APUSH LO 3.4

By the time of the American Revolution, most patriots had come to believe that, in republican government, sovereignty was located in

• the people

• Parliament

• state governments

• a centralized government

Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?

• Parliament for its continued opposition to the king of England

• Politicians who believed a small island could not effectively rule a distant continent

• The king of England and the principle of monarchy

• The authors of the Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

• appeal to the philosophy of natural rights

• call for the abolition of the slave trade

• appeal to the sympathies if the English people

• accuse George III of tyranny

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

• independence of the American colonies

• sale of British colonies to France

• elimination of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the colonies

• election of representatives from the colonies to Parliament

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 hope that religious dissenters would agree to join the Church of England

• The challenges faced by settlers who moved west of the Appalachian Mountains

• The belief among colonists that they had earned a right to greater liberty from Britain

• The concern that increased debt following the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) would decrease the value of American goods

Which of the following historical situations most directly shaped Paine’s argument that Britain’s policies were economically harming its colonies?

• Increased immigration to the Americas

• Continued enforcement of mercantilism

• Limitations on indentured servitude

• Demand for raw materials

Which of the following statements best explains the change over time in the composition of legislatures depicted in the graph?

• Women became involved in politics through their participation in the grassroots independence movement.

• The concept of republican self-government encouraged individual talent.

• Factory jobs provided workers with increased free time that some used to participate in politics.

• Participation in labor unions encouraged workers to engage in politics.

Which of the following most appropriately characterizes the violence exhibited in such episodes as Bacon’s Rebellion, the Boston Tea Party, Shays’ Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion?

• Most violence occurred in urban areas.

• The level of violence subsided after the American Revolution.

• Violence was directed at “outsiders” or representatives of distant authority.

• Most violence occurred because of the intervention of foreign powers in American internal affairs.

This idea of British absenteeism, allowed the American colonies to govern themselves due to the distance between England and America:

• Natural Rights

• Salutary Neglect

• Navigation Acts

• Columbian Exchange

18th Century movement; questioned traditional institutions, customs, & morals; Age of Reason

• The Enlightenment
• Age of Exploration
• The Renaissance
• The Great Awakening