The above engraving was used as propaganda to promote which of the following?
Grassroots mobilization to defend the rights of colonial subjects
All of the following causes led up to the event portrayed in the engraving EXCEPT
The British navy's refusal to protect colonial interests from the Barbary pirates
The above engraving represents a general trend of colonial discontent occurring in which of the following time periods?
1754-1800
The above passage best indicates what fundamental difference between English colonies and Spanish and French colonies in North America?
Less restrictive policies than the French or Spanish introduced on who could or could not emigrate to the colonies
By the time the American Revolution, the above passage indicates that
Many colonists felt a sense of American identity
The above passage supports which of the following statements about the American Revolution?
The patriots had a reasonable expectation that European countries would provide military and financial aid
The primary reason the Articles of confederation restricted the power of the federal government was fear
of tyranny that many colonists believed they had suffered under British rule
Despite its weakness, the Articles of Confederation experienced their greatest success in
setting up a system of survey and disposal of western lands
Disagreement over determining state representation in the Articles of Confederation congress led to the Constitutional Convention to incorporate which of the following into the Constitution?
The division of Congress into two branches, the House of Representatives and the senate
The above account best reflects which of the following about the American Revolution?
It was in part the result of changing American identity
Which of the following most likely lead a historian to question the accuracy of the passage cited above?
The reliability of a firsthand account collected long after the event
The above excerpt best illustrates the fact that colonists
had developed a sense of self-government before the Deceleration of Independence
Identify whom the act targeted and why
As illustrated by the expert, the alien and sedition act clearly targeted anyone who spoke out against the federalist-controlled government in general, and the president and congress in particular. This criticism could take man forms: making speeches, dis
Identify the circumstances that led to the passage of the act
The presidential election of 1800 was approaching. During the administrations of the first two presidents, George Washington and John Adams, the federalists controlled the presidency and congress. As the Republicans increased their efforts to lead the gov
Cite one piece of additional evidence that explains the reaction to the act by the group it targeted
In 1789, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison authored the Virgina and Kentucky Resolutions, which supported the notion of state's rights and asserted the right of the states to determine wheater federal law was legitimate. This idea which came to be called
Which of the following best describes "republican motherhood"?
It encouraged women to instill virtue and civic values into their sons
The proclamation of 1763 prohibiting colonial migration west of the Appalachian Mountains resulted from all the following EXCEPT
Parliament's decision to punish the colonies for their refusal to pay taxes
Who famously admonished her husband to "remember the ladies"?
Abigail Adams
Which of the following contributed the LEAST to the growing colonial sentiment toward independence in the 1770s?
Frustration over the British government's refusal to send troops to protect the colonies from Indian attacks
Despite England's superior military, industrialization economy, and larger population, the colonists were ultimately able to succeed in their war for independence because they possessed all of the following EXCEPT
Overwhelming popular support
Thomas Paine's common sense was
a widely read criticism of continued British rule of the colonies
The articles of confederation suffered from of the following weakness EXCEPT
Prohibiting amendments to the original articles
Which of the following exposed the inability of the federal government under the Articles of confederation to put down civil unrest and prompted calls for a new, stronger central government?
Shay's rebellion
All of the following contributed to the ratification of the Constitution EXCEPT
The unanimous support of all the major patriot leaders and founding fathers
After ratification, constitutional compromises remained the most controversial in which area?
Slavery
The Northwest ordinance of 1787, considered by many to be the greatest success of the Articles of Confederation Congress apart from the Deceleration of Independence, did all of the following EXCEPT
Set aside large reservations for Indian tribes in the area, guaranteeing a generation of mostly peaceful relations with American Indians
The Democratic-Republicans favored
states rights
Which of the following was an outcome of the American Revolution
It inspired a number of other independence movements
In the decade before the American Revolution, the English colonial westward movements
disrupted the existing French-Indian fur trade
Which of the following compromises at the constitutional convention was LEAST likely the result of regional and sectional differences in the United States
The Executive Elections Compromise, which created an indirect election of the President through the Electoral College
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
The U.S. Army won a decisive victory, effectively ending Indian resistance in the Northwest territory for almost 20 years
Which of the following was a primary reason why Indian tribes attempted to form advantageous alliances with other tribes and European countries during the mid and late 1700s?
They wanted to limit the movement of white settlers
During the second half of the 1700s, the Spanish
settlements provided for significant cultural blending
Which of the following most clearly contributed to the growing regional differences over the issue of slavery in the late 1700s?
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, which greatly increased the profitability of cotton growing
Which of the following set of historical events is in the correct order?
Stamp Act, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
Which of the following groups of immigrants heavily settled among the western frontier of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and later led the Paxton and Regulator Uprisings?
Scots-Irish Immigrants
In which area did the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans most agree?
Indian policy
The XYZ Affair, Sedition Acts, and Convention of 1800
demonstrated the challenges Americans faced as a result of the French Revolution and the spread of its ideals
The march of the Paxton boys demonstrated
Many western settlers' desire for Indian lands
In the 1790s, the U.S. successfully negotiated free navigation of the Mississippi River with
Spain
Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers is correctly matched?
John Locke - Natural rights
Which of the following is NOT correctly identified?
The Declaratory Act - Reasserted the supremacy of British king over the colonies
Which of the following is properly matched?
Jays Treaty - the British promised to abandon their forts in the Northwest, which averted a possible war with England
Which of the following was NOT a provision of Hamilton's financial plan?
Taxing the states to pay off war debt
The Alien and sedition acts did all of the following EXCEPT
ease popular fears of an imminent war with France by quieting public criticism and opening direct negotiations with the French government