AP®︎ World History: Topic 4.6 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 4.6 of AP World History – Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750.
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Topic 4.6
Question 1 Easy
"In the name of God, Amen. Whereas Captain Cudjoe, and the rest of his captains, have been in a state of war and hostility for several years past against our sovereign lord the King, and the inhabitants of this island; and whereas peace and friendship among mankind, and the preventing the effusion of blood, is agreeable to God and nature... we, the commissioners appointed by his excellency Edward Trelawny... do... declare, that Captain Cudjoe, the rest of his captains, adherents, and men, women, and children, shall be forever hereafter in a perfect state of freedom and liberty... That [the Maroons] shall enjoy and possess, for themselves and posterity forever, all the lands situate and lying between Trelawny Town and the Cockpits, to the amount of fifteen hundred acres, bearing northwest from the said Trelawny Town... That if any negroes shall hereafter run away from their masters or owners, and fall into Captain Cudjoe's hands, [the Maroons] shall immediately send them back to the chief magistrate of the next parish where they are taken; and those that bring them are to be satisfied for their trouble, as the legislature shall appoint."
— Treaty between British colonial commissioners and Captain Cudjoe, Jamaica, 1739 Adapted from the original source for clarity and length. Wording may differ slightly from the original text.
Which of the following most directly enabled the formerly enslaved communities to negotiate the treaty shown in the excerpt?
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Topic 4.6: Internal and External Challenges to State Power from 1450 to 1750
Thematic Focus: GovernanceGOV
A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.
Learning Objective: Unit 4: Learning Objective L
Explain the effects of the development of state power from 1450 to 1750.
Historical Developments: KC-4.3.III.iii
State expansion and centralization led to resistance from an array of social, political, and economic groups on a local level.
Historical Developments: KC-5.3.III.C
Enslaved persons challenged existing authorities in the Americas through organized resistance.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Pueblo Revolts
- Fronde
- Cossack revolts
- Maratha conflict with Mughals
- Ana Nzinga's resistance (as ruler of Ndongo and Matamba)
- Metacom's War (King Philip's War)
- The establishment of Maroon societies in the Caribbean and Brazil
- Resistance of enslaved persons in North America
