Exam 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700

The following questions are based on the excerpt below. "From decades of debate on the colonists' right to self-government,popular sovereignty had emerged as the basic principle of legitimate government. But how was this principle to be realized in practice? ...Whig social contract theory specified that sovereignty resided in the will of the majority of the participants in the contract,limited only by the individual member's right to life,liberty,and property. Applied to the colonies,the question was,who were the legitimate participants in the new polity based on contract?" Willi Paul Adams,The First American Constitutions,1980 -Which of the following most directly contradicts the founding principles described in the passage?

The following questions are based on the excerpt below. "Behold you then,...establishing the liberties of your country...may heaven favor your cause,and make you the channel thro'which it may pour it's [sic] favors while you are exterminating the monster aristocracy,& pulling out the teeth & fangs...What are you doing for your colonies? They will be lost if not more effectually succoured.Indeed no future efforts you can make will ever be able to reduce the blacks... We as sincerely wish their restoration,and their connection with you,...satisfied that neither your justice nor their distresses will ever again permit their being forced to seek at dear & distant markets those first necessaries of life which they may have at cheaper markets placed by nature at their door,& formed by her for their support." Thomas Jefferson, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette in response to the French (and Haitian) Revolution, 1791 -Debate in the United States over world events like those mentioned in the passage led to

The following questions are based on the map below. 2016 Cengage Learning Western Land Cessions to the United States,1782-1802 -Which of the following is true of the territories ceded by the various states?

The following questions refer to the excerpt below. "With a good deal of surprise I have observed that little notice has been taken of an act of Parliament...If the Parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights,it may deprive any or all the other colonies of their rights;and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts as a mutual inattention to the interest of each other.To divide and thus to destroy is the first political maxim in attacking those who are powerful by their union.He certainly is not a wise man who folds his arms and reposes himself at home,seeing with unconcern the flames that have invaded his neighbor's house without using any endeavors to extinguish them." Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer,The Boston Chronicle,1767 -The language used in the passage above suggests the influence of

The following questions refer to the excerpt below. "Whereas it is… essential to our Interest,and the Security of our Colonies,that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians ...who live under our Protection,should not be molested or disturbed ...--We do therefore,...declare it to be our Royal Will and Pleasure...for the use of the said Indians,[to be reserved] all the Lands and Territories ...lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers [along the Appalachian Mountains] which fall into the Sea....And We do hereby strictly forbid… all our loving Subjects from… taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved…" The Royal Proclamation,King George III,October 1763 -Which of the following best explains why British colonists would have been frustrated by the Proclamation above?

The following questions are based on the excerpt below. "There is I think great danger that [the new United States government] will be [a failure] unless the tottering system shall be supported by arms... What is the cause of this commotion [in Western Massachusetts]? [The farmers] just complained of commutation,of the weight of the public taxes,of the insupportable debt of the union,of the scarcity of money,and of the cruelty of suffering the private creditors to call for their just dues....The proportion of debtors run high in this State.Too many of them are against the government.The men of property,and the holders of the public securities are generally abettors of our present constitution." Benjamin Lincoln,letter to George Washington,1786 -The internal unrest described in this passage would most directly lead to

The following questions refer to the excerpt below. "Whereas it is… essential to our Interest,and the Security of our Colonies,that the several Nations or Tribes of Indians ...who live under our Protection,should not be molested or disturbed ...--We do therefore,...declare it to be our Royal Will and Pleasure...for the use of the said Indians,[to be reserved] all the Lands and Territories ...lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers [along the Appalachian Mountains] which fall into the Sea....And We do hereby strictly forbid… all our loving Subjects from… taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved…" The Royal Proclamation,King George III,October 1763 -British Proclamations like this one directly led to

The following questions refer to the excerpt below. "With a good deal of surprise I have observed that little notice has been taken of an act of Parliament...If the Parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights,it may deprive any or all the other colonies of their rights;and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts as a mutual inattention to the interest of each other.To divide and thus to destroy is the first political maxim in attacking those who are powerful by their union.He certainly is not a wise man who folds his arms and reposes himself at home,seeing with unconcern the flames that have invaded his neighbor's house without using any endeavors to extinguish them." Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer,The Boston Chronicle,1767 -The Pennsylvania Farmer's reference to the acts of Parliament concerning the colony of New York reveal

The following questions are based on the excerpt below. "Behold you then,...establishing the liberties of your country...may heaven favor your cause,and make you the channel thro'which it may pour it's [sic] favors while you are exterminating the monster aristocracy,& pulling out the teeth & fangs...What are you doing for your colonies? They will be lost if not more effectually succoured.Indeed no future efforts you can make will ever be able to reduce the blacks... We as sincerely wish their restoration,and their connection with you,...satisfied that neither your justice nor their distresses will ever again permit their being forced to seek at dear & distant markets those first necessaries of life which they may have at cheaper markets placed by nature at their door,& formed by her for their support." Thomas Jefferson, letter to the Marquis de Lafayette in response to the French (and Haitian) Revolution, 1791 -The passage above demonstrates that

Answer parts a and b. a)Describe the experiences of TWO of the following groups in the years immediately following the American Revolution to 1800. -African Americans -Women -American Indians b)Explain how ONE of the groups selected in part a ultimately realized the promises of liberty and equality set in motion by the American Revolution and provide ONE piece of evidence to justify your answer.

The following questions refer to the excerpt below. "As the frontier of white settlement expanded westward and Iroquois war parties followed the warrior path to the southeastern tribes,the two forces inevitably clashed...But [the English] wanted the confederacy tied to the British interest exclusively…[and accepted that in the short term] an accommodation [treaty] would prove cheaper than a war… That summer of 1760 witnessed a high watermark in Indian affairs. Canada passed into English hands;the ancient regime ceased to rule New France… English traders no longer had French rivals… The Six Nations and their tributaries had fallen from the position of balancing power between rival nations." William Nelson Fenton,The Great Law and the Longhouse: A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy,1998 -The alliance of the Six Nations tribes in the Iroquois Confederacy served to

The following questions are based on the image below. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division[LC-USZ62-44892] Molly Pitcher,i.e.Molly McCauley,loading cannon at the Battle of Monmouth,1778 -The actions of women like the one pictured above contributed to

Directions: In your response you should do the following: •State a relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question. •Support your argument with evidence,using specific examples. •Apply historical thinking skills as directed by the question. •Synthesize the elements above into a persuasive essay that extends your argument,connects it to a different historical context,or connects it to a different category of analysis. -To what extent did United States national policy effectively govern the frontier in the years between 1783 and 1800?