APUSH Unit 1 Exam: Multiple Choice

the rise of the Atlantic slave trade.

the introduction of new kinds of plants and animals via the Columbian Exchange.

continued European encroachment on American Indian territory.

the diversity of the American Indian populations in different regions.

British conflicts with natives declined as a result of the Pueblo Revolt.

Spanish colonizing efforts in the new world failed because the United States ultimately gained control of the southwest.

Economic growth in the southwest was stagnant because of native resistance.

The Spanish were forced by the Pueblo Revolt to accommodate some aspects of native culture.

Spain and Britain both largely incorporated native cultures into their lifestyles.

Spain and Britain often resorted to violence to control native populations.

Neither Spain nor Britain had any interest in converting native populations.

Neither Spain nor Britain attempted to change the native populations they encountered.

The introduction of the encomienda and repartimiento systems

European disinterest in converting natives to Christianity

Complete assimilation of Native Americans into European culture

The introduction of slave labor into the Americas

The Spanish needed to identify a new source of labor to sustain its home economy.

Independent explorers sought political recognition for their typically self-funded efforts.

Colonization efforts were delayed by long periods of warfare in Europe.

Europeans sought new sources of wealth to fund their nationalistic conflicts in Europe.

The cultivation of labor-intensive products like cotton and tobacco demanded new labor sources in the British colonies.

New Englanders developed close-knit, homogenous communities of religious believers.

The lack of indentured servants led colonists to rely on African slavery.

Slaves often developed covert means to resist slavery.

the British used strict racial categories.

the British embraced the idea of numerous racial gradations.

French and Spanish colonists relied exclusively on Native Americans as slaves.

the Spanish and French did not legally sanction slavery.

The shortage of indentured servants toward the end of the 17th century

The inability of Europeans to enslave Native Americans

The abundance of arable land in North America

Decreasing European demand for colonial goods

The middle colonies developed societies which were religiously homogenous.

Religious toleration existed primarily in southern colonies.

Religious toleration existed in some, but not all, of the British colonies.

The New England colonies were founded as a largely homogenous society.

Increasing commerce from the colonies promoted a wide exchange of goods in the Atlantic community.

Native American sovereignty was respected by the colonial governments and by the British government.

The colonies were operating relatively independently of the British government.

Protestant evangelism was a significant motivation for settlement of the British colonies.

New ideas emerged that challenged the legality and morality of slavery

The development of colonies with distinct religious and ethnic differences

British control of colonial governments increased during this period

Decreasing Anglicization of the American colonies

Importation of slaves and manufactured goods to the New World.

Importation of cotton, tobacco, and sugar to the New World

Importation of lumber and furs to the New World.

Importation of rum and gunpowder to the New World.

Competition for labor sources led to growing mistrust among Europeans and colonists.

British interest in acquiring trade goods declined in this period.

Settlers on the frontier had different goals and expectations than settlers on the eastern seaboard.

Conflicts between European nations led to increasing economic and political regulation of the British colonies.

British attempts to appease colonists after numerous civil insurrections

British attempts to develop regional differences in the colonies

Colonial attempts to bypass British legislation

Limited British attempts to regulate colonial economics

Colonists expressed open dissatisfaction with British policies.

The British ruthlessly enforced punitive legislation.

Colonists acquiesced to British demands for compliance. Colonists shifted their economic systems from agriculture to industry.

Colonists shifted their economic systems from agriculture to industry.

the French and Indian (Seven Years’) War.

the American Revolution.

the Atlantic slave trade.

the Pueblo Revolt.

reduce the impact of French settlers in New England.

expand British trade networks into French territories.

limit colonial encroachment on traditional tribal lands.

create a political alliance with Native American confederacies.

Increased attempts to regulate the colonial economy led many colonists to protest British rule.

Repeated Native American raids of colonial outposts led to significant hostility among British colonists towards the Native Americans.

Population growth in the British colonies led many to seek land along the frontier between British territory and traditional tribal lands.

Nationalist desires to compete with the French drove many colonists to attempt to expand Northward.

the development of a series of alliances between the British colonists and neighboring Native American tribes.

open warfare between the British colonists and their French counterparts.

a growing sense of American identity in the face of perceived injustices.

an increase in the economic profitability of the British colonies in North America.

the demise of the aristocracy.

the British imperial system.

the significance of the rights of the individual.

free trade as a means to economic success.

It led to rising support for international involvement.

It pushed the United States into exclusive ties with Great Britain.

It shook American confidence in the ideas of the Enlightenment.

It fueled the debate over the character of democratic politics.

insisted upon avoiding permanent foreign alliances.

expanded the nation’s trade agreements with the French.

sought to compromise with members of the political opposition.

advocated liberalizing the American political system to be more inclusive of the common man.

Americans’ commitment to establishing a centralized government.

America’s belief in the Enlightenment principles of limited government and individual liberty.

America’s rejection of the writings of radical philosophers.

the colonies’ strong political ties to the British system of hereditary privilege.

Ownership of property

Having been born in the territories of the United States

Participation in the American Revolution

Membership in the Federalist Party

Enlightenment philosophers

Thomas Paine

The Federalists

Frontiersmen

The decision not to include a Bill of Rights in the original Constitution

The limitations placed on the power of the executive

The abolition of the slave trade

The concentration of power in the hands of the legislatures