Exam 6: The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

George Washington's attack on Trenton resulted in substantial patriot losses.

French aid to the Americans during the Revolution was insignificant.

Cornwallis and the British army were pinned down at Yorktown Port by a French navy under the command of

The ____________________ linked the American states together before the Constitution of 1787 was written.

Most Indians and slaves hoped that Britain would win the Revolution.

The Revolutionary War officially came to a close with the Treaty of Paris (1783).

Ratification of the Constitution was a relatively easy and quick affair once the document had been written.

The only Indians in the Deep South to fight on the American side during the Revolution were the ____________________.

The first military setback for Americans came in ____________________.

An attempted coup d'etat of Continental Army officers was put down by George Washington at Yorktown.

Shays' Rebellion occurred in the state of ____________________.

British policy regarding the loyalists was

The peace treaty ending the war between Britain and America was the Treaty of

The British victory at Saratoga convinced France to stay out of the American war for independence.

Most loyalists

Along with Francis Marion, ____________________ devised a masterful strategy of partisan warfare that wore out the British.

After 1778, political opposition in England to the war in America had disappeared.

The British never had a realistic chance to win a decisive military victory during the Revolution.