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As a result of religious freedom created by the Revolution:

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upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches

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The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

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reflected the importance of property rights

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Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?

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the Livingstons, a wealthy New York family

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What served as a sort of "school of political democracy" for the members of the "lower orders" in the colonies-turned-states?

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the militia

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What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americas?

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The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward.

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What did the "invisible hand" refer to?

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The free market

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Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

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wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States.

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What did South Carolina promise every white volunteer at the war's end?

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A slave

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How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

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It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order.

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Which of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?

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The widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians

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Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

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The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship

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General John Sullivan:

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destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois

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The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

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greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state.

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Which statement about gender and politics in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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In appreciation for their invaluable contribution to the war effort, women were allowed universal suffrage

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After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

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often wound up in a state similar to that of indentured servitude

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Which of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

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Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of right that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion."

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Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

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New Jersey

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In order to deal with a wartime economic crisis in 1779, Congress urged states to:

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adopt measures to fix wages and prices.

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In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for:

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a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men.

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How did the War of Independence affect anti-Catholicism in America?

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The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism.

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Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?

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John Adams

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In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

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He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery

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The constitution of which state eliminated all property and tax qualifications for voting in 1777?

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Vermont

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The free black population after the Revolution:

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often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications.

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Republican motherhood encouraged:

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greater educational opportunities for women.

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Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

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20 to 25 percent

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Which statement about Revolutionary Pennsylvania is FALSE?

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The state's new constitution gave only limited power to the state's governor.

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As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected:

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the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

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Which of the following was NOT an example of Loyalists being deprived of their freedom by patriots?

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The New England states forced Loyalists into militias agains their will.

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Which statement about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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After the Revolution emancipation in the North was swift and all encompassing.

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Which of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause?

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Replacing their husbands in political offices

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What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

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They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did.

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An example of anti-Catholicism during the 1770s was the:

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First Continental Congress's denunciation of the Quebec Act.

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"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held:

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women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens

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For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

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The Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom

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Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

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Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.

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Thomas Jefferson's view on religion and Christian doctrines:

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demonstrate his rejection of the divinity of Jesus

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How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War's radical potential?

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Philadelphia's artisan and lower-call communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics.

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Benedict Arnold offered which justification for his treason?

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America's new alliance with France, a Catholic state, was too much for him to bear.

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Why did John Adams believe that land ownership was vital to society?

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If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge.

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According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic?

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Equality

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Which of the following contributed to the success of free trade advocates during the Revolutionary War?

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The publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations

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What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?

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The prompted protests by Americans, especially women, who took goods from merchants whom they accused of hoarding.

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Who was Phillis Wheatley?

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A poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom.

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What settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?

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Sierra Leone

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