The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

call for the abolition of the slave trade

appeal to the philosophy of natural rights

appeal to the sympathies if the English people

criticize the provisions of the Quebec Act of 1774

“We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. . . . “We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offense. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. “In our own native land, in defense of the freedom . . . , and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it—for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.” Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 1775 Which of the following most immediately built on the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

The publication of the pamphlet Common Sense

The drafting of the United States Constitution

The issuing of George Washington’s Farewell Address

The writing of The Federalist papers

“We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. . . . “We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offense. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. “In our own native land, in defense of the freedom . . . , and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it—for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.” Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 1775 The British Crown’s response to actions like those in the excerpt was to

declare the American colonies to be in open rebellion

agree to meet with colonial representatives

adopt a new form of imperial government

“We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. . . . “We fight not for glory or for conquest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offense. They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. “In our own native land, in defense of the freedom . . . , and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it—for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.” Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 1775 The issuing of the declaration in the excerpt best serves as evidence of the

efforts of colonists to protect their rights as English subjects

Patriot inclusion of abolitionism as a goal of the resistance

desire of the majority of colonists to launch offensive attacks against the British

colonial demand for complete independence from Britain

“I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, that the same connection is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious [untrue] than this kind of argument. We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty. But even this is admitting more than is true, for I answer roundly, that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power had any thing to do with her. . . . “But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families. . . . Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home, pursues their descendants still.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 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

Increased immigration to the Americas

Limitations on indentured servitude

Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?

An expansion of political democracy for White men

A rise in secular reform inspired by the Second Great Awakening

A fear of too much popular influence in government

A growing reluctance to locate political power in legislative assemblies

“Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : “. . . Taxes are not to be laid on the people, but by their consent in person, or by [representatives]. “. . . I can see no reason to doubt, but that the imposition of taxes, whether on trade, or on land, or houses, or ships, . . . in the colonies is absolutely irreconcilable with the rights of the Colonists, as British subjects. . . . “The power of parliament is uncontrollable, . . . and we must obey. . . . Therefore let the parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them till they . . . afford us relief by repealing such acts, as through mistake, or other human infirmities, have been suffered to pass, if they can be convinced that their proceedings are not constitutional.” James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, pamphlet, 1764 By the 1770s, to which of the following groups would Otis’ argument that the colonies “must obey” Parliament most appeal?

Farmers in the New England colonies

Enslaved people in the southern colonies

“Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : “. . . Taxes are not to be laid on the people, but by their consent in person, or by [representatives]. “. . . I can see no reason to doubt, but that the imposition of taxes, whether on trade, or on land, or houses, or ships, . . . in the colonies is absolutely irreconcilable with the rights of the Colonists, as British subjects. . . . “The power of parliament is uncontrollable, . . . and we must obey. . . . Therefore let the parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them till they . . . afford us relief by repealing such acts, as through mistake, or other human infirmities, have been suffered to pass, if they can be convinced that their proceedings are not constitutional.” James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, pamphlet, 1764 In the excerpt, Otis was responding to which of the following developments?

The British government’s attempts to pay for the costs of the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War)

The publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

The threat of a French invasion of British North America

The introduction of widespread boycotts against imported British goods

“Every British Subject born on the continent of America . . . is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, . . . entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great-Britain. Among those rights are the following . . . : “. . . Taxes are not to be laid on the people, but by their consent in person, or by [representatives]. “. . . I can see no reason to doubt, but that the imposition of taxes, whether on trade, or on land, or houses, or ships, . . . in the colonies is absolutely irreconcilable with the rights of the Colonists, as British subjects. . . . “The power of parliament is uncontrollable, . . . and we must obey. . . . Therefore let the parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we must, it is our duty to submit and patiently bear them till they . . . afford us relief by repealing such acts, as through mistake, or other human infirmities, have been suffered to pass, if they can be convinced that their proceedings are not constitutional.” James Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved, pamphlet, 1764 Which of the following was a major purpose of Otis’ pamphlet?

To encourage opposition to Parliament’s regulation of colonial commerce

To recruit foreign allies to support the claims of the colonists against Great Britain

To propose a plan to send colonial delegates to sit in Parliament

To advocate for colonial independence from Great Britain

“To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. “A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another. . . . “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges every one . . . that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1689 Interpretations of Locke’s assertions regarding a “state of freedom” and a “state also of equality” most directly influenced which of the following?

