Deck 6: The Revolution

Question 1

All of the following is true about the South in the Revolutionary War,except

A) In the South, the Revolutionary War was a civil war.
B) Southern frontiersmen favored independence.
C) Large southern landholders generally sided with Britain.
D) Loyalists in the South were even more prevalent than the British had hoped.
E) The British sought to retain their control over the South because its natural resources were more abundant than in the North.

Answer 1

Loyalists in the South were even more prevalent than the British had hoped.

Question 2

Because of a technical matter,which colony did not formally vote to declare independence,although the delegates themselves favored independence?

A) New Jersey
B) Massachusetts
C) Rhode Island
D) Georgia
E) New York

Answer 2

New York

Question 3

Washington took his men and crossed the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 in order to

A) capture the strategically important city of Trenton, New Jersey.
B) show that the Hessian mercenaries on the opposite side of the river were no match for his army.
C) recapture Trenton and give his men the morale boost of a victory.
D) capture a store of arms rumored to be tucked away in Trenton.
E) locate a supply of winter boots the Hessians were rumored to have.

Answer 3

recapture Trenton and give his men the morale boost of a victory.

Question 4

The person who offered freedom to any slaves who fought for the British was

A) King George III.
B) General John Burgoyne.
C) General Charles Cornwallis.
D) Lord Dunmore of Virginia.
E) General William Howe.

Question 5

The centralized authority for the colonies during the war was

A) General George Washington.
B) the Articles of Congress.
C) the Continental Congress.
D) the colony of Massachusetts.
E) the Declaration of Independence.

Question 6

King George did all of the following in the wake of the colonists' Olive Branch Petition,except

A) denounce the colonists as rebels.
B) hire German mercenaries, the "Hessians," to help defeat the rebels.
C) close all American ports.
D) reject the Olive Branch Petition.
E) consult with his closest advisors about whether to accept the colonists' petition for a truce.

Question 7

Most of the colonists who remained supportive of Britain during the Revolution were

A) wealthy landholders and slave owners.
B) Scottish immigrants.
C) German immigrants.
D) the destitute.
E) the disaffected in the colonies.

Question 8

The significance of Thomas Paine's pamphlet,Common Sense,was that it

A) served as a draft for what would become the Declaration of Independence.
B) moved large numbers of people to support independence by making republican ideals accessible to mainstream colonists.
C) argued that America was already independent; the final break was just a formality.
D) provided a clear system of government for the new nation.
E) included a vision of equality that was radical for its time-including the eventual abolition of slavery.

Question 9

To get men to enlist for the fight,the Continental government first offered them

A) money.
B) land.
C) short enlistments.
D) officers' commissions.
E) homes.

Question 10

Women contributed to the revolutionary war in all of the following ways,except

A) They enforced boycotts, sewing clothing made of nonimported fibers.
B) They raised funds for the Continental Army.
C) Occasionally, they engaged in battle.
D) Temporarily, New Jersey women voted under the state's first constitution.
E) They formed small guerilla bands, attacking British officers from the cover of their homes.

Question 11

Which of these is not a true statement about the Declaration of Independence?

A) George Washington joined Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and Roger Sherman in drafting it.
B) It was composed of two parts: the first justifying the revolution, the second listing grievances against the king.
C) In it, Jefferson blamed England for bringing slavery to the New World.
D) It was unanimously approved by the Continental Congress.
E) Many of the signatures on it did not appear until August of 1776.

Question 12

From the Continental Army's situation during the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge,one might have expected that

A) Washington's army would have achieved total victory by spring.
B) the war would not last much longer and Washington's army would have to surrender.
C) the British managed to commandeer the colonial army's supplies.
D) they were many miles away from their source of supplies, rather than just a few miles.
E) the men would rebel against Washington for his lack of leadership.

Question 13

"Bills of credit" were

A) documents of loans made by poor farmers.
B) currency printed by the colonial governments for goods they needed.
C) terms between banks and individuals to whom they could loan money.
D) loans from foreign governments.
E) lists of basic rights adopted by most states of the colonies.

