History I: Chapter 5 Multiple Choice

Congress financed the revolution by

C) borrowing from other nations.

After the initial surge of patriotism, American troops

C) came from both conscription and payment of bounties.

Britain enjoyed all of the following advantages in the Revolution EXCEPT

C) greater commitment to the conflict.

Even though the British wanted to end the war, the French were reluctant to negotiate because

C) they were committed to staying in the war until Spain got Gibraltar.

John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga

A) convinced the French that they should help the Americans.

Historians have long debated whether the colonial motivations for the American Revolution were

A) economic or ideological.

In spite of rhetoric proclaiming "all men are created equal," slavery survived in America for nearly a century after the Revolution because whites

A) harbored racist assumptions about the natural inferiority of blacks.

The treason of Benedict Arnold

A) shocked American forces.

During the Revolution, women took on new responsibilities. After the war,

A) things generally went back to the way they were before and few concrete reforms occurred in the status of women.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the only institution of national authority was the

B) Congress.

Thomas Paine's Common Sense is an important work because it

B) persuaded Americans that no reconciliation with Britain was possible.

After a year of war, the British realized

B) the war had become more than just a local phenomenon around Boston.

After 1777, the British decided to focus their efforts in the South because

B) they believed there were more Loyalists there.

Of all the Loyalists groups in America, the one that suffered most as a result of the Revolution was

D) Anglicans.

Most of America's war materials came from

D) foreign aid.

By the end of 1776, the American army under Washington had

D) won two minor victories and remained intact.

The British were forced to surrender at Yorktown because

E) French troops and a French fleet helped trap the British.

Native Americans

E) generally stayed neutral in the war.

The choice of George Washington as commander in chief was a good one because of his

E) image among the people, who trusted and respected him.

After Lexington and Concord,

E) it took almost a year for independence to become a primary war aim.

If postwar Americans agreed on nothing else, they agreed that

E) new governments should be republican.

The Declaration of Independence stated that governments were formed to

E) protect a person's life, freedom, and right to pursue happiness.