The above engraving, engraving of the Boston Massacre, was used as propaganda to promote which of the following?
An increase in Bostonian support of British rule to preserve peace in the colonies
Grassroots mobilization to defend the rights of colonial British subjects
A memorial for British losses during the Revolutionary War
A condemnation of the threat to property created by riots in Bostonian
All of the following causes led up to the Boston Massacre EXCEPT
British implementation of what colonies believed to be unfair taxation
the British navy's refusal to protect colonial interests from the Barbary pirates
Great Britain's massive debt from the Seven Years War
imperial control over Northern American markets
The Boston Massacre represents a general trend of colonial discontent occurring during which of the following time periods?
1754-1607
1491-1607
1800-1848
1754-1800
The above passage, Letters from an American Farmer, 1782, best indicated what fundamental difference between English colonies and Spanish and French colonies in North America?
Less restrictive policies than the French or Spanish introduced on who could or could not emigrate to the colonies
The willingness of the British to allow greater political freedom than either the French or Spanish
The propensity of English colonies to grant religious freedom while the French and Spanish were much more restrictive
The adherence of Britain to a mercantilist economic system while the French and Spanish created free-market economies
By the time of the American Revolution, the above passage, Letters from an American Farmer, indicated that
nativist sentiment was significantly on the rise
many colonists felt a sense of American identity
religious freedom would be a casualty of any rebellion against England
the majority of American favored independence
Letters from an American Farmer supports which of the following statements about the American Revolution?
The Revolution began because Great Britain prohibited people from other nations to emigrate to the colonies
Great Britain hired mercenaries to assist them in fighting the Patriots
American Indians tended to side with the British rather than the colonies
The Patriots had a reasonable expectation that European countries would provide military and financial aid
The primary reason the Articles of Confederation restricted the power of the federal government was fear
that anarchy would sweep the nation following victory over Great Britain
that the French would attempt to recapture land they had lost in the French and Indian War
that the national government would create a monarchy
of tyranny that many colonists believed they had suffered under British rule
Despite its weaknesses, the Articles of Confederation experienced their greatest success in
setting up a system of survey and disposal of western lands
removal of the British from the northwest forts
agreement from the French to halt the impressment of American sailors
securing from Spain the right to peacefully navigate the entire length of the Mississippi RIver
Disagreement over determining state representation in the Articles of Confederation congress led to the constitutional convention to incorporate which of the following into the Constitution?
The division of Congress into two branches, the House of Representatives and the Senate
The first ten amendments limiting the power of the federal government
A federal system that divided power between the national and state government
A clause that allowed Congress to stretch its power as necessary
The above account, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston, 1842, best reflects which of the following about the American Revolution?
It was in part the result of a changing American identity
It was in part the result of serious propaganda campaigns by the colonial elite
It resulted in a serious divide between loyalists and patriots
It was fueled by specific acts of British oppression
Which of the following would most likely lead a historian to question the accuracy of the passage cited above, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston?
The reliability of interviewers to accurately record firsthand accounts of events
The reliability of conflicting accounts from firsthand witnesses of the same event
The reliability of firsthand account from a poorly educated individual
The reliability of a firsthand account collected long after the event
The above excerpt, Interview of 92 Year Old Captain Preston, best illustrates the fact that coloniests
would call for a strong central government following the Revolution
supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the Revolution
had developed a sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence
developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution
