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3.2 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"We apprehend [believe] that as freemen and English subjects, we have an indisputable title to the same privileges and immunities with HisMajesty's other subjects who reside in the interior counties ... , and therefore ought not to be excluded from an equal share with them in thievery important privilege of legislation .... We cannot but observe with sorrow and indignation that some persons in this province are at pains to extenuate [excuse] the barbarous cruelties practiced by these savage son our murdered brethren and relatives... by this means the Indians have been taught to despise us as a weak and disunited people, and from this fatal source have arisen many of our calamities .... We humbly pray therefore that this grievance may be redressed:'The Paxton Boys, to the Pennsylvania Assembly, 1764 The sentiments exhibited in this excerpt were most directly influenced by which of the following historical developments? (A) The Great Awakening (B) The Albany Plan of Union (C) The Seven Years' War (D) The Enlightenment - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) The Seven Years' War The British had earlier attempted to solve the problem expressed in this excerpt most directly by
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(A) signing the treaty to end the French and Indian War (B) establishing a boundary between Indian lands and lands open for colonial settlement (C) passing a law that required colonists to house British soldiers (D) enforcing regulations on colonial trade after a period of not enforcing them - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(B) establishing a boundary between Indian lands and lands open for colonial settlement Which of the following individuals led a group that was in the most similar situation to the Paxton Boys? (A) John Smith because his supporters also wanted an equal share of privileges with other colonists (B) Roger Williams because his supporters also relied on prayer to have their problems solved (C) Nathaniel Bacon because his supporters also wanted stronger government action against American Indians (D) Edmund Andros because his supporters also disputed the power of the British monarch - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Nathaniel Bacon because his supporters also wanted stronger government action against American Indians 3.3 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"The unhappy disputes between Great Britain and her American colonies... have
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The statement that "British subjects in America are entitled to the same rights and privileges as their fellow subjects possess in Britain" indicates that the writers of this document believed that colonists should (A) purchase more goods from British merchants (B) declare independence before the British took any further actions (C) have representation in setting their own internal economic policies (D) demand that Parliament reduce their overall level of taxes - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(B) declare independence before the British took any further actions 3.4 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a People, and the undoubted Right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them, but with their own Consent, given personally, or by their representatives.. .. That it is the indispensable duty of these colonies, to the best of sovereigns ... to procure the repeal of the act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, of all clauses of any other acts of Parliament ... for the restriction of American commerce:'Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 The above excerpt was primarily directed to which person or group? (A) Colonial merchants (B) The king (C) Leaders in Parliament
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(D) Residents of England - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Leaders in Parliament* The philosophical basis behind the excerpt was that the writers (A) accepted Parliament's authority generally but not for direct taxation (B) accepted Parliamentary actions only in specific, limited cases (C) rejected only how Parliament was spending tax revenues (D) rejected Parliament's entire authority as violating the social contract
- CORRECT ANSWER โโ(D) rejected Parliament's entire authority as violating the social contract The Enlightenment idea most clearly reflected in this passage was that (A) God rarely intervened in human affairs directly (B) reason was the best guide to understanding the world (C) governments needed popular consent to rule legitimately (D) kings received their authority to rule from God - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) governments needed popular consent to rule legitimately 3.5 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโI have not the least doubt that the Negroes will make very excellent soldiers, with proper management ....I foresee that this project will have to combat much opposition from prejudice and self-interest. The contempt we
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(D) Belief that the Declaration of Independence called for equality - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(B) Fear that the British would recruit African Americans 3.6 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"A Declaration of Rights made by the representatives of the good people ofVirginia ...Section 1. That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent right s....Section 2. That all power is vested in and consequently derived from the people... .Section
- That no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive or separate... privileges from the community .. ..Section 5. That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary ... .Section 6. That elections of members ... as representatives of the people ,in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage. ...Section 12. That freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty ....Section
- All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion." Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 Which of the following sections was the most direct reason for conflicts between Virginia and the British government? (A) Section 1: all people are by nature equal (B) Section 2: legitimate government power comes from the people
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(C) Section 4: no person deserves special privileges (D) Section 16: people should be able to worship freely - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(B) Section 2: legitimate government power comes from the people Which of the following sections most clearly reflected a belief in the social contract theory of government? (A) Section 2: origins of governmental power (B) Section 5: separation of government powers (C) Section 6: right to vote (D) Section 12: freedom of the press - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(A) Section 2: origins of governmental power The group most likely to oppose the ideas expressed in this excerpt would have been (A) the Minutemen of Lexington, because they were from New England (B) the Daughters of Liberty, because they were women (C) Tories such as William Franklin, because they supported the British (D) African Americans, because most of them were enslaved - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Tories such as William Franklin, because they supported the British
