UNIT 1 TEST -USH

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100

• Based on Franklin's cartoon, the Albany Plan of Union, what was the primary cause for the proposal of the Albany Plan during the colonial period?

-The fear of French and Native American alliances threatening British colonial interests.

200

Using the excerpt from above, why did Benjamin Franklin have an issue with the British Parliament and their new tax laws?

The new tax was one that could not be avoided by the people, and a tax that no one had consulted the colonists on.

300

• Based on the image above, which of the following is the most likely outcome after this drawing was found in colonial newspapers?

The image created more anti-British sentiment and helped to further the idea of American independence.

400

• Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government?

-".. . deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . .“

500

• Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown.

Colonies

100

• What was the PRIMARY reason for the overall differences in how the Northern Colonies and the Southern Colonies developed?

The differences between the colonial regions was because of the different geographies.

200

• Ashley’s parents emigrated from England to the American colonies in the early 1700s. Her parents wanted to move to purify the Church of England and were shipbuilders. Which colony would she most likely have lived in?

Massachusetts / any Northern colony

300

• The Navigation Acts

• All shipping had to use English ships
• Cash crops to be sold in English Colonies only
• Colonial imports have to pass through English ports
• Colonial goods not shipped to England had to be taxed

Looking at the items above, why did the colonies resist the enforcement of the Navigation Acts following the conclusion of the French and Indian War?

The colonies were no longer able to bring in cheaper foreign goods due to the end of salutary neglect.

400

• Use the table to answer the following question

 Estimated Population of Virginia

Year    European  African     % African

1630    2500         50             1.96

1660   27,020     950            3.40

1690  53,046    9.345          14.98

1720   87.757     26,559      23.23

Which factor explains the change shown in the tables?

The demand for cotton and tobacco, which increased in both the colonies and Europe.

500

• “Their place in history is interesting. On one hand, they came to the New World to escape religious persecution, only to persecute those who disagreed with them. They even executed people for being ‘witches’. Yet, at the same time, they gave us the Mayflower Compact as a model of government and introduced public education to the colonies.”

The above quote is referring to which of the following? Who said it?

the Pilgrims

More Colonies

100

• What was the name of the trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits?

the Triangular Trade

200

• The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on United States constitutional development because they

placed limits on the powers of the government.

300

• The creation of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the signing of the Mayflower Compact showed that American colonists:

practiced elements of self-government

400

• The House of Burgesses and the New England town meetings are all examples of:

representative government

500

• “A politician goes before Parliament and passionately proclaims that the American colonies are crucial to the British economy. He tells his colleagues that England must export more products to other countries than it imports; otherwise, England’s wealth and security will be in jeopardy. He believes the colonies are important because they provide both resources for production and markets for English goods.”

According to the passage above, this politician is advocating which of the following?

The idea of Mercantilism

And More

100

What belief did the colonists express with the slogan, “No taxation without representation?"

A government has no right to tax a group if they do not have a representative in the government

200

• “The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.”

• Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765

What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from the quotation above?

Only the colonists’ elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes.

300

• How did the policy of salutary neglect affect the English colonies?

Representative governments were created which gave colonists a say in their government.

400

• In the 1760s, colonists in the original thirteen British colonies began to protest against

laws passed by the British Parliament regulating colonial trade

500

 Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)

1. Boston Harbor closed to all but British ships.

2. British troops to be quartered into the homes of people in Boston.

3. Trials of British citizens to be held in Britain.

4. Massachusetts no longer had self-government.

Looking at the British actions above, which of the following answer selections seems to be the most likely outcome after the American Revolution?

The colonists had state constitutions drawn up declaring what federal powers they would accept and would not accept.

Enlightenment

100

• The impact of the Declaration of Independence worldwide can best be described as what?

Strong, because its principles have inspired revolutions and political movements worldwide

200

• “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

The quotation above reflects beliefs mainly derived from

John Locke’s theory of natural rights.

300

• Why was Saratoga seen as the turning point in the American Revolution?

France decided to join the war to help the colonies to victory.

400

• John Locke’s theory of the social contract, as developed in the United States Declaration of Independence, stated that

the people should revolt against a government that did not protect their rights.

500

• “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

• Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776

The British had failed in their duties in taking into consideration the views and feelings of the colonists.