AP®︎ US History: Topic 3.4 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.4 of AP US History – Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution.
Questions List
Topic 3.4
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-3.2.I.A
What was the Enlightenment primarily focused on?
What You’re Being Tested On:
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Topic 3.4: Philosophical Foundations of the American Revolution
Thematic Focus: American and National IdentityNAT
The development of and debates about democracy, freedom, citizenship, diversity, and individualism shape American national identity, cultural values, and beliefs about American exceptionalism, and in turn, these ideas shape political institutions and society. Throughout American history, notions of national identity and culture have coexisted with varying degrees of regional and group identities.
Learning Objective: Unit 3: Learning Objective D
Explain how and why colonial attitudes about government and the individual changed in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
Historical Developments: KC-3.2.I.A
Enlightenment ideas and philosophy inspired many American political thinkers to emphasize individual talent over hereditary privilege, while religion strengthened Americans’ view of themselves as a people blessed with liberty.
Historical Developments: KC-3.2.I.B
The colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican forms of government based on the natural rights of the people found expression in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. The ideas in these documents resonated throughout American history, shaping Americans’ understanding of the ideals on which the nation was based.
