Question 1

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

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A)   declared its neutrality.
B)   allied itself with the colonists.
C)   allied itself with the British.
D)   refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war.
E)   disbanded and withdrew to the west.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 3

During the second phase (1776-1778)  of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by

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A)   a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes.
B)   a severe shortage of new soldiers coming from England.
C)   an American blockade of British ships.
D)   the American capture of the commanding British general.
E)   American alliances with Native American tribes in the region.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

The precise rectangular grid pattern imposed on the Northwest Territory eventually became the norm for much of the land west of the Appalachians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Both Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, and the various state legislatures had the power to independently tax individual Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One effect the Declaration of Independence had was that individual colonies were motivated to reconstitute themselves as "states."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The 1795 Treaty of Greenville

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A)   allowed the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi.
B)   compelled the Miami Indians to move out of the Ohio Valley.
C)   was never signed by any Indian leaders.
D)   removed all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley.
E)   led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 9

In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

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A)   could not own property.
B)   had more legal rights than unmarried women.
C)   had legal authority over her children.
D)   could not earn wages greater than her husband.
E)   could only initiate divorce in case of adultery.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

Only a few of the new state constitutions provided for a two-house legislature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Under English common law, a single woman had greater legal rights than a married woman.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed heavily from the political theories of Thomas Hobbes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,

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A)   the United States gained formal British recognition of American independence.
B)   Spain received Gibraltar from the English.
C)   the United States received all territory east of the Rocky Mountains.
D)   France received Canada from the English.
E)   England was forced to pay reparations to the new American nation.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

As a result of the American Revolution, the ________ denomination was weakened in the colonies because its followers practiced pacifism.

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Question 15

In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by

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A)   allowing the legislature to set his salary.
B)   having him elected directly by the people.
C)   taking away his authority to veto legislation.
D)   permitting him to sit in the legislature.
E)   granting him the power to tax.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Compare the leading personalities on both sides in an explanation as to why the upstart United States was able to defeat England.

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Question 17

The Articles of Confederation were adopted when states gave up their

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A)   power to regulate trade.
B)   power to make war.
C)   claims to western lands.
D)   right to levy their own taxes.
E)   plans for emancipation.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

In the Battle of Bunker Hill,

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A)   the Patriots suffered light casualties and won the battle.
B)   the British suffered heavy casualties.
C)   Benedict Arnold was wounded.
D)   the British surrendered their main forces to the Patriots.
E)   the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

Every new state constitution prevented the state's governor from holding a seat in the state legislature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The American Revolution

Only a few of the new state constitutions provided for a two-house legislature.

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During the second phase (1776-1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by

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One effect the Declaration of Independence had was that individual colonies were motivated to reconstitute themselves as "states."

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The precise rectangular grid pattern imposed on the Northwest Territory eventually became the norm for much of the land west of the Appalachians.

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Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,

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Every new state constitution prevented the state's governor from holding a seat in the state legislature.

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The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.

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The Articles of Confederation were adopted when states gave up their

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Both Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, and the various state legislatures had the power to independently tax individual Americans.

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The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

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In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by

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During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

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