EOC Review Style Questions: Standard 1

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Using Source 1 and your knowledge of the Atlantic World, which economic motivation most influenced the structure of Britain's colonial policies during the 17th and 18th centuries?

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To extract colonial resources in support of British mercantilist goals

Answer explanation

The correct answer is B, as the political cartoon (Source 1) symbolizes how Britain benefited economically by treating the colonies as tools for profit—extracting raw materials under the system of mercantilism. The imagery reinforces Britain's prioritization of economic gain over colonial autonomy, a key driver of revolutionary tensions.

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USHC.1.CE

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Which statement best explains how the contrast between the British policy of salutary neglect and mercantilist laws such as the Navigation Acts contributed to increasing colonial tensions with Britain?

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Colonial self-governance under salutary neglect conflicted with Britain’s later attempts to enforce strict trade controls.

Answer explanation

The period of salutary neglect allowed colonies to develop their own legislatures and experience a degree of autonomy. When Britain began strictly enforcing mercantilist laws like the Navigation Acts after the French and Indian War, colonists perceived this as an infringement on their self-governance. This shift was a key cause of growing resistance and revolutionary sentiment.

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USHC.1.CE

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Using Source A1 and your knowledge of colonial political development, how did Britain's earlier policy of salutary neglect contribute to long-term colonial resistance when new imperial controls were enforced after 1763?

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Colonists had developed long-standing expectations of local legislative authority, which clashed with Britain’s post-1763 taxation and regulatory policies.

Answer explanation

Source A1 visually reinforces the idea that Britain benefitted from colonial output, but under salutary neglect, the colonies governed themselves with minimal oversight. After 1763, Britain reversed that leniency with new taxes and enforcement of trade laws, igniting backlash among colonists who had come to expect autonomy in internal affairs.

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How did geographic factors most significantly shape the contrasting economic systems of the Northern and Southern colonial regions, and what broader impact did this have on the development of regional identities prior to 1763?

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The Northern colonies' mountainous terrain and poor soil limited plantation agriculture, fostering a trade-based economy that contributed to emerging views on labor and commerce.

Answer explanation

The Northern colonies’ geography—rocky soil, colder climate, and natural harbors—limited agricultural scalability and encouraged diversified trade, small-scale farming, and craftsmanship, which in turn shaped social and economic values centered on commerce and community. In contrast, Southern colonies developed around fertile lowlands suitable for cash crop plantations, which led to social structures built on slavery and landownership.

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USHC.1.CO

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A historian analyzing Sources 1–4 alongside the quote, “The [Southern] planter’s wealth is measured by the number of his enslaved workers; the [Northern] merchant’s, by the balance of his ledger,” would most likely argue that these regional economic distinctions contributed to which long-term historical development?

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The intensification of sectional divisions rooted in economic and labor systems that ultimately culminated in national conflict

Answer explanation

These sources, combined with the quote, highlight a continuity of economic divergence. This divergence informed conflicting ideologies around labor, trade, and federal power that eventually escalated into sectionalism and the Civil War.

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USHC.1.CO

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Using Sources #2 and #4, how would a historian argue that regional population patterns (Source #4) intensified the constitutional claims made by the Virginia House of Burgesses (Source #2)?

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Dense, coastal populations with political power increasingly viewed Parliamentary taxation as a threat to local governance.

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How would a historian evaluating Sources 1–4 most accurately characterize the underlying causes of the American Revolution as reflected in these documents?

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They expose fundamental ideological divisions over the legitimacy of imperial economic and political authority

Answer explanation

A historian synthesizing Sources 1–4 would observe tensions between local self-governance and imperial control, especially over taxation, trade, and legislative autonomy. The sources—ranging from political rhetoric (House of Burgesses), economic imagery (mercantilist cartoon), and demographic/geographic data (population and colonial maps)—collectively reveal incompatible visions of sovereignty.

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USHC.1.CE

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How did the First Great Awakening serve as a catalyst for emerging democratic thought in the American colonies?

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By elevating individual conscience over institutional authority, thereby encouraging challenges to traditional hierarchies

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USHC.1.CX

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Based on Source 1 (Washington’s Farewell Address), what was Washington’s primary concern about the long-term effects of political factions?

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They could precipitate division and enfeeble the national government

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USHC.1.CX

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How did global conflicts in the 20th century most significantly reshape Washington’s original foreign policy guidance?

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By precipitating permanent military alliances and global security pacts

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