Chapter 6

Question 1

All of the following we’re important precipitating factors in the coming of the revolution except:

Answer 1

The mass exodus of loyalists out of New England in the early 1770’s

Question 2

The colonists who remained loyal to the British government did so for all of the following reasons except:

Answer 2

They believed that Catholics are various dissenting religious groups would gain power in the new state governments

Question 3

George Washington’s strategy during the revolutionary war was to:

Answer 3

Avoid direct confrontation with the British army if at all possible , preferring instead to retreat and win by merely keeping his army intact

Question 4

The revolutionary ideology of republicanism was based upon:

Answer 4

the idea that governments should rule by the consent of the governed, and protect their individual liberties

Question 5

The 1783 Tracey of Paris stipulated all of the following except:

Answer 5

The repudiation of debts owed by Americans to British creditors

Question 6

The royal governor of Virginia, lord dunmore, infuriated the colony’s rebels by:

Answer 6

Issuing a proclamation that promised freedom to any slave who aided the British against heir rebellious masters