The political rhetoric of Patriots during the American Revolution

The grievances of American colonists during the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War)

The end of American involvement in the international slave trade

The demands by colonists to settle beyond the current frontier boundaries

“To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. “A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another. . . . “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it which obliges every one . . . that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, 1689 The ideas in the excerpt were most likely interpreted by American colonists in the 1770s as a call to reject which of the following?

The acceptance of the divine right of kings

The holding of private property

The establishment of representative democracy

The creation of political parties

“The Declaration of Independence, drawn up by the Continental Congress, was actually a declaration by ‘thirteen united States of America’ proclaiming that as ‘Free and Independent States they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.’ And the Articles of Confederation, for all the powers it theoretically gave to the Congress, did not in fact alter this independence. . . . Congressional resolutions continued to be mere recommendations which the states were left to enforce. . . . The Confederation was intended to be, and remained, a Confederation of sovereign states.” Gordon S. Wood, historian, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787, published in 1969 Which of the following evidence is used by the author to support his argument about state independence?

The inability of the central government to carry out many laws

The ability of state governments to nullify the laws of other states

The ability of the central government to declare war

The inability of state governments to collect taxes

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“What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the Revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”
John Adams, former president of the United States, letter to Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States, 1815
Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams’ theory about the Revolution?

The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause

The existence of significant social and economic divisions within the colonies

The importance of colonial military victories in bringing about independence

The importance of support from European allies in defeating the British

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the Revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington.”
John Adams, former president of the United States, letter to Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States, 1815
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

The forging of American Indian political alliances with European powers

Increased involvement of colonial merchants in the Atlantic economy

The expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“From infancy I was taught to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed my reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excellence. Benevolence towards mankind excites wishes for their welfare, and such wishes endear the means of fulfilling them. Those can be found in liberty alone, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man, on every occasion, to the utmost of his power. . . .
“These being my sentiments, I am encouraged to offer you, my countrymen, my thoughts on some late transactions, that in my opinion are of the utmost importance to you. . . .
“If the BRITISH PARLIAMENT has a legal authority to order, that we shall furnish a single article for the troops here, and to compel obedience to that order; they have the same right to order us to supply those troops with arms, clothes, and . . . to compel obedience to that order also. . . . What is this but taxing us at a certain sum, and leaving to us only the manner of raising it? How is this mode more tolerable than the STAMP ACT?”
John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, 1768
Which of the following would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains

Enslaved people in the South

Anglican ministers in the middle colonies

Merchants in New England

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“From infancy I was taught to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed my reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excellence. Benevolence towards mankind excites wishes for their welfare, and such wishes endear the means of fulfilling them. Those can be found in liberty alone, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man, on every occasion, to the utmost of his power. . . .
“These being my sentiments, I am encouraged to offer you, my countrymen, my thoughts on some late transactions, that in my opinion are of the utmost importance to you. . . .
“If the BRITISH PARLIAMENT has a legal authority to order, that we shall furnish a single article for the troops here, and to compel obedience to that order; they have the same right to order us to supply those troops with arms, clothes, and . . . to compel obedience to that order also. . . . What is this but taxing us at a certain sum, and leaving to us only the manner of raising it? How is this mode more tolerable than the STAMP ACT?”
John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies, 1768
Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinson’s letters was to

use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy

support efforts to claim the French territory of Louisiana

argue for increased industrial production in the colonies

call for the immediate end of the international slave trade

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following contributed most to the American Victory in the Revolution?

French military and financial assistance

The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action

A major American military victory at Valley Forge

Support the French Canadians

The British failure to capture Philadelphia

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to

the removal of British troops from Massachusetts during the French and Indian War

Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable Acts

British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy

British attacks on colonial troops at Lexington and Concord

Lord Hillsborough’s decision to dissolve the Massachusetts Assembly

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“‘I ordered my company to fire,’ [George] Washington reported. . . . This incident . . . led to massive French retaliation and the outbreak of what was soon a world war. It raged in North America for six years, 1754–60, in Central and South America, in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, in India and the East, and not least in Europe, where it was known as the Seven Years War (1756–63). . . . Horace Walpole [stated]: ‘The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire.’”
Paul Johnson, historian, A History of the American People, 1997
Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War) by

charging immigrants a fee to relocate to North America

selling ships from its navy to colonial merchants

increasing taxes on goods bought and sold in the colonies

sponsoring expeditions to locate valuable resources

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