AP®︎ US History: Topic 3.3 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.3 of AP US History – Taxation Without Representation.
Questions List
Topic 3.3
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-3.1.II.A
Which major global conflict preceded the shift in British colonial policies?
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Topic 3.3: Taxation Without Representation
Thematic Focus: America in the WorldWOR
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations, and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly important role in the world.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective C
Explain how British colonial policies regarding North America led to the Revolutionary War.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.A
The imperial struggles of the mid-18th century, as well as new British efforts to collect taxes without direct colonial representation or consent and to assert imperial authority in the colonies, began to unite the colonists against perceived and real constraints on their economic activities and political rights.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.B
Colonial leaders based their calls for resistance to Britain on arguments about the rights of British subjects, the rights of the individual, local traditions of self-rule, and the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.C
The effort for American independence was energized by colonial leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, as well as by popular movements that included the political activism of laborers, artisans, and women.
Historical Developments: KC-3.1.II.D
In the face of economic shortages and the British military occupation of some regions, men and women mobilized in large numbers to provide financial and material support to the Patriot movement.
