APUSH
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 Bell Work:
 As preparation for our test. Here is a series of sample
multiple choice questions. Pick the ones that best
answer the prompt.
 We will then discuss a possible thesis for the
following Free Response Question.
The Treaty of Tordesillas contained a
provision to

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Give Spain all right to settle in the Americas.
End Aztec domination in Mexico
End rebellion of the Pueblos in New Mexico
Divide the Americas between Spain and Portugal to
colonize.
Allow England to colonize North America and Spain to
colonize Central and South America.
D: The Treaty of Tordesillas was drafted by the Pope in
1494 to prevent conflict and give these two Catholic nations
rights to settlement in Africa and America.
A principle of the economic theory of
mercantilism was that

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Centralized control of the economy was essential to
increasing a nation’s wealth.
Free trade and the market system would increase a country’s
productivity.
The world’s wealth increased as the population grew.
Importing goods from other countries would conserve a
nation’s resources and make it wealthier.
Government should not be involved in a nation’s economy.
A: Mercantilism held that wealth was fixed and that a nation must
export more than it imported to funnel wealth in the country.
Central control was necessary to make sure this happened.
The Calvert family adopted the
Toleration Act in 1649 because

a) Catholics found Protestants friendly and helpful.
b) Warfare between Indians and settlers was destabilizing
the colony.
c) Indentured servants refused to join the Catholic
Church.
d) The Calverts decided to abandon the original goal of
providing a refuge for Catholics.
e) Protestants quickly outnumbered Catholics in the
colony.
E: With a Protestant majority, the Toleration Act would
ensure Maryland Catholics the freedom to worship.
Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards strayed
from Puritan orthodoxy in his belief that
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Few would be saved and individuals could do nothing to
affect their salvation.
Salvation was available to all and easy to gain.
God and ministers shared power to save sinners.
God’s power was absolute, but one could work toward
salvation although it was difficult to gain.
Bishops could determine who in the congregation would be
saved.
D: Edwards reacted to many Awakeners by adopting a stricter
Calvinist theology than other Awakeners that emphasized the
sovereignty of God but also the ability of one to work toward his
or her salvation.
A major reason for the French merchant construction of
fortresses in Ohio valley in the mid-eighteenth century
was

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Its desire to protect French farmers settles in the area from
English.
Ongoing wars with the Iroquois and other Indian nations
because of French encroachment on Indian lands.
Tension between the French merchant aristocracy on the
coast and French settlers inland.
To counter rising English influence when the Iroquois
granted them trading concessions.
To protect overzealous Jesuit priests undertaking a new
campaign to convert the natives to Catholicism.
D: There was not a significant population of Europeans in New
France and their relations with Indians were generally good. The
France forts were to establish a French presence in an area where
English settlers were moving.
As a result of the French and Indian War

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
The colonies were more dependent on Britain because they
relied on English soldiers for protection.
The French agreed to stay within the boundaries of Louisiana
and Canada and not incite Indians to attack western British
settlements.
The French and the Indians agreed to a peace that lasted until
the Revolutionary War.
The British regarded Americans as loyal subjects, good soldiers
in the cause, and strong financial supporters of the war.
The colonists resented British interference in local affairs, and
America militia noted marked differences between themselves
and their English brethren.
E: As this war was the first time that many colonists had any personal
contact with the English, a significant result was that the Americans
saw themselves as quite different from the English.
After the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Continental
Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to the king to
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Acknowledge the colonies’ independence and lay the
groundwork for the Declaration of Independence to follow.
Seek a reconciliation with the Crown by stating colonial
grievances.
Declare complete submission to the king and the intent to
rebel no longer.
Declare the colonial intent to resist English rule by force until
the king withdrew his force from America.
Inform him of the colonial association’s boycott of British
goods until the British troops left Boston.
B: It took the colonies more than a year after Lexington and
Concord to declare Independence. Most colonists still
acknowledged the king but wanted him to accept colonial
republican ideals concerning representation and taxation.
The sentiment expressed in this phrase from Declaration of Independence,
“[T]hat whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends
[securing life, liberty and property], it is the right of the people to alter or
abolish it,” best expresses the political philosophy of
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Baron de Montesquieu.
Thomas Hobbs.
John Locke.
Voltaire
William Pitt.
C: In his treaties concerning England’s Glorious
Revolution, John Locke stated that a people have the right
to overthrow a government that does not protect natural
rights of life, liberty, and property.
The Battle of Yorktown most clearly
demonstrated which of the following?
a)

The overwhelming superiority of American troops
toward the end of the Revolutionary War.
b) The inability of Britain to support its armies across the
Atlantic Ocean.
c) The waning support of the British public to continue
support of a war to retain its colonies in British North
America.
d) The misplaced emphasis British generals put on
support from Loyalists in its southern strategy.
e) The significance of French aid to the Patriot cause.
E: The temporary superiority of the French fleet in the
Chesapeake cut off any means retreat for Cornwallis.
The Treaty of Paris at the end of the Revolutionary
War contained provisions for

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
An end to the fighting and provisions for America and
France to divide Britain’s North American possessions.
Recognition of the United States’ independence and Britain’s
withdrawal from the North American continent.
Treaties of trade and alliance between France and the United
States.
The United States western boundary to be the Mississippi
River and British recognition of its independence.
An end to fighting and a return to the status quo antebellum.
D: Other provisions included consideration of both Loyalist
claims and paying debts incurred by Americans before the war.
Britain would continue its presence in Canada.