Period 3: 1754–1800 unit test
A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
Proclamation of 1763
Jay's Treaty (1794)
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Articles of Confederation
Washington's Farewell Address
Federalists vs Anti-Federalists
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Declaratory Act (1766)
Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
Pinckney's Treaty (1795)
Common Sense (1776)
Short answer 1. Define or explain: Townshend Acts (1767)
3 ptsShort answer 2. Define or explain: Judiciary Act of 1789
3 ptsShort answer 3. Define or explain: Neutrality Proclamation (1793)
3 ptsShort answer 4. Define or explain: Bank of the United States (1791)
3 ptsFree response
3 ptsSHORT-ANSWER QUESTION. Read the description of the source. Source — Thomas Paine, Common Sense, pamphlet published anonymously in Philadelphia, January 1776. Paine argues that government is at best a necessary evil made necessary by human wickedness, and that hereditary monarchy in particular has no rational or scriptural basis — an office that passes by birth cannot guarantee competence, and the English constitution's celebrated balance is a cover for royal power rather than a check on it. He maintains that reconciliation with Britain is impossible and that continued dependence drags America into European wars in which it has no interest. He calls instead for immediate independence and a continental government founded on frequent elections and written charters.
A. Briefly describe one argument Paine makes about the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain.
B. Briefly explain one way the pamphlet contributed to the movement for independence in 1776.
C. Briefly explain how one group of colonists responded to arguments such as Paine’s between 1776 and 1783.