Question 1

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

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Question 2

The principal Americans who negotiated the peace terms with the British were

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A)   Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
B)   Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Adams.
C)   John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Huntington.
D)   Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
E)   Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

Financing the Revolution was difficult for the American side because

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A)   hard currency was scarce.
B)   the printing of paper money was illegal.
C)   foreign nations refused to loan money for the war effort.
D)   bonds were not yet in use.
E)   the colonists' wealth had all been kept in London.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

Considering the events from 1763 to 1781,what could England have done differently to either prevent war or be more successful in waging war?

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Question 5

Every new state constitution prevented the state's governor from holding a seat in the state legislature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Declaration of Independence

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A)   borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents.
B)   was never formally approved by the Second Continental Congress.
C)   avoided making any direct criticism of the king.
D)   called for the formation of a two-party democracy.
E)   originally recommended that all slaves be freed.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

When George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night,1776,he was intent on surprising

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A)   American Loyalists.
B)   Indians.
C)   the Hessians.
D)   British regulars.
E)   William Howe.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 8

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) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

As commander of the Continental army,George Washington

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A)   had no shortage of Americans willing to volunteer to fight the British.
B)   had no previous actual military experience.
C)   was an early critic of independence.
D)   saw Congress leave all important military decisions up to his judgment.
E)   was admired, respected, and trusted by nearly all Patriots.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

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

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Question 11

The American Revolution did little to change the legal status of American women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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 these answers are correct.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

The British commander in the Battle of Saratoga was ________.

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Question 15

The precise rectangular grid pattern imposed on the Northwest Territory eventually became the norm for much of the land west of the Appalachians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In 1775,as conflicts with England intensified,American colonists

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A)   made extensive efforts to prepare themselves for war.
B)   were deeply divided about what they were fighting for.
C)   believed England was not willing to engage in military operations against them.
D)   saw their larger population as a key advantage over England.
E)   considered arming slaves to help build up the colonial army.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 17

As a result of the American Revolution,the ________ denomination was weakened in the colonies because its followers practiced pacifism.

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Question 18

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 19

New state constitutions drafted during the Revolutionary War sought to expand the power of the executive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Only a few of the new state constitutions provided for a two-house legislature.

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A) True 
 B)False

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