Chapter 6 Inquizitive
Identify the states that had the longest tradition of religious toleration.
Correct Responses: - Rhode Island - Pennsylvania
Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence describing the founders' principles of freedom.
As the founders saw it, freedom in a republic was so closely tied to the virtue of its citizens, that many leaders of the Revolution felt the need to establish free public schools so every citizen could be prepared to vote and govern.
The painting Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences (1792) by Samuel Jennings. Analyze the painting below and then match the following meanings to the appropriate symbol in the painting.
1 (pathways to learning as free men and women) = the books the woman is touching / the globe 2 (newfound freedom) = the African Americans in the background in the open field area / busted chains by the woman's feet 3 (Liberty personified) = The woman in the white dress
Match the trailblazer from this period with his / her correct description. A - Joseph Brant B - Hannah Snell C - Lemuel Haynes D - Mercy Otis Warren E - Phillis Wheatley
A = This young Mohawk hoped to create an Indian Confederacy between the new United States and Canada. B = This woman joined the British army in 1745 disguised as a man; later she was awarded a soldier's pension. C = This veteran of the Massachusetts militia and noted preacher was an early proponent of extending freedom and equality to people of African heritage. D = This woman established the Boston Committee of Correspondence, proving that women could participate in intellectual discussion. E = The poetic talents of this woman challenged Americans' idea that black persons were devoid of intellectual ability.
Traditional notions of "liberty" shifted in the American colonial context and were further redefined during the early republic. Identify which characteristics describe British concepts of liberty versus those that describe American concepts of liberty.
British concept of liberty: - Rights are privileges held by few in society. - Social status is largely hereditary and fixed. American concept of liberty: - One's social status may change over the course of his/her lifetime. - Equality of economic opportunity. Both British and American concepts of liberty: - Women had few if any legal rights.
Read the excerpt from Abigail Adams's letter to John Adams, Braintree, Mass. (March 31, 1776). Which of the following statements are true regarding Abigail Adams's message to her husband?
Correct Responses: - Abigail Adams suggests that women will not obey a new Code of Laws that does not give women fair representation. - Abigail Adams asked her husband to ensure women were protected under the new laws.
Read the following excerpt from the March 31, 1776 letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams. Identify the statements that are correct.
Correct Responses: - Abigail asks John to build legal protections for women into laws of the new republic. - Abigail appeals to Enlightenment - era values such as reason and the pursuit of happiness to make her point to John. - Abigail promotes the concept of companionate marriage.
What were some ways that African-Americans attempted to secure freedom during the Revolutionary period?
Correct Responses: - African - Americans attempted to pass as freeborn blacks. - African - Americans used the legal system and sued in court for freedom. - African - Americans created and presented freedom petitions.
Identify the factors that contributed to inflation during and immediately after the Revolutionary War.
Correct Responses: - Basic commodities were often hoarded by Americans during the war. - The printing and distribution of paper currency by Congress contributed to inflation.
Identify the statements that were true of democracy in the eighteenth-century context.
Correct Responses: - Democracy was feared by some leaders who associated it with mob rule. - Democracy meant, in general, that government should serve the needs of the people as a whole, not just moneyed elite. - Democracy had several meanings, some from ancient texts.
Identify why Jefferson's assertion in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" was viewed as a radical principle.
Correct Responses: - In Britain and in the colonies, the conventional belief was that well - ordered society depended on obedience to authority. - It implied that liberties were entitlements (rights people are entitled to by virtue of being born), rather than privileges earned through social status, familial ties, wealth, or property ownership.
The pool of free labor grew during the post - Revolutionary period. Identify the reasons for this growth.
Correct Responses: - Indentured servants who outlived their indentures joined the free labor market. - Servants and apprentices took advantage of the chaos of the Revolution to run away from their masters. - Revolutionary ideas about freedom in the new republic made apprenticeship and indenture seem oppressive and old - fashioned.
In which of the following ways were Native Americans affected by the American Revolution?
Correct Responses: - Indians who helped the British forces were abandoned after the war, and their land holdings were not recognized by the Treaty of Paris. - After learning the American concept of "liberty", several Native American groups sought "freedom" for themselves from state governments. - Americans were encouraged by their military success in the Revolution to continue their expansion westward. - New state governments forced Native American groups to cede lands.
Which characteristics of colonial America made the region uniquely suited for the development of democratic ideals?
Correct Responses: - Individual landownership in the colonies was widespread. - There wasn't a centrally established religion in the colonies.
Identify the statements that characterize the principles of Christian Republicanism.
Correct Responses: - It viewed the American Revolution as being the result of God's plan. - It held that personal virtue was central to the creation of a healthy society.
On which of the following events did the American Revolution and its success have an important ideological and political influence?
Correct Responses: - Latin American wars for independence in the early nineteenth century. - the French Revolution.
Landownership was important for social mobility and political standing during the early republic. Identify the reasons for this.
