Question 1

How did the American ideology of republicanism affect the formation of state governments during and following the Revolutionary War?

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Question 2

Both Quakers and Catholics were strengthened as a result of their support for the Patriot cause and the Revolutionary War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The author of Common Sense

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A)   sought to concentrate colonial anger on unpopular parliamentary measures.
B)   was an American who had never been to England.
C)   sold very few copies of his pamphlet until after the war was won.
D)   was arrested by British officials and charged with treason.
E)   considered the English constitution to be the greatest problem facing the colonists.

Question 4

In the aftermath of the Declaration of Independence, the colonies began to call themselves states

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A)   because that was how they were defined in the preamble.
B)   in response to the British custom of calling them provinces.
C)   due to the belief that each was a sovereign entity.
D)   as a deliberate means of undermining the formation of a single American nation.
E)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

In early 1778, France

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A)   withdrew military naval support from the U.S., but continued to provide monetary assistance and supplies.
B)   expelled the colonies' diplomats, including Benjamin Franklin, from Paris.
C)   agreed to give the Americans money and supplies, but withheld its soldiers.
D)   declared war on both England and Spain.
E)   recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort.

Question 6

Which of the following statements regarding Benedict Arnold is FALSE?

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A)   Arnold was an American military hero early in the war.
B)   During the war, Arnold grew convinced the American cause was hopeless.
C)   Arnold conspired with the British to betray a Patriot stronghold at West Point, New York.
D)   Arnold had previously foiled the advance of Barry St. Leger into the Mohawk Valley.
E)   Arnold spent the last years of the Revolution as a prisoner of war.

Question 7

The fear of ________ helped prevent English colonists in the Caribbean islands from joining with the continental Americans in the revolt against Britain.

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A)   the British navy
B)   economic repercussions
C)   French intervention
D)   hurricanes
E)   slave rebellions

Question 8

During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the colonies

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A)   joined the British army in large numbers to fight against their American masters.
B)   were assisted by the British to escape, as a way to disrupt the American war effort.
C)   were offered their freedom by Americans if they fought against the British.
D)   tried to help Loyalists escape to Canada in exchange for their freedom.
E)   were not significantly affected by the conflict.

Question 9

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.

Question 10

The United States never negotiated a formal alliance with France during the Revolutionary War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Many American colonists were enraged when the British began recruiting German mercenaries known as ________.

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Question 12

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.

Question 13

The ordinances of 1784 and 1785 were more favorable to settlers than to land speculators.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Detail the problems facing the Confederation over the issue of western land, and explain its success in resolving many of those problems.

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The problems facing the Confederation ov...

Question 15

The general assumptions of American republicanism were modeled after those of French thinkers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the final phase (1778-1781)  of the American Revolution, the British

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A)   mounted their largest military assault against the Continental army.
B)   badly overestimated the support of American Loyalists.
C)   made a focused effort to win public support in the northern colonies.
D)   concentrated their efforts on capturing individual Patriots.
E)   began a policy of "total war" that resulted in several cities being burned to the ground.

Question 17

The government plan adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 was called the ________.

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Question 18

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

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The Articles of Confederation, which ser...

Question 19

For most Revolutionary American political thinkers, the concept of equality meant that there should be equality of

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A)   opportunity.
B)   rights, regardless of race, sex, or property.
C)   condition.
D)   opportunity and of condition.
E)   rights and of condition.

Question 20

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

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