Deck 6: American Revolutions

Question 1

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
neutrals

Answer 1

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Question 2

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Articles Four and Five of the 1783 Treaty of Paris

Answer 2

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Question 3

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the battles of Lexington and Concord

Answer 3

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Question 4

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
democratic "Painean") republicanism

Question 5

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army

Question 6

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Declaration of Independence

Question 7

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Second Continental Congress

Question 8

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
The New Jersey military campaign

Question 9

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Lord North and Lord George Germain

Question 10

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
William Dawes, Paul Revere, and Dr. Samuel Prescott

Question 11

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the battles of Trenton and Princeton

Question 12

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Articles of Confederation

Question 13

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Lord Dunmore's proclamation, November 1775

Question 14

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Battle of Breed's Bunker) Hill

Question 16

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
classical republicanism

Question 17

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the New York military campaign

Question 18

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Sir William Howe

Question 19

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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Common Sense

Question 20

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
loyalists

Question 21

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
General Nathanael Greene

Question 22

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Sir Henry Clinton

Question 23

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House

Question 24

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Howe's Philadelphia campaign

Question 25

George Washington's primary goal as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army was to

A) avoid decisive military losses.
B) prevent British reinforcements from coming ashore.
C) destroy the British army.
D) secure financial aid from foreign sources.

Question 26

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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the Battle of Oriskany

Question 27

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Benjamin Franklin

Question 28

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the Battle of Yorktown

Question 29

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"Continentals"

Question 30

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the "citizen soldier" militiamen)

Question 31

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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the Battle of Saratoga

Question 32

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
endemic diseases in the Continental Army

Question 33

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Franco-American alliance

Question 34

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
profile of Continental soldiers

Question 35

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the fall of Charleston

Question 36

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
camp followers

Question 37

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Treaty of Paris

Question 38

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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Joseph and Mary Brant

Question 39

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Burgoyne's New York campaign

Question 40

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_∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
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and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Battle of Camden

Question 41

As the Revolutionary War began, British officials attempted to persuade the interior Indian tribes to

A) remain neutral in the British-American conflict.
B) form a pan-Indian alliance in order to prevent further British or American encroachment on Indian lands.
C) conduct raids against white settlements along the frontier.
D) actively ally with the British against the American rebels.

Question 42

Which of the following was most likely to have remained neutral in the Revolutionary War?

A) A member of the Chesapeake gentry
B) A Scots-Irish settler in the southern backcountry
C) A Scottish settler
D) A city artisan

Question 43

In what way were classical, economic, and democratic republicanism alike?

A) All stressed the importance of including minority groups in the political process.
B) All accepted the notion that society is divided into two groups, those who are born to govern and those who are born to be governed.
C) All agreed that "virtue" was at the heart of a successful republic.
D) All held that rank and privilege have no place in a republican society.

Question 44

Why was South Carolina less likely than Maryland to support the revolution?

A) The Anglican church had more influence in South Carolina than it did in Maryland.
B) There were fewer Scots-Irish in South Carolina than there were in Maryland.
C) The South Carolina population had a much higher percentage of slaves than did the Maryland population.
D) South Carolina had a lower percentage of tenant farmers than did Maryland.

Question 45

Lord Dartmouth's letter of January 1775 to General Gage led Gage to

A) send a military expedition to confiscate provincial military supplies stockpiled at Concord.
B) lay siege to Philadelphia.
C) blockade all American ports.
D) relax enforcement of the Coercive Acts.

Question 46

Which of these statements is most consistent with the sentiments expressed in Common Sense?

A) Our disagreements with Parliament concern minor constitutional points; therefore, Americans should compromise and seek reconciliation with the mother country.
B) These American colonies have had the privilege of serving a loving and enlightened king; nevertheless, independence is still the best course of action.
C) If America declares its independence, it must erect a government much like England's in order to ensure the continuation of liberty.
D) An America that throws off the exploitive British yoke and declares itself an independent republic will be strong.

Question 47

Which of the following was a feature of the Articles of Confederation government?

A) Each state was proportionately represented in the Confederation Congress.
B) Domestic commercial policy was placed under the control of the national government.
C) The national government did not have the power to settle disputes between the states.
D) The Confederation Congress had no independent income.

Question 48

Which of these statements is most consistent with the concept of republicanism advanced by Thomas Paine?

A) The people of a nation are best served by a system of government that balances monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy.
B) As individuals pursue their self-interest, they will improve not only themselves but the entire republic as well.
C) A republic should be governed by men who have risen to positions of power because of talent and ability.
D) The upper classes cannot speak for the ordinary people in society; therefore, the ordinary people should be allowed to participate in the political process.

