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AP US History The Road to Revolution Quiz

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Question 1 of 20

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What does the term "republican motherhood" mean?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Mothers would learn how to design a republican government and start societies based on their education

  • Mothers that belonged to the Republican Party

  • That women would bring up their sons by educating them about patriotism and virtues

  • That women had no say in government for the good of the country

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

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What was a social outcome of the Revolution?

Select one or more of the following:

  • A lack of Patriotism

  • A debate on the institution of slavery

  • A division of economic classes

  • A growth of British loyalists

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

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What was the order of the different acts placed on the colonists?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Declaratory Act, Townshed Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Act

  • Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshed Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts

  • Intolerable Acts, Tea Act, Townshed Act, Declaratory Act, Stamp Act

  • Intolerable Act, Townshed Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Declaratory Act

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

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What was the main argument of the Federalists Papers?

Select one or more of the following:

  • That a democracy was too risky

  • A monarchy would be the ruin of a country

  • Federalism is not an effective way to meet the needs of citizens rights. A confederacy would be more localized to help citizens

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

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What was one success of the Articles of Confederation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It provided an army

  • It established how a developing state would be organized

  • It established an efficient tax system

  • It allowed settlers to move west of the Mississippi

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

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What was one success of the Articles of Confederation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It provided an army

  • It established how a developing state would be organized

  • It established an efficient tax system

  • It allowed settlers to move west of the Mississippi

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

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The battle of Saratoga resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Increased colonial unity

  • Acclaim for American generals

  • Brought allied support from France

  • More respect and insight from England

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

What was intention of the Olive Branch Petition?

Select one or more of the following:

  • To enact more trade opportunities with Greece

  • To request representation in Parliament

  • To pledge loyalty to the British crown

  • To demand independence

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

John Locke is best known for his ideas' influence in what document?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Common Sense

  • The Declaration of Independence

  • The Republic

  • The Social Contract

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

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Shay's Rebellion showed what weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The lack of power to tax citizens to decrease debt

  • The lack of a national currency and stable economy

  • The lack of a standing army

  • The lack of national unity

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

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What was the purpose of the Albany Congress?

Select one or more of the following:

  • To make complaints about the King of England

  • To form alliances with France

  • To form alliances with the Iroquois and the other colonies

  • To assess the unity of the colonies

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

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"Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island." This quote was written in a pamphlet that was popularly distributed by which influential writer?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Thomas Paine

  • Benjamin Franklin

  • John Locke

  • Patrick Henry

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

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What Native American chief allied with the French soldiers to fight against the British in the French and Indian War?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Pontiac

  • Sitting Bull

  • Metacom

  • Powhatan

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

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What justification did the British give to colonies concerning parliamentary representation?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The needs and ideas of the colonies were considered in parliament already

  • They didn't believe in representation of the people

  • The American Colonies were too far away for one to travel

  • There weren't enough people in the colonies to need a representative

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

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The French and Indian War had what effect on the colonies?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Colonists were able to migrate west of the Appalachians

  • They were relieved of Native American conflicts

  • The French were now devoted allies to the colonies which would continue into the American Revolution

  • They were succumbed to more taxes and more control of trade by the British government

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

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What was an effect of the Intolerable Acts?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Boston Harbor was closed

  • Colonists were tried for treason

  • British troops left Massachusetts

  • The Boston Tea Party

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

All of the following were reasons of tension between the colonists and Britain EXCEPT:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Embargo Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Virtual Representation

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

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What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

Select one or more of the following:

  • To establish a democratic government

  • To address grievances to the king

  • To seek independence

  • To set trade laws

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

Salutary neglect was applied to what law/act in Colonial America?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Slave Trade Act

  • Proclamation Act of 1763

  • Quartering Act

  • Trade and Navigation Acts of 1650

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

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Which Virginia document influenced the Bill of Rights?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Virginia Declaration of Rights

  • Common Sense

  • The Virginia Resolution

Explanation

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