1. Why did early American political leaders want to ensure they had a combination of democratic and republican structures in the U.S. government?
A. They did not want to allow the American people the opportunity to participate in the government at all.
B. They believed it was important to allow people some voice in their government, but wanted to ensure the right people maintained power.
C. Enlightenment thinkers had warned them against using only one of those forms of government alone.
D. They could not decide whether the Greeks or the Romans had done a better job with their government and used both.
2. Which of the following best explains how the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions are related?
A. Debt from supporting the American Revolution led King Louis XVI to raise taxes at the Estates-General. The Third Estate objected to new taxes and wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The declaration inspired a revolt of the enslaved population in Haiti.
B. French plantation owners in Haiti followed the example of the American colonists and declared independence from France. King Louis XVI had to raise taxes to fight the Haitian Revolution. The Third Estate objected to new taxes and wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
C. The revolt of enslaved people in Haiti inspired the French people of the Third Estate to write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The American colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence in response.
D. King George III had to raise taxes to pay his debts from the French Revolution. The Americans wrote the Declaration of Independence in response to the Coercive Acts and new taxes, which inspired a revolt of enslaved people in Haiti.
3. Which of the following accurately states a key difference among the U.S., French, and Haitian governments following their independence movements?
A. The French government feared too much revolutionary zeal from the masses.
B. The French feared counter-revolutionaries.
C. The French government wanted to extract money from the executed citizens.
D. The French government feared that the masses would want to end state religion.
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