Question 49

Which of the following was most likely to have been an active patriot?

A) A city artisan
B) An African American slave
C) An Anglican clergyman
D) A Pennsylvania Quaker

Question 50

Which of the following was a false assumption made by the British concerning the Revolutionary War?

A) The patriots cannot withstand the assaults of trained British soldiers.
B) Victory will not necessitate a large commitment of manpower.
C) It will not be necessary to use the navy in the conflict.
D) Britain will receive aid from other European powers.

Question 51

When the delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence, they

A) established a stable government for the new nation.
B) risked their lives by committing treason.
C) demonstrated complete confidence that America would achieve victory against Great Britain.
D) continued to express a desire for reconciliation with England.

Question 52

The primary concern of those who wrote the state constitutions was

A) how to put the concept of democracy into practice.
B) how to create efficient government.
C) how best to distribute and limit governmental power.
D) how the documents would be ratified.

Question 53

Which of the following statements best explains the ineffectiveness of the Native Americans in defending their interests during the Revolutionary War?

A) They steadfastly refused to take up arms on behalf of either side.
B) Native Americans had lost their ability in an earlier war to play one European side against another.
C) Their methods of fighting were so primitive that they were not in a position to be of much use to either side.
D) They made the mistake of siding consistently with the British.

Question 54

Which of the following was true of the first year of the Revolutionary War?

A) The Continental Army won a number of significant battles.
B) There was a long lull in fighting between British and American forces at Boston.
C) France decided to ally openly with the United States.
D) Great Britain's decided not to use mercenaries.

Question 55

The British incurred their greatest losses of the entire Revolutionary War in the Battle of

A) Breed's Hill.
B) Long Island.
C) Trenton.
D) White Plains.

Question 56

The long-term significance of the Declaration of Independence lies in its

A) charge that Parliament used excessive force in the colonies.
B) statements of principle.
C) charge that the king was responsible for slavery in the colonies.
D) commitment to strong central government.

Question 57

What was a main source of funding for the new United States in the war against Great Britain?

A) a tax on each of the colonies.
B) loans from prominent citizens.
C) the sale of public lands.
D) printing paper currency.

Question 58

Ratification of the Articles of Confederation was delayed for several years by a dispute over

A) the disposition of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
B) the provisions of treaties with the Northwestern Indians.
C) navigation rights on rivers that served as boundary lines between states.
D) the commercial rights of landlocked states.

Question 59

It was widely believed that a republic could be successful only if its people had which of the following qualities?

A) Virtue
B) Steadfastness
C) Devotion
D) Intelligence

Question 60

Which of the following was most likely to have been a loyalist?

A) A city artisan
B) A yeoman farmer
C) An Anglican clergyman
D) A Scotch-Irish settler in the southern backcountry

Question 61

Camp followers were usually

A) women who worked as cooks, nurses, and launderers while traveling with the American forces.
B) reporters who followed the American forces and issued daily news dispatches to colonial newspapers.
C) British spies who followed and watched the activities of the American forces.
D) people who followed the forces of either side for the purpose of watching their military engagements.

Question 62

Which of the following objectives was pursued by Joseph and Mary Brant?

A) They tried to convince the tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy to migrate to Canada.
B) They tried to convince Native Americans and blacks to forge an alliance and thus take advantage of the Anglo-American conflict.
C) They hoped to persuade the Iroquois Confederacy to ally with the British.
D) They worked to bring about a general slave uprising.

Question 63

Which of the following, in large numbers, joined British forces in the South in the two years following the fall of Charleston?

A) Indentured servants
B) African Americans
C) Wealthy planters
D) Recent immigrants

Question 64

Which of the following was a consequence of Lord Dunmore's Proclamation of November 1775?

A) The Second Continental Congress decided to allow blacks to enlist in the Continental Army.
B) Yeoman farmers began to desert the Virginia militia and rally to the British side.
C) Slaves rallied to the British side in greater numbers than expected.
D) The Virginia assembly was forcibly disbanded, and many of its leaders were arrested.

Question 65

As a result of the fall of Charleston in May 1780,

A) the British navy eliminated the French navy as a potential threat.
B) South Carolina served as a secure British base from which to attack the other American states.
C) patriot forces were disheartened and demoralized.
D) many South Carolinians renounced the American cause and pledged their loyalty to the Crown.

