US History Final Review

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government

• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• early social reform movements

Which fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• The government should guarantee every citizen economic security.

• The central government and state governments should have equal power.

• If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown.

• Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation's best interest.

The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents

• an effort by the colonists to use force to resist the King

• a clear step toward self-government

• an early attempt to establish universal suffrage

• an attempt by the colonists to establish freedom of religion

The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are all examples of the efforts of colonial Americans to

• use democratic practices in government

• protest British land policies

• establish religious freedom

• overthrow British royal governors

One of the principles stated in the Declaration of Independence is that government should

• guarantee economic equality among citizens

• have unlimited power to rule the people

• be based upon the consent of the governed

• be led by educated citizens

A major argument for independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British

• stopped participating in the slave trade

• refused to sell products to Americans

• deprived Americans of their natural rights

• decreased American representatives in Parliament

The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

• supporting the growth of colonial industries

• prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading

• taking large amounts of gold and silver from the southern colonies

• buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them finished products

The main reason Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to

• avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians

• make a profit by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• prevent American industrial development in the Ohio River valley

• allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region

The pamphlet Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War because it:

• convinced France to join in the fight against England

• led to the repeal of the Stamp Act

• created a new system of government for the United States

• persuaded individuals who were undecided to support independence

Which statement best describes governmental power under the Articles of Confederation?

• Power was shared equally by the central government and the states.

• A balance of power existed between the three branches of the central government.

• A strong chief executive headed a unified central government.

• The states had much greater power than the central government