Correct Responses: - Many states still had property ownership in qualifications for voting. - Many in the founding generation believed that widespread landownership would serve to equalize the social classes.
Identify the statements that were true of slavery - both the concept and the practice - in the post-revolutionary period.
Correct Responses: - Most founders owned slaves, even though they promoted the concept of liberty and equality as natural entitlements. - Many ex - slaves began life anew as free persons in Nova Scotia and England. - Some members of the founding generation argued that liberty for whites was possible only because of the enslavement of blacks. - Revolutionaries used the word "slavery" to describe the denial of personal and political rights by a tyrannical government.
Identify the statements that describe the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, written in 1779.
Correct Responses: - Religious requirements for voting were banned. - It became illegal for the state to force a particular religious outlook upon an individual.
Identify the statements that describe the experiences of African-American slaves after the American Revolution.
Correct Responses: - The British ultimately compensated many American slaveowners for the loss of their property. - Many ex - slaves began life anew as free persons in Nova Scotia and England.
The Revolution was a borderlands conflict; the interface of cultures and identities were challenged and changed as a result of revolutionary success in the war. Identify the statements that describe the ways in which the Revolution was a borderlands conflict.
Correct Responses: - The Revolution created an international border between the United States and Quebec. The patriots stayed on one side and the Loyalists went to the other. - Although Canada defined itself in opposition to the United States, goods and ideas flowed easily across the border.
The Revolutionary War is often thought of as a conflict between Great Britain and one of its colonies. Identify some other perspectives that can help us better understand the conflict.
Correct Responses: - The Revolutionary War was a borderlands conflict because it resulted in new geographies, national and cultural identity. - The Revolutionary War was an international conflict because it involved France and native nations in addition to Great Britain and its colony. - The Revolutionary War was a civil war, in a sense, because it pitted neighbor against neighbor.
Identify the radically democratic elements of the Pennsylvania constitution of 1776.
Correct Responses: - The abolition of property requirements for suffrage. - The establishment of a one - house legislature. - The abolition of the governor's office.
Identify the statements that describe why indentured servitude declined after the American Revolution.
Correct Responses: - The concept of servitude ran counter to the ideals of republican citizenship. - Many indentured servants fled their masters amid the instability of the war. - Increased numbers of non - indentured immigrants from Europe joined indentured servants outliving their terms of required labor.
In what ways did the expansion of the definition of liberty and the proliferation of democratic practices change religious practice in the early United States? (video)
Correct Responses: - The disestablishment of state - sponsored churches allowed for the proliferation of religious denominations. - Democratic liberty challenged the traditional authority of some religious traditions.
What were some of the biggest obstacles to the enactment of widespread abolition during the early years of the republic?
Correct Responses: - The founders' attachment to the importance of property rights of citizens made abolition problematic. - Much of the resistance to abolition originated in the fact that slavery remained a pathway for many white Americans to achieve prosperity and social mobility.
What does the map reveal about political allegiances during the Revolutionary War? (image)
Correct Responses: - The majority of colonists either strongly supported the patriots or Loyalists; very few were neutral. - Strong loyalty to the British government was not widespread. The locations of Loyalists communities correlate more with ethnic settlements than with factors of class or race.
The following excerpt from the 1773 and 1777 Petitions of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislature. Identify the statements that are correct.
Correct Responses: - The petitioners describe themselves as having lived in civilized conditions in Africa. - The petitioners refer to the natural rights endowed by God mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. - The petitioners question the Christian practices of slaveowners who treat them poorly.
Identify the statements that describe the Loyalists in colonial America.
Correct Responses: - They came from all classes of American life. - They took up arms in defense of the empire against the Revolution.
Identify the statements that describe how women contributed to the revolutionary movement.
Correct Responses: - They worked as spies. - They engaged in fund-raising for the patriot cause.
Read and analyze the "Voice of Freedom" document from the chapter derived from petitions written by Massachusetts slaves to their legislature in 1773 and 1777. In the passage below click on the specific excerpt where the petitioners describe the manner in which they were enslaved and stripped of their natural right to freedom.
Correct Responses: - [they] were unjustly dragged by the hand of cruel power from their dearest friends and. . . from a populous, pleasant, and plentiful country and in violation of laws of nature and of nations and in defiance of all the tender feelings of humanity brought here. . . to be sold like beast[s] of burden
The distinction between the northern economy and southern economy declined with the disappearance of indentured servitude from the United States.
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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing religion and public morality.
Many members of the founding generation were Deists. Though they thought religion was fundamental to the establishment of public morality, they believed in a just God that would not intervene in the earthly world of man. The beliefs of the founders with regard to religion had much to do with influences of the Enlightenment upon their thinking.
Complete the following passage about economic freedom in the early republic.
To most free Americans in the post - colonial period, equality meant that society should be structured in such a way as to provide commensurate opportunities to succeed.