Question 1

During the 1780s, most state governments

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A)  moved to limit popular power.
B)  were notable for their stability.
C)  found it difficult to revise their constitutions.
D)  remained strongly elitist.
E)  got rid of property requirements for voters.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

Under the Articles of Confederation, in 1777 there was a federal

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A)  congress.
B)  judiciary.
C)  executive.
D)  bureaucracy.
E)  All the answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 3

During the Revolutionary War the Iroquois Confederacy was united in its allegiance to Great Britain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary, but had no separate executive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Following Lexington and Concord, it is safe to say that most Americans now saw that they were fighting for independence from Great Britain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

After the Battle of Saratoga, British Prime Minister Lord North responded to the colonies with

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A)  an offer of a British surrender if the Americans would remain part of the empire.
B)  an offer to return to the pre-1763 British policies if the colonies would quit the war.
C)  an offer of complete colonial home rule within the empire if they would quit the war.
D)  a threat to destroy all American forces if they refused to negotiate a peace treaty.
E)  a threat to foment a slave rebellion in the South if the American forces did not quit the war.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

France was an American ally during the Revolutionary War, but it did not provide the Americans with significant amounts of money or munitions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the structure of government as defined by the Articles of Confederation.

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The Articles of Confederation, the first...

Question 9

Following the American Revolution, as the Republic took shape in the 1780s, greater social importance was attached to women in the role of

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A)  wives.
B)  feminists.
C)  citizens.
D)  nurses.
E)  mothers.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 10

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

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The debate over slavery in America immed...

Question 11

In 1776, Abigail Adams was an advocate for

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A)  full gender equality in the new postwar nation.
B)  a woman's right to vote.
C)  new protections against abusive and tyrannical men.
D)  support for impoverished war widows.
E)  temperance.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

In writing the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson borrowed from the contract theory of _________________.

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Question 13

Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each side in fighting the Revolutionary War.

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Advantages of the American side in the R...

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Battle of Saratoga (1777) was both a turning point in the Revolutionary War and a victory for the colonists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What was the American ideology of republicanism during the Revolutionary era?

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During the Revolutionary era, the Americ...

Question 17

In the thinking of most American political leaders, the success of their new republican governments depended on

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A)  a strong defense of civil liberties.
B)  the development of industries.
C)  westward expansion.
D)  the creation of a strong military.
E)  independent landowners.F) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 18

In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

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A)  could not own property.
B)  had more legal rights than unmarried women.
C)  had legal authority over her children.
D)  could not earn wages greater than her husband.
E)  could only initiate divorce in case of adultery.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

The American diplomat who negotiated the French Alliance of 1778 was ____________________.

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The answer of The American diplomat who negotiated the French...

Question 20

By the end of the Revolutionary War, the position of Native Americans in and near the United States had been strengthened by their support of the Patriot cause.

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A) True 
 B)False

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