Hon AH Final Exam - 2023

What is settler colonialism?

• the belief or mindset used by European colonists to justify taking Native land

• a system of race-based chattel slavery established in the colonies

• a tactic used by Native Americans to win the Indian Wars against colonists

• any colonial settlement where colonists and Natives lived side-by-side

(T/F) Slavery was legal in all 13 British colonies at the time of the Revolution

• True

• False

(T/F) The institution of slavery started off harsh, but got easier and looser as the decades went on.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Revolution?

• British restrictions on colonists' desire to expand westward into new territory

• British government using writs of assistance to prosecute smugglers

• Colonists believe the British government's enforcement of tax laws is tyrranical

• Colonists, on a quest to expand cotton lands, invade Canada and burn the capitol

Of the following, who benefitted the MOST from the American Revolution?

• White merchants & shopkeepers (middle/upper class)

• Enslaved African Americans

• Native Americans

• Poor indentured servants or small farmers (lower class)

Which was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• unable to tax

• No judicial branch (courts)

• Hard to pass laws or amend

• strong central government

What was the impact of Shays' Rebellion?

• It convinced many founding fathers that a stronger central government was needed

• It supported the loose construction of the Articles of Confederation

• It led to a repeal of the tax on whiskey that Hamilton had levied

• It resulted in a bicameral legislature, with one house represented by population

Which is NOT a compromise made during the writing of the Constitution?

• Great Compromise - about representation in the legislature

• 3/5 Compromise - about how to count enslaved people

• Slave Trade Compromise - about when to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade

• New Jersey compromise - about the powers of the Supreme Court

What did most anti-federalists want added to the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Legislative Branch

• a ban on slavery

• declaration of neutrality

Which was NOT a warning in Washington's Farewell Address?

• Stay neutral

• Don't form political parties

• Don't go into debt