US history Chapter 7 – Flashcards

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Early American cities witnessed most Americans ________ to work
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walking
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The cotton gin was invented b
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Eli Whitney.
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Free black women in early American cities worked as
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domestics.
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In which of the following port cities was nearly half the population black in 1820?
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New Orleans.
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By 1820, the population of New York numbered over _______ people.
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100,000
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By the 1820s, Philadelphia was becoming a center of ______ production.
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textile
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The Cherokee, in particular, embraced
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Christianity.
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The Indian Intercourse Act of 1790 dealt with
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federal treaties and Indian land.
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Washington's first Secretary of War was
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Henry Knox.
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In the early 1800s, slaves were imported into Georgia and
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South Carolina.
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Iroquois in New York dealt with missionaries known as
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Quakers.
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The Federalist's early policies were intended to
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Methodists and Baptists were particularly energized by the Second Great Awakening.
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True
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The Second Great Awakening was confined to New England.
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False
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Robert Fulton invented the railroad locomotive.
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False
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George Washington's birthday unified the nation in the early 1800s.
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True
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Human travel was the only means of mass communication across space in the early American Republic.
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True
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Leading the Supreme Court during the early 1800s, __________ left an indelible stamp upon early American government.
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Case Sensitivity:Chief Justice John Marshall
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In the case of __________ (1816), the Court claimed appellate jurisdiction over the decisions of state courts.
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Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
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President James Madison launched a __________ network of roads and canals.
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subsidized
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The colony of Louisiana became part of the United States in the year
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1803.
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Streets in early American cities
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filthy and maintained by swine.
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During the immediate postwar years, Native Americans
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refused to see themselves as conquered peoples.
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In which of the following port cities was nearly half the population black in 1820?
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New Orleans.
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In February 1792, Congress approved the ______ bill.
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bank
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By 1820, the population of New York numbered over _______ people.
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100,000
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New Orleans was originally a colony of the
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French.
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Which of the following men was NOT an early subscriber to the Federalist philosophy?
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Thomas Jefferson
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In 1791 Congress made a new tax law known as the
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Whiskey Tax.
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Indians who assimilated more than most included the
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Cherokee.
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The number of newspapers steadily decreased over time in the early United States.
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False
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In the 1790s, the United States experienced a religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.
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True
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South Carolina's __________ was a War Hawk regarding the War of 1812.
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John Callhoun
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Religious life in the colonies was marked by
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a scarcity of trained ministers.
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France's interior empire in North America
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had many settlements that were mixed-race communities.
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In 1718 in North America, France settled
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New Orleans.
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The advent of "modern" life occurred first in the seaboard centers of colonial America, including the transition from a
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barter to a commercial economy.:
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The typical master in colonial America wished to convert the slave into a(n)
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mindless drudge who obeyed every command.
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The social structure of American colonial cities from 1690 to 1770 was influenced by
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an increasing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
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New Englanders opted for more of a mixed economy than settlers in the middle or southern colonies because in New England
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availability and productivity of land was limited.
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For urban artisans in colonial America,
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a major goal was economic independence.
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All of the following represent theories of Enlightenment thinkers EXCEPT the notion that
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God predetermined the contents of the human mind.:
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In 1712, a major slave rebellion occurred in
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New York, New York.
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Which of the following statements concerning immigrants to colonial America during the first half of the eighteenth century is correct?
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German-speaking immigrants settled in Pennsylvania.
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Colonial America in the first half of the eighteenth century experienced
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population growth and economic development.
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In the 1750s, the concept that slavery violated the Enlightenment's emphasis on human equality began to grow.
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True
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Food shortages were frequent occurrences in British North America.
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False
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John Locke, an Enlightenment thinker, wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689).
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Correct True
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It was noted as early as the 1750s that the gap in population between England and her colonies was closing rapidly.
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True
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Eighteenth-century indentured servants possessed many opportunities for economic advancement.
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False
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Eliza Lucas Pinckney, a wealthy South Carolina planter's wife, experimented successfully in the 1740s with the cultivation of __________ , a plant from which a blue dye could be extracted for use in textiles.
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indigo
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A system of small forts, trading posts, and agricultural villages throughout the central area of North America was established in the early eighteenth century by the __________ .
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France
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The power of the colonial press was tested in 1733 by the __________ case.
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John Peter Zenger
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In the republican worldview, governmental power
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threatened liberty.
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The British Proclamation of 1763
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ordered colonial governors to reserve lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native American nations.
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Who were the major social groups during the Revolution other than elites?
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The Boston Massacre, in which five townspeople were killed by British redcoats,
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convinced Governor Hutchinson to order British troops out of town.:
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Why did the Cherokee sue for peace with the British in 1761?
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The struggle with England over colonial rights between 1764 and 1776 revealed that
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colonial society was not unified.
