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AP US History Chapter 5 Study Guide. On July 8, 1775, the colonies made a final offer of peace to Britain, agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their grievances (repealed the Coercive Acts, ended the taxation without representation policies).
Oct 19, 2018 · AP US History Study Guide Period 3: 1754–1800. British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation’s social, political, and economic identity.
After 7 weeks of deliberation, the 1st Continental Congress created several papers. The papers included a Declaration of Rights and appeals to other British-American colonies, to the king, and to the British people. The creation of The Association was the most important outcome of the Congress.
- Introductory notes:
- A. Thesis/Claim (0–1 point)
- Examples of acceptable theses:
- Examples of unacceptable theses:
- Examples of acceptable contextualization:
- Evidence
- Example of acceptably providing evidence relevant to the topic of the prompt:
- Example of acceptable use of evidence to support an argument:
- Historical Reasoning
- Examples of using historical reasoning might include:
- Examples of acceptable use of historical reasoning:
- Examples of unacceptable use of historical reasoning:
- Examples of acceptable demonstration of a complex complex understanding:
- Question 2 — Long Essay Question
- C. Evidence (0–2 points): 2
- D. Analysis and Reasoning (0–2 points): 2
- B. Contextualization (0–1 points): 0
- A. Thesis/Claim (0–1 points): 0
- B. Contextualization (0–1 points): 0
- C. Evidence (0–2 points): 0
- D. Analysis and Reasoning (0–2 points): 1
Except where otherwise noted, each point of these rubrics is earned independently, e.g., a student could earn a point for evidence without earning a point for thesis/claim. Accuracy: The components of these rubrics require that students demonstrate historically defensible content knowledge. Given the timed nature of the exam, essays may contain err...
Responses earn 1 point by responding to the prompt with a historically defensible claim that establishes a line of reasoning about the topic. To earn this point, the thesis must make a claim that responds to the prompt rather than simply restating or rephrasing the prompt. The thesis must suggest at least one main line of argument development or es...
“Although these taxes are considered to be the reasoning behind the American Revolution, the impending war was more so about the need for individual freedom and republican government that the British deprived them of after the end to salutary neglect.” (The response makes a historically defensible claim that addresses the prompt and establishes a l...
“The colonists of North America, armed with their new ideas of a self-ruling government, paved the way for a new country.” (This example is too vague and does not directly respond to the prompt.) “Ideas of self-government significantly influenced American colonial reaction to British imperial authority.” (The response simply restates the prompt wit...
“In the period before the French and Indian War, the colonies enjoyed a great amount of economic, political, and social freedom and even had a government as laid out in the Mayflower Compact. Before the war, there were Navigation Acts that required the colonies only trade with Britain, but they were not strictly enforced. Because of these freedoms,...
Responses earn 1 point by providing at least two specific examples of evidence relevant to the topic of the prompt. Responses can earn this point without earning the point for a thesis statement. These examples of evidence must be different from the information used to earn the point for contextualization. Typically, statements credited as contextu...
• “The British parliament began to tax goods without the knowledge/consent of the colonists. Political figures began to write documents and pamphlets such as Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense.’” (The response earned 1 point for evidence. This example correctly identifies the idea of “no taxation without representation” and Thomas Paine’s pamphlet. It di...
• “The Stamp Act was the first direct tax on the colonists that they really noticed. The colonists responded to this with the proclamation of ‘No taxation without Representation,’ the argument that they could not be taxed if they weren’t represented in Parliament.” (The response earned 2 points for evidence. It correctly identifies examples in the ...
Responses earn 1 point by using historical reasoning to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt. To earn this point, the response must demonstrate the use of historical reasoning to frame or structure an argument, although the reasoning might be uneven or imbalanced.
Explaining how particular ideas from the Enlightenment helped cause American resistance to British rule, such as the Stamp Act protests or the Boston Tea Party Tracing the continuity of earlier institutions of self-government such as the Virginia House of Burgesses to the role of local governing bodies in colonial protests, such as committees of co...
“The Boston Tea Party was a protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor to go against the burdensome tea tax that Parliament imposed. In response, Britain seized the port, shut down the Massachusetts legislature, and replaced the former, elected officials with unelected bureaucrats from England.” (The response earned 1 point for h...
“Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ talks about the idea of being free from a ruler and living in a balanced society. This gave way to the American revolution with the goal of having a government for the people, by the people.” (This example did not earn a point for historical reasoning. The response attempts to demonstrate causation, that Thomas Paine’...
The following response earned the point for complexity. While the essay acknowledges the central role self-government played in leading to revolution, this example identifies that not all colonists (like the Quakers) adhered to these ideas. This qualifies the response’s overall argument by highlighting specific demographic groups that did not neces...
Note: Student samples are quoted verbatim and may contain spelling and grammatical errors.
The response earned 2 points for evidence. An abundance of evidence is presented and effectively deployed in support of the argument throughout the response. The response includes discussions of virtual representation, Paine’s Common Sense, the Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Act, and the Stamp Act Congress. The use of evidence to support ...
The response earned 2 points for complexity. The response uses the historical reasoning skill of causation to frame the argument that ideas about self-government influenced colonial reactions to British imperial authority. The response demonstrates a complex understanding of the topic and argues that three distinct factors caused this reaction: the...
The response did not earn the point for contextualization. In the discussion of opposition to taxes, a brief mention of broader historical events (e.g., debt from the French and Indian War) describes the impetus for the new taxes. While this does explain the immediate cause of subsequent taxes, the reference is essentially tied to the argument of t...
The response did not earn the point for the thesis. The response makes the assertion that “it is clear the self-governd philosophy played a large factor in many key decisions and turning points that would ultimately lead to the Revolutionary War and freedom of America.” This statement addresses the factors leading to the Revolution rather than how ...
The response did not earn a point for contextualization. The response does not describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
The response did not earn points for evidence. The response provides only one specific piece of information supporting the topic of the essay. The idea of the colonial lack of representation in Parliament is connected to the “now famous chant for reform ‘no taxation without representation.’”
The response earned 1 point for analysis. The response uses the historical reasoning skill of causation by identifying how ideas of self-government led to the Revolutionary War. This idea is developed in the discussion of resistance to Parliamentary rule and the “fight for freedom in the Revolutionary War.” The response does not demonstrate a com...
Identify the purposes that government serves and trace their historical roots. - Government requires citizens to surrender some freedom as part of being governed. - People do so in order to obtain the benefits of government: maintaining order, providing public goods, and—more controversially—promoting equality.
Terms in this set (35) A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution. Democracy. "the Great Charter"; a written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power, and protected the natural rights of his subjects.
The Coercive Acts were a direct response by the British Parliament to the Boston Tea Party, in which American colonists destroyed an entire shipment of British tea in protest of taxation without representation.
