U.S. History Chapter 6

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Which of the following was not a result of Dunmore's Proclamation?

A majority of slaves in the colonies won their freedom.

Which of the following is not true of a republic?

A republic is governed by a monarch and the royal officials he or she appoints.

Dunmore's Proclamation in November 1775 did all of the following except

Actually free slaves in Virginia

Which of the following statements best represents the division between Patriots and Loyalists?

American colonists were divided among those who wanted independence, those who wanted to remain part of the British Empire, and those who were neutral.

After the war, many Loyalists moved to

Canada Britain the West Indies

By all counts the odds were stacked against the United States winning their independence, so why did the American Revolution succeed?

Diverse colonists united in their opposition to Great Britain Colonists developed a sense of community against a common enemy There was a spirit of common cause

Women played no significant roles in the Revolutionary War.

False

Hessians

German mercenaries hired by Great Britain to put down the American rebellion

How did British General Thomas Gage attempt to deal with the uprising in Massachusetts in 1774?

He attempted to seize arms and munitions from the colonial insurgents.

Which term describes German soldiers hired by Great Britain to put down the American rebellion?

Hessians

In 1779, which colonial leader traveled to France to negotiate peace with the British?

John Adams

The language of the Declaration of Independence was greatly influenced by the writings of which Enlightenment philosopher?

John Locke

Which American general is responsible for improving the American military position in the South?

Nathanael Greene

Which city served as the base for British operations for most of the war?

New York

Mecklenburg Resolves

North Carolina's declaration of rebellion against Great Britain

George Washington broke with conventional military tactics by leading the Continental Army to attack the British forces wintering at Trenton, New Jersey and the at the Battle of Princeton.

True

Republicanism adheres to a code of virtue, placing the public good and community above narrow self-interest

True

Thomas Paine's Common Sense made a powerful argument for independence.

True

republicanism

a political philosophy that holds that states should be governed by representatives, not a monarch; as a social philosophy, republicanism required civic virtue of its citizens

minutemen

colonial militias prepared to mobilize and fight the British with a minute's notice

Which of the following is not one of the tasks women performed during the Revolution?

holding government offices

The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War and

placed the western boundary of the United States at the Mississippi River gave New England fishing rights off Newfoundland encouraged individual states to refrain from persecuting Loyalists

confiscation acts

state-wide acts that made it legal for state governments to seize Loyalists' property

What battle turned the tide of war in favor of the Americans?

the Battle of Saratoga

thirteen colonies

the British colonies in North America that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, which included Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, the province of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, South Carolina, and Virginia

Yorktown

the Virginia port where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American forces

Dunmore's Proclamation

the decree signed by Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, which proclaimed that any slaves or indentured servants who fought on the side of the British would be rewarded with their freedom

Continental currency

the paper currency that the Continental government printed to fund the Revolution

popular sovereignty

the practice of allowing the citizens of a state or territory to decide issues based on the principle of majority rule


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