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How did farmers respond to the movement toward revolution in the colonies?
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They came around slowly to the cause of revolution.
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Passage of the Declaratory Act by Parliament
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Parliament's power to enact laws for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever."
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Americans objected to the Tea Act of 1773 because it would
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make it difficult for American merchants to compete with British merchants.
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The end of the Seven Years' War left the American colonies
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debt-ridden and weakened in manpower.
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During the 1760s and 1770s, urban artisans in America
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used political discontent to demand internal reforms.
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Even before the Second Continental Congress assembled in May 1775, most colonies had created extralegal, revolutionary governments that
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By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the fabric of government was badly torn in most colonies.
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Correct True
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The colonial clergy failed to support the cause of independence during the buildup to revolution.
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Correct False
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Colonial women played a vital role in the movement toward revolution
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True
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The Declaratory Act, passed in response to the colonial turmoil over the Stamp Act, failed to resolve the issue of Parliament's right to tax the colonies.
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True
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Cities contained only 5 percent of the colonial population.
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True
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At Fort Duquesne, the French rebuffed the attempts of young Virginia militia colonel __________ to establish an English fort at the forks of the Ohio River.
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George Washington
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Between 1759 and 1761, the __________ tribe fought against the British in North America.
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Cherokee
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The __________ ended the Seven Years' War in 1763."
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the Treaty of Paris
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In the republican worldview, governmental power
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threatened liberty.
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The British Proclamation of 1763
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ordered colonial governors to reserve lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native American nations.
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Who were the major social groups during the Revolution other than elites?
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All of these answers are correct.
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The Boston Massacre, in which five townspeople were killed by British redcoats,
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convinced Governor Hutchinson to order British troops out of town.
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Why did the Cherokee sue for peace with the British in 1761?
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All of these answers are correct.
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The struggle with England over colonial rights between 1764 and 1776 revealed that
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colonial society was not unified.
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How did farmers respond to the movement toward revolution in the colonies?
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They came around slowly to the cause of revolution.
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Passage of the Declaratory Act by Parliament
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asserted Parliament's power to enact laws for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever."
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Americans objected to the Tea Act of 1773 because it would
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make it difficult for American merchants to compete with British merchants.:debt-ridden and weakened in manpower.
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During the 1760s and 1770s, urban artisans in America
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used political discontent to demand internal reforms.
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Even before the Second Continental Congress assembled in May 1775, most colonies had created extralegal, revolutionary governments that
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All of these answers are correct.
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By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the fabric of government was badly torn in most colonies.
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True
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The colonial clergy failed to support the cause of independence during the buildup to revolution.
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False
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Colonial women played a vital role in the movement toward revolution.
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True
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The Declaratory Act, passed in response to the colonial turmoil over the Stamp Act, failed to resolve the issue of Parliament's right to tax the colonies.
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True
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Cities contained only 5 percent of the colonial population.
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True
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At Fort Duquesne, the French rebuffed the attempts of young Virginia militia colonel __________ to establish an English fort at the forks of the Ohio River.
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George Washington
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Between 1759 and 1761, the __________ tribe fought against the British in North America.
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Cherokee
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The __________ ended the Seven Years' War in 1763.
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the Treaty of Paris
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In the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States agreed to a western boundary at the Mississippi River.
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True
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Swarms of camp followers surrounded Washington's army and proved to always be of vital assistance.
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False
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About half of New York City's population fled when the British occupied the city.
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True
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Very few American soldiers were immigrants.
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False
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France entered the American Revolutionary War on the American side in 1778.
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True
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A(n) __________ virus killed an estimated 130,000 people in North America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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smallpox
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The American Revolution gave rise to the idea of separating __________ and state.
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church
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In 1786, Virginia adopted A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, written by ____________.
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Jefferson
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Which of the following tribes controlled the southern interior?
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During the first year of the Revolution in New England, the
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British decided to evacuate Boston.
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As the Revolutionary War lengthened and its costs increased, which of the following groups would have been LEAST likely to contribute soldiers for the cause?
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men of wealth and influence
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Who took advantage of the confusion and chaos of war in Georgia and the Carolinas?
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private bands of marauders
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Which of the following issues was NOT a contributing factor to Shays's Rebellion?
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Indian raids
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All of the following factors contributed to American victory in the Revolution EXCEPT the
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overwhelming support by Congress and the state governments for the continental army. :
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The agreement to have a two-part national legislature meant
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According to the Treaty of Paris (1783), ending the American Revolution,
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all British forces would evacuate American territory "with all convenient speed." :
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For American civilians, the Revolution
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often caused destruction or confiscation of their property.
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The British invasion of the southern states was complicated by the
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colonial use of local knowledge and unconventional tactics.
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Initially in the Revolutionary War, the French concentrated their fleet near
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West Indies.
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The medical treatment soldiers received
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did little good and often did harm.
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