APUSH Periods 1-5

“ no person or persons whatsoever within this Province, or the Islands, or havens thereunto belonging professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be any ways troubled, or in respect of his or her religion in the free exercise thereof within this Province or the Islands thereunto belonging nor any way compelled to the belief or exercise of any other religion against his or her consent…”

Maryland Toleration Act, April 21, 1649

The legislation excerpted above reflects which of the following historical trends?

• The middle colonies developed societies which were religiously homogeneous.

• The New England colonies were founded as a largely homogeneous society.

• Religious toleration existed in some, but not all, of the British colonies

• Religious toleration existed primarily in southern colonies

“ no person or persons whatsoever within this Province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth bee any way troubled, Molested or discountenanced for or in respect of his or her religion nor in the free exercise thereof within this Province nor any way compelled to the belief or exercise of any other religion against his or her consent…”

Maryland Toleration Act, April 21, 1649

Which of the following was most likely a causal factor in the development of the kind of legislation seen in the excerpt

• The emergence of a trans-Atlantic print culture

• Changes in gender roles in the middle colonies as women became politically active

• The clash between European settlers and

  Native Americans

• British efforts to restrain the colonies

  and impose imperial policies

“Run away, twelve Months past, a Negro Man, named Cato, who has since his Elopement changed his Name several times: Had on when he went away, a Pair of Buckskin Breeches, fine brown Linen Shirt…Underneath his right shoulder Blade he was branded in Jamaica when a Boy with the letters BC, which are plain to be seen…It is supposed he has a forged Pass.”

Runaway slave notice, Pennsylvania Gazette, August 11, 1757

The runaway slave notice in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments of the 18^th century?

• The development of varied ways for slaves to resist the dehumanizing aspects of slavery

• The development of intensified competition for resources in the West Indies

• The development of a thriving mixed economy of agriculture and commerce in the north

• The development of indentured servitude as a viable labor system

“Run away, twelve Months past, a Negro Man, named Cato, who has since his Elopement changed his Name several times:Underneath his right shoulder Blade he was branded in Jamaica when a Boy with the letters BC, which are plain to be seen…It is supposed he has a forged Pass.”

Runaway slave notice, Pennsylvania Gazette, August 11, 1757

The use of slaves in the American colonies, as depicted in the excerpt, reflects which of the following historical trends?

• The decline of interest in colonial goods

• The inability of Europeans to enslave Native Americans

• British belief in the inherent equality of all people

• English acceptance of cross-racial sexual unions and intermarriage

Advocates who supported Franklin’s position (as seen in the picture) would have most likely agreed with which of the following perspectives?

• Colonial resistance to British imperial control came from the development of local, self-controlled governments

• Corruption in colonial governments (such as the House of Burgesses) caused resistance.

• The political ideas of the Enlightenment had little to do with colonial resistance.

• Colonists should not be required to follow British law because of cultural differences between England and its colonies

The picture was intended to

• suggest that Native Americans were an immediate threat to the colonists

• unify the American colonies.

• convince the British government to stop taxing the colonies.

• advocate for violent revolution

Which of the following represents a later example of the ideas highlighted in the drawing?

• The Second Great Awakening

• George Washington’s Farewell Address

• Thomas Paine’s ideas as expressed in Common Sense

• The Missouri Compromise

“ the Security of our Colonies, that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians ...who live under our Protection, should not be molested or disturbed ...And We do hereby strictly forbid… all our loving Subjects from… taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved…”

The Royal Proclamation, King George III, October 1763

The Proclamation above sought to address British-Indian relations following the conclusion of

• the French and Indian (Seven Years’) War.

• the American Revolution

• the Pueblo Revolt

• the Atlantic slave trade.

“ the Security of our Colonies, that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians ...who live under our Protection, should not be molested or disturbed ...And We do hereby strictly forbid… all our loving Subjects from… taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved…”

The Royal Proclamation, King George III, October 1763

The intent of the Proclamation above was to

• expand British trade networks into French territories.

• limit colonial encroachment on traditional tribal lands.

• create a political alliance with Native American confederacies.

• reduce the impact of French settlers in New England.

“If Parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights, it may deprive any or all the other colonies of their rights; and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts as a mutual inattention to the interest of each other.”

Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer, The Boston Chronicle, 1767

The language used in the passage above suggests the influence of

• the Seven Years’ War.

• Mercantilism.

• the Enlightenment.

• Regionalism.