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"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held: |
women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens. |
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According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic? |
equality |
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After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North: |
saw steps being made toward emancipation. |
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Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war? |
20 to 25 percent |
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As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected: |
the principle of hereditary aristocracy. |
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As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution: |
upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches. |
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General John Sullivan: |
destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. |
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How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War’s radical potential? |
Philadelphia’s artisan and lower-class communities took control. |
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How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom? |
It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order. |
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How did the War for Independence affect anti-Catholicism in America? |
The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism |
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In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for: |
a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men |
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In order to deal with a wartime economic crisis in 1779, Congress urged states to: |
adopt measures to fix wages and prices. |
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The free black population after the Revolution: |
many times enjoyed the right to vote. |
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Thomas Jefferson’s Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom: |
eliminated religious requirements for voting and officeholding |
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Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception? |
John Adams |
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What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans? |
The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. |
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What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War? |
They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did. |
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What role did rising prices play during the Revolution? |
They prompted protests by Americans, especially women, who took goods from merchants whom they accused of hoarding. |
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What settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States? |
Sierra Leone |
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Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War? |
Pennsylvania artisans |
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Which one of the following contributed to the success of free-trade advocates during the Revolutionary War? |
the publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations |
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Which one of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty? |
Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion. |
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Which one of the following statements about Revolutionary Pennsylvania is FALSE? |
The state’s new constitution gave only limited power to the state’s governor. |
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Which one of the following statements about Loyalists is FALSE? |
Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war. |
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Which one of the following statements about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE? |
After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all encompassing. |
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Which one of the following was NOT an example of Loyalists being deprived of their freedom by patriots? |
The New England states forced Loyalists into militias against their will. |
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Which one of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation? |
the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians |
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Which one of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause? |
replacing their husbands in political offices |
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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? |
New Jersey |
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Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution? |
The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship. |
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