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- The rebellions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 1786 were seen by many leading politicians as resulting from the weakness of:Answers:the Continental Armythe Constitutionthe Articles of Confederationnone of the above
- When it became clear that the majority of the members of the Constituional Convention intended to supersede the mandate they had been given by the Confederation Congress, many delegates who advocated for States' Rights ___________, weakening their position even further.Answers:boycottedpicketedcalled a stand inwalked out
- During the Republican period, the Romans were obsessed with the ___________.Answers:Jesus of Nazarethchecks and balances on powerthe descendants of Julius CaesarNero's many indiscretions
- The _________ Plan called for representation by population.Answers:VirginiaNew JerseyTexasMassachusetts
- _______________was elected president of the Constitutional Convention, and his presence gave the convention some prestige, but he—like Franklin—was very quiet during the proceedings.Answers:George MasonGeorge WashingtonSamuel AdamsUncle Sam
- Representatives from _______________ proposed the first Great Compromise, leading to much of the government we have today.Answers:MarylandNorth CarolinaConnecticutVermont
- The _________ Plan called for equal representation per state.Answers:VirginiaNew JerseyTexasMassachusetts
- Many of the leading ________________ politicians—such as Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry—refused to go to the 1787 convention called to address problems with the United States government at the time.Answers:States' RightsSouthernNew EnglandTea Party
- At which battle did the Americans and their allies successfully trap a British army on a Virginia peninsula with no hope escape?Answers:the Battle of Yorktownthe Battle of Cowpensthe Battle of Stirling Bridgethe Battle of Culloden
- The ________________ Regiment was also made up of Virginia loyalists, made up entirely of slaves promised freedom to fight for the British.Answers:EgyptianEthiopianSomalianLiberian
- Arming slaves, Indians, and indentured servants and hiring Hessians were all actions that _________.Answers:turned Americans who had been loyal against the Britishhelped the Americans win the warhelped bring France into the wardemonstrated Machiavellian Morality
- In February of 1778 the Americans and the French signed two treaties. The first, called the Treaty of Amity and Commerce:Answers:recognized the United States of America as a sovereign nationpromised that the French would trade with the Americansgained the recognition of the Americans by a world superpowerall of these
- The Treaty of Alliance:Answers:promised that the Americans would fight as long as the French foughtpromised that the Americans would not engage in secret negotiations with Britainpromised that the French would do the sameall of these
- In 1774, Americans wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances which threatened ____________ if the punitive legislation against Massachusetts was not repealed.Answers:guerilla warfareideological warfaretotal warfareeconomic warfare
- What Revolutionary War battle convinced Britain's biggest rival, France, to help the Americans gain their independence?Answers:GettysburgVicksburgSaratogaBunker Hill
- The Queen's Own Loyal Virginians was a loyalist regiment made up of former:Answers:slavesindentured servantsHighland JacobitesLouisiana Tigers
- This brutal, British Cavalry officer, __________, was killed at the Battle of King's Mountain.Answers:Patrick FergusonNorman SchwarzkopfBilly McCaffreyRichard Winters
- This British General was in charge of the Southern Campaign:Answers:Lord CornwallisGeneral GageGeneral HoweGeneral Burgoyne
- The _________ Act made Roman Catholicism legal in some parts of North America formerly owned by France and allowed former French citizens in North America to settle in the lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.Answers:CroissantLouisianaCajunQuebec
- In response to America's threat in the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Lord North and the British:Answers:re-instituted the Navigation Actsrepealed the Revenue Actimprisoned Betsy Rossblockaded American ports