Chapter 6

Question 1

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

Answer 1

The publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations

Question 2

As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:

Answer 2

Upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches

Question 3

Who was Phillis Wheatley?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Wealthy New York families

Question 5

As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected

Answer 5

The principle of hereditary aristocracy

Question 6

Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia “Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom” did the following EXCEPT:

Answer 6

Allowed a second set of standards for Catholics

Question 7

In order to encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

Answer 7

Proposed free public education

Question 8

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

Answer 8

After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all-encompassing

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Vermont

Question 10

General John Sullivan

Answer 10

Destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Sierra Leone

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

Answer 13

Greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Equality

Question 15

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

Answer 15

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

Question 16

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

Answer 16

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

Question 17

How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Christian republicanism is a scholarly idea that was characteristic of all of the following EXCEPT it:

Answer 18

Was encouraged by Revolutionary leaders

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Replacing their husbands in political office

Question 20

What did the “invisible hand” refer to?

Answer 20

The free market

Question 21

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Who publicly referred to slavery as a “national crime” that would one day bring “national punishment”?

Answer 22

Benjamin Rush

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

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

Answer 24

A slave

Question 25

Apart from “liberty,” _____ was the word most used in the late eighteenth century in legal and political literature.

Answer 25

Slavery

Question 26

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Benedict Arnold offered which justification for his treason?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to “the free exercise of religion.”

Question 29

Republican motherhood encouraged:

Answer 29

Greater educational opportunities for women

Question 30

What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The militia

Question 32

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

Answer 32

The New England states forced Loyalists into militias against their will

Question 33

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?

Answer 33

New Jersey

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The widespread fear the freed slaves would move west and unite with indians

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

“Republican motherhood” was an ideology that held:

Answer 36

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

Question 37

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

Answer 37

John Adams

Question 38

The free black population after the Revolution:

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

First Continental Congress’s denunciation of the Quebec Act

Question 40

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

Answer 40

They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did

Question 41

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

Answer 41

20-25 percent

Question 42

Which statement about Revolutionary Pennsylvania is FALSE?

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

Answer 43

Wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

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

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Adopt measures to fix wages and prices

Question 47

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

Answer 47

Reflected the importance of property rights

Question 48

Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

Answer 48

Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war

Question 49

In regards to voting for the states, what was a contentious issue?

Answer 49

Owning property

Question 50

Thomas Jefferson’s views on religion and Christian doctrines

Answer 50

Demonstrated his rejection of the divinity of Jesus

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Philadelphia’s artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics