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Which of the following was most likely to have been a loyalist?


A) A city artisan
B) A yeoman farmer
C) An Anglican clergyman
D) A Scotch-Irish settler in the southern backcountry

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Which of the following was true of the first year of the Revolutionary War?


A) The Continental Army won a number of significant battles.
B) There was a long lull in fighting between British and American forces at Boston.
C) France decided to ally openly with the United States.
D) Great Britain's decided not to use mercenaries.

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It was widely believed that a republic could be successful only if its people had which of the following qualities?


A) Virtue
B) Steadfastness
C) Devotion
D) Intelligence

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George Washington's primary goal as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army was to


A) avoid decisive military losses.
B) prevent British reinforcements from coming ashore.
C) destroy the British army.
D) secure financial aid from foreign sources.

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Lord North and Lord George Germain developed an analysis of the Revolutionary War that was based on three assumptions. All three assumptions proved to be "false". What were the assumptions, and why were they incorrect?

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In what way were classical, economic, and democratic republicanism alike?


A) All stressed the importance of including minority groups in the political process.
B) All accepted the notion that society is divided into two groups, those who are born to govern and those who are born to be governed.
C) All agreed that "virtue" was at the heart of a successful republic.
D) All held that rank and privilege have no place in a republican society.

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As the Revolutionary War began, British officials attempted to persuade the interior Indian tribes to


A) remain neutral in the British-American conflict.
B) form a pan-Indian alliance in order to prevent further British or American encroachment on Indian lands.
C) conduct raids against white settlements along the frontier.
D) actively ally with the British against the American rebels.

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The British were surrounded and General Burgoyne's entire force of over six thousand men surrendered in the Battle of


A) Bunker Hill.
B) Princeton.
C) Saratoga.
D) Trenton.

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Which of the following was a feature of the Articles of Confederation government?


A) Each state was proportionately represented in the Confederation Congress.
B) Domestic commercial policy was placed under the control of the national government.
C) The national government did not have the power to settle disputes between the states.
D) The Confederation Congress had no independent income.

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Instructions: Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Franco-American alliance

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Lord Dartmouth's letter of January 1775 to General Gage led Gage to


A) send a military expedition to confiscate provincial military supplies stockpiled at Concord.
B) lay siege to Philadelphia.
C) blockade all American ports.
D) relax enforcement of the Coercive Acts.

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Which of the following objectives was pursued by Joseph and Mary Brant?


A) They tried to convince the tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy to migrate to Canada.
B) They tried to convince Native Americans and blacks to forge an alliance and thus take advantage of the Anglo-American conflict.
C) They hoped to persuade the Iroquois Confederacy to ally with the British.
D) They worked to bring about a general slave uprising.

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Instructions: Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Declaration of Independence

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Map Exercise 6-1 On the outline map that follows: Map Exercise 6-1 On the outline map that follows:    -Refer to Map Exercise 6-1. Mark the location of and label the following places: Long Island Morristown New York City Newark Princeton Trenton White Plains -Refer to Map Exercise 6-1. Mark the location of and label the following places: Long Island Morristown New York City Newark Princeton Trenton White Plains

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Instructions: Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -Joseph and Mary Brant

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Instructions: Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -William Dawes, Paul Revere, and Dr. Samuel Prescott

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Instructions: Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the battles of Lexington and Concord

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Discuss the content, style, and timing of Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

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Which of the following is true of Howe's Philadelphia campaign?


A) Howe's attack was so swift that Washington had no time to organize defenses.
B) Howe's capture of Philadelphia did very little to help the British.
C) The unexpected defeat of Howe's forces at Germantown caused the campaign to collapse.
D) The campaign demoralized the Continental Army.

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Discuss the impact of the Revolutionary War on the lives of Americans.

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