Continuity and Change in Period 3 Practice Test

Change: tariffs were outlawed by the Constitution; continuity: the Crown collected customs duties at American ports and used admiralty courts into the 1790s.

Change: Britain resumed direct rule of the states; continuity: Americans had no elections and relied on hereditary offices, mirroring the pre-1763 colonial system.

Change: the Whiskey Rebellion proved protests ended permanently; continuity: the Stamp Act remained the principal federal tax used to fund the new government.

Change: Americans gained elected representation shaping tax policy; continuity: popular resistance to perceived unfair taxation continued, sometimes turning into organized protest.

Change: the U.S. banned all taxation after 1783; continuity: colonial assemblies remained subordinate to Parliament and had no influence on fiscal policy through 1800.