Question 14

The British hoped to demoralize and break the will of the patriots in all of the following ways,except

A) enslaving prisoners of war.
B) harassing the coastline with their Navy.
C) maintaining the occupation of New York.
D) trying to bribe major leaders of the Continental Army.
E) promising southern slaves freedom in return for their fight against the rebels.

Question 15

All of these were reasons why Britain did not win the war against the American rebels except

A) General Washington's military strategy of prolonging the war by constantly retreating inland made it difficult for Britain to re-supply its troops.
B) The colonial rebels were able to take military advantage of their familiarity with the terrain and water formations where battles occurred.
C) Other European nations eventually came to America's aid.
D) Britain's army was not prepared for the guerilla-style warfare of the colonists.
E) The British army's hierarchy of authority broke down in the unfamiliar foreign land.

Question 16

All of the following are reasons colonists were reluctant to leave the British empire except

A) Many had family in England and felt connected to the mother country.
B) There were commercial ties to England.
C) They feared the French or Spanish would take over if the British were vanquished.
D) They worried about slave and Native American uprisings.
E) They feared what American independence would look like.

Question 17

The best known experience of republican ideas in revolutionary America was

A) the Declaration of Independence.
B) the Olive Branch Petition.
C) the Albany Plan.
D) the Treaty of Paris.
E) Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

Question 18

The significance of the Battle of Saratoga was that it

A) removed the Indian tribes from the fighting.
B) demonstrated the benefit of having that seasoned French officer, the Marquis de Lafayette, on the site of the patriots.
C) let the colonists know that winning the war might take a very long time.
D) convinced several European countries, most importantly the French, to join the patriots in their fight against Britain.
E) gave a bit of hope to the demoralized Continental Army.

Question 19

Americans were motivated to form an independent nation for all of the following reasons except

A) British taxes had so exploited and impoverished the colonial economies that they had every reason to fear being reduced to slaves.
B) The colonists had formed a unique society distinct from that of England.
C) Colonists had developed a well rounded economic system of their own.
D) Large sectors of the North American economy were becoming increasingly independent of England.
E) Colonists had developed their own governments, which they were not willing to give up.

Question 20

Republicanism is best defined as

A) the right to vote for all.
B) no taxation without representation.
C) the division of government into judiciary, executive, and legislature.
D) the presence of a constitution.
E) government based on the consent of the people and the protection of individual rights.

Question 21

The Radical Whigs advocated a new government based on feudal traditions after the Revolutionary War was won.

Question 22

In the Treaty of Paris,Britain offered generous terms to the Americans in land and trading rights because

A) established cultural ties between the two parties in the treaty made a complete severance of relations difficult.
B) British merchants managed to steer the negotiations in their favor, which included maintaining trade relations with Americans.
C) Britain was so soundly defeated on the battlefield that it was in the kingdom's best interest to appease the Americans.
D) Britain wanted to make sure that its archrival France would not end up with the best trading rights in North America.
E) the future of the British Empire depended on the wealth of America's raw materials, as English diplomats recognized.

Question 23

As Nathanael Greene and General Washington hoped,when the British moved the fighting to the South and began to raid farms for supplies,

A) the colonists burned their own crops to keep the British from getting them.
B) many people who supported the British abandoned their allegiance.
C) they became "sitting ducks" for the already entrenched patriot forces.
D) they often lost their way in the dense woods and swamps.
E) the environment took a heavy toll on the British, with many succumbing to semi-tropical diseases.

Question 24

Washington decided to attack Cornwallis at Yorktown,because Cornwallis was

A) waiting for a large number of troops to join him, which would have made it harder for the patriots to win.
B) weakened by the latest Royal defeat two weeks before.
C) stranded at the tip of the peninsula and Washington saw a chance to trap him there.
D) rumored to be headed out to meet the patriot forces at a place that would put Washington at a significant disadvantage.
E) planning to rendezvous with British naval forces, which would have made them too powerful for Washington's land forces.

