Free Responses: Chapter 4-6

Free Responses
Chapters 4-6

(2010)
Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the US victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answers to the period 1775-1783.

(2009)
Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values.

(2009b)
Analyze how the ideas and experiences of the revolutionary era influenced the principles embodied in the Articles of Confederation.

(2008b)
Analyze the reasons for the Anti-Federalists’ opposition to ratifying the Constitution.

(2007)
Settlers in the 18th century American backcountry sometimes resorted to violent protest to express their grievances. Analyze the causes and significance of TWO of the following:
March of the Paxton Boys
Regulator Movement
Shays’ Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion

(2007b)
The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and the North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775.
Land acquisition
Politics
Economics

(2006b)
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional American political elite.” Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1781 to 1789.

(2005 DBQ)
To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer, be sure to address the political, social, and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.

(2004 DBQ)
In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1740-1766 in constructing your response.

(1999 DBQ)
To what extent had the colonies developed a sense of identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1750 to 1776 to answer the question.

(1985 DBQ)
“From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government.” Using the documents and your knowledge of the period, evaluate this statement.

(2005b)
To what extent was the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation?

(1989)
“In the two decades before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a profound shift occurred in the way many Americans thought and felt about British government and their colonial governments.” Assess the validity of this statement in view of political and constitutional debates of these decades.

(1992)
Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776:
Parliamentary taxation
Restriction of civil liberties
British military measures
The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas

(1997)
Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.


(1996)
Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following.
Foreign relations
Economic conditions
Western lands

(2003)
Evaluate the extent in which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the nation.

(2004)
Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women in the period 1775-1800.

(1991)
The Bill of Rights did not come from a desire to protect the liberties won in the American Revolution, but rather from a fear of the powers of the new federal government. Assess the validity of this statement.