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(B) the slowness of the negotiations over the Treaty of Paris (C) the need to repay state debts after the Revolutionary War (D) the importance of passing the Northwest Ordinance - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) the need to repay state debts after the Revolutionary War This excerpt provides support for the argument that Hamilton believed that the Articles of Confederation should be (A) kept as they are because they were working well (B) amended to protect the rights of states better (C) discarded so states could act independently (D) replaced with a new constitution - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(D) replaced with a new constitution 3.8 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"The plan of government now proposed is evidently calculated totally to change, in time, our condition as a people. Instead of being 13 republics under a federal head, it is clearly designed to make us one consolidated government ... .The essential parts of a free and good government are a full and equal representation of the people in the legislature ....There are certain rights which we have always held sacred in the UnitedStates, and recognized in all our constitution, which, by adoption of the new Constitution in its present form, will be left unsecured. ... I am fully
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satisfied that the state conventions ought most seriously to direct their exertions to altering and amending the system proposed before they shall adopt if'Richard Henry Lee, On the Rights that Must Be Preserved in the New Constitution, 1787 Richard Henry Lee's concerns expressed in this excerpt would have been supported most by people in which of the following groups? (A) Merchants who wanted stronger support of commerce (B) Slave owners who opposed the three-fifths compromise (C) Quakers who advocated for greater freedom of conscience (D) Politicians who philosophically favored more local autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(D) Politicians who philosophically favored more local autonomy People who advocated for ratification of the Constitution responded to Lee and others who shared his views by (A) agreeing to add of a bill of rights (B) meeting with Lee at the Mount Vernon Conference (C) renegotiating the Commercial Compromise (D) rejecting the Great Compromise - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(A) agreeing to add of a bill of rights
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Hamilton 's constitutional argument was based on which of the following types of powers? (A) Employed (B) Expressed (C) Implied (D) Regulated - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Implied Hamilton's position expressed in the excerpt most clearly reflected his dissatisfaction with which of the following? (A) The Declaration of Independence (B) The Articles of Confederation (C) The Northwest Ordnance (D) The Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(D) The Bill of Rights Which of the following would best serve as the basis for modifying or refuting Hamilton's position expressed in the excerpt? (A) The ideals of the Enlightenment, such as the emphasis on reason (B) The theory of the separation of powers, which divided power among three branches of government (C) The purpose of the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states
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(D) The writings of Thomas Paine, which supported revolution - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) The purpose of the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers to the states 3.10 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"Friends and Fellow Citizens: I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made ....I have already intimated to you the danger of parties ... with particular reference to ... geographical discriminations. ...Let it simply be asked-where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths ....As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt ... which unavoidable wars may have occasioned ... in mind that toward the payment of debt there must be ... taxes.. ..By interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, [we] entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rival ship, interest, humor, or caprice.... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world:'George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 One of the primary reasons Washington and others warned against political parties was concern about (A) damage to the national reputation (B) divisive sectionalism
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3.11 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"Friends, what then is the American, this new man? He is either aEuropean, or the descendant of a European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a Frenchwoman, and whose present four sons have now four wives of different nations.He is an American, who leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners, receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced, the new government he obeys, and the new rank he holds. He becomes anAmerican by being received in the broad lap of our great alma mater. Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labors and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world ....The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury [poverty], and useless labor he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence-this is an American:'J. Hector St. John Crevecoe ur, Letters from an American Farmer, The clearest way to modify or refute the answer given in the excerpt to the question , "What then is the American, this new man?" would be to point out the important role of (A) the enslaved African Americans who worked on plantations (B) the leaders who wrote the Constitution (C) the development of political parties
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(D) the ideas in Washington's Farewell Address - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(A) the enslaved African Americans who worked on plantations Which of the following groups best represents the change described in the last sentence of the excerpt? (A) American Indians who lived in the region before Europeans arrived (B) Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay in the 17th century (C) Indentured servants who became free after working for a master for several years (D) Elected leaders who served in legislative bodies during the colonial period - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Indentured servants who became free after working for a master for several years 3.12 Multiple Choice Practice - CORRECT ANSWER โโ"ARTICLE I. No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments .. .ARTICLE II. The inhabitants of said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writs of habeas corpus and the trial by jury ...ARTICLE III. Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians; their lands and property shall never betaken from them without their consent ...ARTICLE IV The said Territory, and the states which may be formed the rein, shall
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The Northwest Ordinance established both an immediate and long- lasting process for which of the following? (A) Methods for reaching agreements among states (B) Policies toward American Indians (C) Formation of new states (D) Procedures to end slavery - CORRECT ANSWER โโ(C) Formation of new states