Question 25

In all,several thousand slaves responded to the British call to fight,hoping to win their freedom if Britain won the war.

Question 26

What was the purpose for the penning of the Declaration of Independence? How well did its authors do in laying out their case for going to war?

Question 27

Their strong belief in democracy and the experience of fighting for their political independence were catalysts to the growing tide of ____ that swept the new nation.

A) supremacy
B) patriotism
C) democracy
D) republicanism
E) gratitude

Question 28

Who were the major commanding officers for both sides during the Revolutionary War? How would you describe their effectiveness?

Question 29

American victory at Yorktown was complete only after

A) Washington led his troops across the Delaware River in the dark of night.
B) Washington led a courageous and unexpected charge against the rear unit of the British.
C) American spies captured the British General Cornwallis.
D) General Cornwallis got killed in battle.
E) the French naval fleet arrived before the British could rescue Cornwallis's army.

Question 30

What happened to the established church in the new republic (after the revolution)?

A) It continued to grow and gain new adherents, thanks to the power of the Great Awakening.
B) It was disestablished, as more state constitutions allowed for separation of church and state.
C) It sought to ensure that its members were among the leaders of the new nation.
D) It embraced the separation of church and state that resulted from the revolution.
E) None of these choices.

Question 31

Which of the following is not a true statement about the relationship between slavery and the American Revolution?

A) The war illustrated the contradiction between slavery and liberty.
B) Many slaves fled their masters during the war.
C) The North abolished slavery after the war.
D) Abolition of slavery happened quickly.
E) Some southern states made it easier for owners to free (manumit) their slaves.

Question 32

All of the following are true about Native Americans during the Revolutionary War,except

A) By the time of the Revolution, there still were a large number of tribes on the Atlantic coast.
B) The most powerful tribes in contact with the colonists lived between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
C) The battles of the Revolutionary War that involved Native Americans were unspeakably harsh.
D) Colonists often used the war as a pretext to expel native tribes from their lands.
E) By the end of the war, nearly one third of the Iroquois nation was dead.

Question 33

About 150,000 copies of Thomas Paine's popular pamphlet Common Sense were distributed throughout the colonies,helping to mold public opinion in favor of rebellion.

Question 34

Describe the economic system that had developed in the colonies,and explain why the fear of seeing that system disappear made the patriots even more eager to win.

Question 35

The Newburgh Conspiracy was a plan for American military leaders to take over the Continental Army in order to

A) demand that certain terms be added to any peace treaty with Britain.
B) demand a replacement of Washington as commander.
C) move the forces southward to engage the British.
D) pass a tax to pay for their salaries and expenses.
E) force those negotiating in France to reach a settlement.

Question 36

"Not worth a Continental" referred to the poor fighting quality of the Continental Army.

Question 37

How important were the Indian tribes to the prosecution of the Revolutionary War? Which tribes fought for which sides in the conflict?

Question 38

One of General Washington's strategies for winning the war was to wear down the British army by moving around the countryside so much that they could not fight effectively.

Question 39

When and how did the Revolutionary War come to be one that the British would not win?

Question 40

Which of these was not one of the five major parts of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

A) America gained complete independence from Britain.
B) America could expand northward to the Great Lakes and westward to the Mississippi River.
C) Spain maintained control of Florida.
D) All parties were to have free access to travel the Mississippi River.
E) Spain would control the city of New Orleans, and thus the port, at the southern end of the Mississippi River.

Question 41

By 1790,all states except Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the importation of slaves from abroad.

Question 42

At the time of the Revolutionary War,the most powerful Indian tribes who were in contact with the colonists lived between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.

Question 43

The first state to draft and enact a statute protecting religious freedom for all was Massachusetts.

Question 44

Washington failed to push successfully to have his troops inoculated against smallpox,and as a result,he lost perhaps 10,000 men to the disease.

Question 45

The British commander who captured the coastal cities of Savannah and Charleston was the same person who surrendered at Yorktown to give the patriots the victory.