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1
Which of the following delegates to the Second Continental Congress hoped for modest reforms and an early reconciliation with Great Britain?
A)Richard Henry Lee
B)Samuel Adams
C)John Dickinson
D)John Adams
2
Who composed the impassioned pamphlet Common Sense, which crystallized the revolutionary sentiment of 1776?
A)Patrick Henry
B)Thomas Paine
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)George Mason
3
Whose contract theory did Thomas Jefferson restate (and rephrase) in the Declaration of Independence?
A)John Stuart Mill
B)Baron de Montesquieu
C)David Hume
D)John Locke
4
How did the Continental Congress mainly end up financing the Revolutionary War effort?
A)Printing currency
B)Levying duties on colonists
C)Requisitioning funds from state governments
D)Borrowing heavily from other nations
5
Which of the following was not an advantage held by the colonists in the American Revolution?
A)Coherent structure of command
B)Greater commitment to the cause
C)Better knowledge of the terrain
D)Substantial aid from abroad
6
Where did the first phase of the American Revolution primarily take place?
A)The Mid-Atlantic States
B)New England and Canada
C)The Lower South
D)The Chesapeake
7
Who led the 32,000 British troops who arrived in New York City in the summer of 1776?
A)Lord Cornwallis
B)Thomas Gage
C)William Howe
D)Benedict Arnold
8
What two Patriot victories helped lead to the startling surrender of John Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777?
A)Oriskany and Bennington
B)Brandywine Creek and Fort Ticonderoga
C)Valley Forge and York
D)Harlem Heights and Morristown
9
Who did the Iroquois Confederacy support during the Revolution?
A)The British
B)The Patriots
C)It stayed neutral
D)It split
10
Which of the following nations did not support the Patriot cause against England?
A)France
B)Portugal
C)Spain
D)The Netherlands
11
Where did the British concentrate their efforts in the third and "revolutionary" phase of the war?
A)New England
B)The Mid-Atlantic
C)The South
D)Canada
12
Which of the following Patriot leaders betrayed the cause and was forced to flee to the safety of the British camp?
A)Thomas Sumter
B)Benedict Arnold
C)Francis Marion
D)Andrew Pickens
13
Who led Patriot forces at the Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse, and forced Lord Cornwallis to abandon his Carolina campaign?
A)Francis Marion
B)Horatio Gates
C)Nathanael Greene
D)Andrew Pickens
14
Where were Lord Cornwallis and the British army forced to surrender in 1781?
A)Saratoga
B)Camden
C)Richmond
D)Yorktown
15
What place did Patriot ally Spain desire from England, threatening to extend the war for longer than the Americans wished?
A)Florida
B)New Orleans
C)Gibraltar
D)Barbados
16
Which of the following religious groups suffered as a result of the Revolution?
A)Catholics
B)Baptists
C)Presbyterians
D)Anglicans
17
Which of the following is not true of the Revolution's effect on slavery?
A)It spread antislavery sentiments throughout southern churches, which began to decry the institution of slavery.
B)Nearly a third of all South Carolina slaves defected during the war.
C)It exposed the tension between the nation's dual commitments to liberty and slavery.
D)It gave African Americans increased exposure to the concepts of liberty and revolution.
18
Which of the following is not a reason why the position of Native Americans was weakened by the Revolutionary War?
A)It increased the white demand for western lands.
B)It increased the divisions among Indians themselves.
C)It spurred revolutionary sentiment among Indian groups.
D)It encouraged whites to think of Indians as conquered peoples.
19
Which of the following is not true about the Revolution's effect on the status of women?
A)It confirmed and strengthened the patriarchal structure of American society.
B)It encouraged people to reevaluate the contribution of women to society as mothers.
C)It led to the recognition of women's right to own property
D)It led to increased calls for female education
20
Which of the following did not voice support for increased education for women?
A)Judith Sargent Murray
B)Benjamin Frankin
C)Benjamin Rush
D)Samuel Adams
21
Which of the following was not a basic assumption of the republican ideology?
A)Equality of Condition
B)Importance of Civic Virtue
C)Commitment to Individual Rights
D)Ideal of the Small Freeholder
22
Which state revised its constitution in 1780 to strengthen the power of the governor, leading to similar moves by virtually every other state?
A)Massachusetts
B)New York
C)Pennsylvania
D)Virginia
23
Which of the following was a power held by the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
A)Drafting troops
B)Levying taxes
C)Issuing money
D)Regulating trade
24
Which of the following is not true of the Northwest Ordinance?
A)It banned slavery in the Northwest Territory
B)It set a population of 60,000 as a minimum for statehood.
C)It created a system for surveying and selling western lands.
D)It guaranteed freedom of religion in the Northwest Territory.
25
Which state faced an uprising of debtors led by former Continental Army captain Daniel Shays?
A)Massachusetts
B)New York
C)Pennsylvania
D)Virginia





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