SAQ PRACTICE! DIRECTIONS: This is a timed practice so you will have 27 minutes to answer both questions.
In your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an
outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable.
“The Inhabitants of the Massachusetts bay were notorious in the smuggling Business, from the
Capital Merchant down to the meanest Mechanick [poorest craftsmen]. . . . So lost to all Sense
of Honor was this Set of Men, that the smuggling Trade went on as usual, until at last . . . it
brought on the present Rebellion. . . .
“. . . The Ministry . . . procured a new Act [in 1767] to be passed, laying Duties upon Tea, Glass,
Paper, and Painters Colours. This Act was not more unreasonable than many other Acts which
had been submitted to for many Years past, and which, even at this Time, they made no
Objection to. . .
“As to the Glass in particular, the Duty was so trifling, that it would not have enhanced the Price
of it to the Purchaser. . . . The true Reason of Opposition was this: The Inhabitants of the
Colonies were a Race of Smugglers. They carried an extensive Trade with the Dutch, not only
in Holland, but very greatly with the Dutch Settlements in the West Indies. . . . The Smugglers
then, who were the prevailing Part of the Traders in the Capitals of the several Provinces, found
it necessary for their Interest, to unite in defeating the Operation of the Act.”
Peter Oliver, former chief justice of the royal colony of Massachusetts, Origin and Progress of
the American Rebellion, published in 1781

Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c).
a- Briefly describe the point of view expressed by Oliver in the excerpt.
b- Briefly describe a historical situation in which Oliver produced the excerpt.
c- Briefly describe ONE piece of evidence used by Oliver to support his argument in the
excerpt.

In your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an
outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.”

Preamble to the United States Constitution, 1787

Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c).
a- Briefly describe ONE historical development illustrated by the Preamble.
b- Briefly describe ONE way in which a historical development illustrated by the Preamble
compares with the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
c- Briefly explain ONE point of view of the authors of the Preamble.