Question 1

All of the following fates befell Loyalists after the Revolutionary War except they

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A)  were arrested or driven out. 
B)  experienced loss of legal rights. 
C)  had their property confiscated. 
D)  were exiled or forced to flee. 
E)  were given aristocratic status in Canada. 
A)  were arrested or driven out. 
B)  experienced loss of legal rights. 
C)  had their property confiscated. 
D)  were exiled or forced to flee. 
E)  were given aristocratic status in Canada.

Question 2

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Albany

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 3

King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after

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A)  the armed clash at Lexington and Concord. 
B)  the First Continental Congress convened. 
C)  the Battle of Bunker Hill. 
D)  Benedict Arnold's forces' captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 
E)  hiring Hessian solders to fight in America. 
A)  the armed clash at Lexington and Concord. 
B)  the First Continental Congress convened. 
C)  the Battle of Bunker Hill. 
D)  Benedict Arnold's forces' captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 
E)  hiring Hessian solders to fight in America.

Question 4

The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4,1776,for all of the following reasons except

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A)  lack of military victories. 
B)  support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire. 
C)  the realization that the colonies were not united. 
D)  fear of British military reprisals. 
E)  a continued belief that America was part of the transatlantic community. 
A)  lack of military victories. 
B)  support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire. 
C)  the realization that the colonies were not united. 
D)  fear of British military reprisals. 
E)  a continued belief that America was part of the transatlantic community.

Question 5

Many historians argue that without French aid,the colonies could never have won their independence.Do you agree or disagree? Why?

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As a language model AI, I don't have per

Question 6

Thomas Paine argued that all government officials

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A)  were corrupt. 
B)  should derive their authority from popular consent. 
C)  should be part of a "natural aristocracy." 
D)  need not listen to the voice of the uneducated. 
E)  should not be paid for their service. 
A)  were corrupt. 
B)  should derive their authority from popular consent. 
C)  should be part of a "natural aristocracy." 
D)  need not listen to the voice of the uneducated. 
E)  should not be paid for their service.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-republicanism

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Republicanism is a political ideology th

Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Newport

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 9

The basic principles of the Model Treaty and the new philosophy behind American international affairs contained all of the following except

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A)  no political connection. 
B)  no military connection. 
C)  only commercial connection. 
D)  no economic connection. 
E)  novus ordo seculorum - "a new order for the ages." 
A)  no political connection. 
B)  no military connection. 
C)  only commercial connection. 
D)  no economic connection. 
E)  novus ordo seculorum - "a new order for the ages."

Question 10

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 stipulated

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A)  British recognition of American independence. 
B)  establishment of the boundaries of the new United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida. 
C)  that Americans allow British collection of prewar debts from colonists. 
D)  that Americans cease persecution of Loyalists. 
E)  that Loyalists should have their confiscated property restored. 
A)  British recognition of American independence. 
B)  establishment of the boundaries of the new United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida. 
C)  that Americans allow British collection of prewar debts from colonists. 
D)  that Americans cease persecution of Loyalists. 
E)  that Loyalists should have their confiscated property restored.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Common Sense

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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by T

Question 12

Loyalists were least numerous in

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A)  New York. 
B)  Pennsylvania. 
C)  Virginia. 
D)  the middle colonies. 
E)  New England. 
A)  New York. 
B)  Pennsylvania. 
C)  Virginia. 
D)  the middle colonies. 
E)  New England.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Second Continental Congress

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The Second Continental Congress was a co

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George III

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George III was the King of Great Britain

Question 15

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Trenton

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 16

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Bunker Hill

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 17

Assess the validity of the following claim,"the British 'lost' the Revolutionary War more than the Americans 'won' it."

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The claim that the British "lost" the Re

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nathanael Greene

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Nathanael Greene was a major general in

Question 19

The Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution in all of the following ways except

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A)  taking up the task of political education. 
B)  raising funds to support the war effort. 
C)  convincing people that the British army was an unreliable friend. 
D)  mercilessly harassing small British detachments. 
E)  as effective agents of Revolutionary ideas. 
A)  taking up the task of political education. 
B)  raising funds to support the war effort. 
C)  convincing people that the British army was an unreliable friend. 
D)  mercilessly harassing small British detachments. 
E)  as effective agents of Revolutionary ideas.

Question 20

Colonists considered the British use of European mercenaries - Hessians - as paid soldiers

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A)  a smart strategy. 
B)  with complete shock that they would enlist outsiders. 
C)  a pathetic way to build an army. 
D)  a sign of British desperation. 
E)  None of these 
A)  a smart strategy. 
B)  with complete shock that they would enlist outsiders. 
C)  a pathetic way to build an army. 
D)  a sign of British desperation. 
E)  None of these

Exam 8: America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

All of the following fates befell Loyalists after the Revolutionary War except they

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Albany

King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after

The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4,1776,for all of the following reasons except

Many historians argue that without French aid,the colonies could never have won their independence.Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Thomas Paine argued that all government officials

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -republicanism

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Newport

The basic principles of the Model Treaty and the new philosophy behind American international affairs contained all of the following except

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 stipulated

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Common Sense

Loyalists were least numerous in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Second Continental Congress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George III

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Trenton

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Bunker Hill

Assess the validity of the following claim,"the British 'lost' the Revolutionary War more than the Americans 'won' it."

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nathanael Greene

The Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution in all of the following ways except

Colonists considered the British use of European mercenaries - Hessians - as paid soldiers

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy,1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

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The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

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