Question 1

To Thomas Paine it made "common sense" to break from Parliament,but not from the king.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The beginning of hostilities in 1775 found the colonies generally unprepared for war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

During the American Revolution,the Iroquois Confederacy officially

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A)   declared its neutrality.
B)   allied itself with the colonists.
C)   allied itself with the British.
D)   refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war.
E)   disbanded and withdrew to the west.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?

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A)   The outcome of the war largely weakened the position of Indians.
B)   Indians generally had better relations with the British than with the Americans.
C)   White Americans' attitudes toward the tribes took a turn for the worse during the war.
D)   American Patriots had generally tried to persuade Indians to be neutral in the war.
E)   Some Indians took advantage of the conflict to launch attacks of their own.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Characterize the debate over slavery in America immediately following the Revolution.

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Question 6

Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution,make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.

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One could argue that the Articles of Con...

Question 7

For the first time,in the Treaty of ________,the new federal government recognized that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.

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Question 8

The core American political ideology of the postwar period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

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A)   a strong central governing authority.
B)   the development of heavy industry.
C)   westward expansion.
D)   the creation of a strong military.
E)   independent landowners.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Among the following,who was NOT a British general during the American Revolution?

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A)   Thomas Gage
B)   William Howe
C)   John Burgoyne
D)   Horatio Gates
E)   Barry St. LegerF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 10

The battle at Yorktown involved

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A)   the most bloody battle of the war.
B)   the suicide of the commanding British general.
C)   evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war.
D)   a combined French and American army and navy.
E)   treachery on the part of Benedict Arnold.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to

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A)   eliminate slavery in the western states.
B)   compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories.
C)   enhance the power of the central government.
D)   gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans.
E)   provide for the admission of new states into the union.F) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 12

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was written by ________.

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The answer of The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was...

Question 14

The blunders of General ________,one of which was leaving John Burgoyne to fight alone in the north,cost the British dearly in 1777.

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Question 15

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Why was pressure building for a new constitution during the second half of the 1780s?

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During the second half of the 1780s, pre...

Question 17

Immediately following Lexington and Concord,it is safe to say that most Americans now saw their main goal as independence from Great Britain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Women,sometimes by choice but more often by necessity,flocked to the camps of the Patriot armies during the Revolutionary War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The war effort by American colonists would be financed primarily by

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A)   spending hard currency.
B)   printing paper money.
C)   borrowing from abroad.
D)   selling bonds.
E)   melting down jewelry into specie.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

As a result of the American Revolution,the Anglican Church in America was

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A)   weakened.
B)   banned in most colonies.
C)   made the official religion of Virginia.
D)   praised by Patriots for supporting independence.
E)   tried for aiding and abetting the British.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

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To Thomas Paine it made "common sense" to break from Parliament,but not from the king.

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For the first time,in the Treaty of ________,the new federal government recognized that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.

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Among the following,who was NOT a British general during the American Revolution?

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The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was written by ________.

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The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to

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Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution,make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.

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The core American political ideology of the postwar period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

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