Chapter 4-6, with stimulus, Unit 4-6

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

independence of the American colonies

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

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

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

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

Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years’ War

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

Declaration of Independence

Which of the following earlier trends was most similar to the pattern described in the excerpt?

The development of Atlantic world commerce in the 1600s and early 1700s

By 1776 many British American colonists’ approach to protesting British imperial policy most differed from the approach reflected by the excerpt because the colonists

abandoned attempts to achieve a reconciliation with Great Britain

The publication of Sharp’s essay for a colonial American audience best reflects which of the following developments in the 1770s?

The strategy of emphasizing the rights of British subjects to oppose colonial taxation

The labor system described in the first paragraph of the excerpt was most similar to the labor system used for

producing sugar in the Caribbean

The development described in the excerpt represented which of the following long-term trends in Virginia?

The hardening of racial divisions

The economy of the Middle Colonies differed from the economy of Virginia described in the excerpt in that the Middle Colonies more often

engaged in trans-Atlantic commerce

In the except Douglass implicitly contrasted the African American experience with ideas expressed in

the Declaration of Independence

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 primary sources would most likely support Berlin’s argument in the excerpt?

Diary entries from a slaveholder discussing plantation life

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

lack of American representation in the British Parliament

for Review 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.

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

protesting a lack of representation in Parliament

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 events described in the excerpt resulted in which of the following developments in the British North American colonies?

Protestant evangelicalism furthered the Anglicization of the colonies.

The events described in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments?

The spread of the First Great Awakening from Britain to North America

Which of the following most directly contributed to the ideas described in the excerpt?

The British colonies became part of a trans-Atlantic print culture that facilitated the spread of European ideas.

The pattern depicted on the graph from 1450 to 1800 best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The replacement of indigenous labor and indentured servitude by enslaved Africans in New World colonies

That many enslaved women in English colonial society created their own family and marital experiences best reflects the historical development that enslaved women

resisted the dehumanization of being enslaved

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 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 most immediately built on the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

The publication of the pamphlet Common Sense

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”?

The extension of a petition of reconciliation by members of the Second Continental Congress

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

declare the American colonies to be in open rebellion

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

efforts of colonists to protect their rights as English subjects

The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?

Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities

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

Treaties such as that depicted in the image most directly led to

amicable relationships over the long term between British colonists and American Indian nations

Which of the following most directly led to the change in the “temper of America toward Great Britain” described in the excerpt?

British efforts to consolidate control over its colonies

Franklin based his argument in the excerpt on which of the following?

Belief in American traditions of self-rule

Which conflict was Franklin referring to when he described colonial contributions to the “last war”?

The Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War)

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 mistrust of centralized authority by some Anti-Federalist politicians

Which of the following contributed most directly to the enactment of the law in the excerpt?

Debates over how Britain’s colonies should bear the cost of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War)

Which of the following was the American colonists’ immediate response to the attempts of the British Parliament to enforce the claims made in the excerpt?

They initiated boycotts of imported British goods.

The actions described in the excerpt most immediately led to

Parliament strengthening its approach to generating new tax revenue in the North American colonies

One direct long-term effect of the Navigation Act was that it

contributed to the rise of opposition that ultimately fostered the independence movement

The excerpts best reflect which of the following historical developments in English colonies during the 1600s?

An increasing preference for enslaved labor

The laws excerpted most directly contributed to which of the following developments in the English colonies during the 1600s?

The development of a more rigid social hierarchy

Which of the following most likely inspired the excerpt?

The Declaration of Independence

The evidence employed in the excerpt most directly reflected the influence of the

philosophies of the Enlightenment

Which of the following factors most extensively changed the relationship described in the excerpt by the 1760s?

The British victory during the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War)

A significant long-term result of the major pattern depicted on the map was

the development of a strict racial system in British colonial societies