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Period 3 Test Questions latest upload
1. Which of the following developments from the British colonial era is
the
above
excerpt
most
directly
responding
to?:
The British king barred colonists from
expanding
further westward
2.
Which of the following best describes U.S.-American Indian relations
during the 1800s, which can be seen as an extension of views as reflected
in the above
letter?:
Americans showed a willingness to ignore treaties with American Indians to
gain control of valuable land.
3. The above letter best demonstrates which of the following regarding
Amer-
ican colonial relations with the British Crown by the mid-1700s?: The
colonists had
little
interest
in
following
British
laws
that
opposed
their
own
interests.
4.
Which
of
the
following
best
describes
the
British
government's
reasoning
for its actions referenced in Washington's letter above?: For reasons of
military expense
and
preservation
of
trade
and
land
speculation
for
itself,
it
wanted
to
control
westward
expansion
instead
of
allowing
the provincial colonial governments to have control.
5.
Which of the following best describes the effect of laws such as that
above on how a broad number of American colonists' came to view
themselves in
relation
to
the
British?:
They moved many colonists to define themselves
in opposition to the British
government.
6.
Which of the following developments in British-American colonial
relations
most immediately led to the writing of the above document?:
Many
American colonists
sought to directly resist British political authority.
7. Which of the following ideals most justified in many American
colonists' view
their general political response to laws such as those above?:
Popular sovereignty
under a republican government
8.
Which of the following best describes the British perspective in its
relations
with the American colonies by the latter half of the 18th century?:
Britain saw the
American
colonies
as
a
typical
part
of
its
empire,
and
the
colonists
had
gotten
too
used
to
provincial
self-government.
9.
Laws
like
that
above
were
long-term
consequences
of
events
related
to
which
of
the
following?:
Britain needed Americans to help pay the debts of the Seven Years'
War as well
as military expenses for defending the colonists against American Indians.
10.
Based on the above excerpt, with which of the following