Question 66

In response to the threat of smallpox in the ranks of the Continental Army, Washington

A) asked for the resignation of all soldiers who had not had the disease.
B) requested that the Second Continental Congress double the army's medical staff.
C) ordered the inoculation of all members of the regular army and of all new recruits.
D) issued an order discharging all foreign-born men from the Continental Army.

Question 67

The outcome of the Battles of King's Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House supports which of the following conclusions?

A) General Washington was a brilliant military strategist.
B) The Continental Army was disorganized and demoralized by the winter of 1780.
C) The momentum in the southern campaign had begun to swing to the patriot side.
D) American victory in the Revolutionary War was due primarily to French military ingenuity.

Question 68

Why was the French alliance beneficial to the Americans?

A) The alliance widened the war, making it impossible for the British to concentrate solely on the American mainland.
B) French military officers began the process of retraining soldiers in the Continental Army to fight military engagements in the European style.
C) French influence was essential in negotiating Dutch loans for the United States.
D) The alliance led Russia and Spain to negotiate treaties of alliance with the United States.

Question 69

Which of the following was the goal of British strategy for 1777?

A) To blockade the American coastline
B) For Burgoyne to join forces with Howe at White Plains and invade Pennsylvania
C) To cut New England off from the other colonies
D) To isolate all colonies south of Maryland by taking control of the Potomac

Question 70

Before setting up winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, in January 1777, General Washington defeated the redcoats in the battles of

A) Brandywine Creek and Germantown.
B) Brooklyn Heights and Manhattan Island.
C) Fort Ticonderoga and Bennington.
D) Trenton and Princeton.

Question 71

Reassessment of their war strategy after the Battle of Saratoga led the British to

A) shift the field of battle to the south.
B) shift their attention to urban areas.
C) adopt guerrilla tactics similar to those used by the patriots.
D) concentrate their forces along the New England coast.

Question 72

Which of the following is true of Howe's Philadelphia campaign?

A) Howe's attack was so swift that Washington had no time to organize defenses.
B) Howe's capture of Philadelphia did very little to help the British.
C) The unexpected defeat of Howe's forces at Germantown caused the campaign to collapse.
D) The campaign demoralized the Continental Army.

Question 73

After taking command of the southern campaign for the Americans, Nathanael Greene

A) instructed his troops to follow a scorched-earth policy.
B) systematically seized the property of loyalists throughout the South.
C) adopted a conciliatory policy toward loyalists and neutrals throughout the South.
D) destabilized civilian governments throughout the area.

Question 74

The British were surrounded and General Burgoyne's entire force of over six thousand men surrendered in the Battle of

A) Bunker Hill.
B) Princeton.
C) Saratoga.
D) Trenton.

Question 75

Which of the following was the most important consequence of the Battle of Saratoga?

A) It led Lord North to resign as prime minister.
B) It prompted the first parliamentary opposition to the war.
C) It resulted in the surrender of the last British army in America.
D) It brought France into the war as an American ally.

Question 76

Which of the following was true of the officers of the Continental Army?

A) There was little sense of camaraderie among them.
B) Their primary sense of devotion was to their respective states.
C) They developed an intense commitment to the patriot cause.
D) Most refused to serve for more than six months.

Question 77

Which of the following is true concerning the 1776 battle for New York City?

A) Although the British won the battle, their army was demoralized by the number of casualties suffered.
B) Washington successfully defended New York City and demonstrated his abilities as a military tactician.
C) Due to mistakes made by Washington and his men, the city fell to the British.
D) Washington realized too late that he should have abandoned the city to the British without a fight.

Question 78

During the winter of 1779-1780, many Iroquois bands left their ancestral homeland for which of the following reasons?

A) All bands that broke their pledge of neutrality and allied with the Americans were forced onto reservations by the British.
B) They were afraid they would be drawn into the Anglo-American conflict raging around them.
C) The Iroquois ruling council banished from the homeland all bands that remained neutral or allied with the Americans.
D) Their settlements and crops were so completely destroyed by an American expedition that they moved to Canada in search of food and shelter.

Question 79

Article Five of the Treaty of Paris 1783)

A) promised the repayment of prewar debts owed by Americans to British subjects.
B) recommended that the states allow loyalists to recover their confiscated property.
C) called for just compensation for seized loyalist property.
D) provided for the permanent exile of the loyalists.

Question 80

Which of the following is true of American soldiers and sailors held as prisoners of war by the British?

A) Over half of them joined the British army and joined the battle against the Continental Army.
B) Many died of disease because they received meager rations and were confined in prisons that were crowded and unsanitary.
C) They were usually treated decently and humanely.
D) At the end of the Revolutionary War, many of them sailed with their captors back to England.