situation described in the petition?

They had aided the government during the Revolutionary War.

Which of the following evidence used in the petition supports the claim that the Massachusetts government "devours their inhabitants"?

Many Massachusetts farmers were held in debtor's prison.

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

Which of the following developments best explains the sentiment expressed in the first verse of the song lyrics?

The growth among people in the United States of a sense of national identity

Which of the following historical events in the 1790s most directly followed from the developments described in the excerpt?

The federal government established a new economic policy in part by assuming states' debts from the American Revolution.

Which of the following issues did the framers of the United States Constitution most directly address?

The strengthening of central government powers

Which of the following most directly resulted from concerns over the increased power of the federal government in the late 1700s?

Rebellions over the right to tax goods, such as the Whiskey Rebellion

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

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

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt? (Mary Beth Norton)

Correspondence between husbands and wives involved in Revolutionary politics

Paine's argument best provides evidence for which of the following developments resulting from the American Revolution?

The emergence of a unique American national identity separate from that of Europe

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

The transmission of Enlightenment ideals across the Atlantic

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 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 most likely helped to prompt the petition in the excerpt?

American colonists' declaration of independence from Britain

Which of the following developments from the 1800s emerged from ideas most similar to those expressed in the excerpt? (Treaty of Friendships, etc.)

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Which of the following was a primary reason that the United States and Spain agreed to the articles outlined in the excerpt?

To minimize tensions caused by United States expansion into western territory

The agreements made in the excerpt best reflect which of the following concerns in the United States during this period?

How to support western settlers beyond the Appalachian Mountains

Which of the following describes a trend shown in the graph of the regional distribution of the slave trade before the American Revolution?

More enslaved Africans were brought to the Carolinas and Georgia than to Virginia and Maryland.

Which of the following best describes the trend in the number of enslaved Africans brought to the Carolinas and Georgia depicted in the graph?

It increased before the 1770s and then declined between 1771 and 1790.

Which of the following best describes an overall trend depicted in the graph for the time period between 1751 and 1800 ?

The number of enslaved Africans brought to the United States decreased.