APUSH - Period 3 Test Review

The ideas expressed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence are most consistent with which of the following?

• The concept of Divine Right

• The ideas of the Enlightenment

• The petition of the Olive Branch

• The belief in tyranny

"by the way. . . in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors."

The new code of laws Abigail Adams spoke of eventually led to the adoption of

• the Declaration of the Rights of Man

• a national constitution

• the Albany Plan

• Common Sense

In what way did the revolution change the expected role of women?

• Women were expected to have jobs outside of the home.

• Women were granted equal legal status under law.

• Women were to assume the leadership roles in marriage and direct the lives of their husbands.

• Women were expected to teach children and model for children the virtues of being a citizen of a republic.

The event being described above was caused, in part, by

• the passage of the Proclamation Act

• a letter circulating around Virginia renouncing British rule in the colonies

• the passage of the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act

• heavy amounts of snowfall in Boston that left few with food and resentment towards the British

The result of the event described above was

• a trial that found the British troops not guilty of their actions

• the passage of the Patriot Act to generate revenue for British troops in New England

• the Olive Branch petition as an attempt at peace between the Colonies and England

• an end to admiralty courts in New England

Tensions, such as the one described above, were created because of

• new taxes against the colony aimed at decreasing British debt

• the restrictions forced on the colonists by the practice of mercantilism

• a new theory of virtual representation in the British Parliament

• the inability of the colonies to support their own colonial governments

The excerpts were written in response to the

• The British government's attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies

• British government's failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians

• colonial governments' failures to implement mercantilist policies

• colonial governments' attempts to extend political rights to new groups

The ideas about government expressed by Paine are most consistent with which of the following?

• The concept of hereditary rights and privileges

• The belief in Manifest Destiny

• The principle of religious freedom

• The ideas of the Enlightenment

The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the United States during the American Revolution?

• The development of political parties.

• The rapid expansion of frontier settlements

• The relatively limited powers of the Articles of Confederation

• The growth of conflict between wealthy elites and poor farmers and laborers

One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

• warn other nations to stay out of the Revolution

• appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament

• explain why the colonies had revolted

• condemn Parliament for its actions