chapter 6 GML
For most free Americans in the new republic, equality meant
equal opportunity rather than equality of condition
Because of religious freedom, an astonishing number of new religious denominations proliferated in the early republic; today, more than 1,300 religions are practiced in the United States
true
By 1776, the year in which he wrote The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson owned more than 100 slaves
true
Deists and members of evangelical sects worked together to separate church and state.
true
During the Revolution, American Indians were divided in allegiance
true
Evangelical Christians supported the separation of church and state following the American Revolution because they wanted to protect religion from the corrupting embrace of government
true
Except for New York, all new states barred Jews from voting
true
Which of the following defines "republican motherhood
training sons to be future citizens
Adam Smith's work, The Wealth of Nations, argued that the "invisible hand" of the free market did not direct economic life more effectively and fairly than governmental intervention
true
From 1776 to 1807, property-owning women were legally allowed to vote in New Jersey
true
At the end of the war, as many as 60,000 Loyalists were banished from the United States or emigrated voluntarily rather than live in an independent United States.
true
In 1776, the slave population of the United States was
20 percent
The estimated percentage of free Americans who remained loyal to the British during the Revolution was
20-25 percent
What famous American woman wrote to her husband that the Second Continental Congress should "remember the ladies" when they drew up a "Code of Laws"
Abigail Adams
The daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man and fought in the Continental army during the American Revolution was
Deborah Sampson
Who developed the state constitution that gave the governor an effective veto over laws passed by the legislature, included a two-chamber legislature and powerful judiciary, and was subsequently an important model for the U.S. Constitution
James Madison
America's first Roman Catholic bishop was
John Carroll of Maryland
Many Indian tribes were divided during the War of Independence. Some sided with the British while others, such as these, sided with the Americans
Oneida
The foremost center of political radicalism during the Revolutionary Era was
Pennsylvania
Three months after independence was declared in 1776, which state adopted a new state constitution with only a one-house legislature
Pennsylvania
Members of which of the following groups were not subject to arrest by the Pennsylvania government because of refusal to participate in the American Revolution
Quakers
The first antislavery tract printed in America was
The Selling of Joseph
Who wrote that he hoped to erect a "wall of separation" between church and state
Thomas jefferson
Phillis Wheatley is celebrated in American history as
a published poet and slave
Before the Revolution, most colonies supported religious institutions with public funds and discriminated in voting and office-holding against all of the following groups except
anglicans
Confiscated property of Loyalists was returned to them following the Treaty of Paris
false
During the Revolutionary War, a Massachusetts group of women accused a merchant of hoarding coffee. The group took matters into their own hands by
forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods
The Treaty of Paris marked a change in which the balance of power
in eastern North America shifted away from the Indians and toward white Americans
The first time in recorded human history that slavery was eradicated by legislative power of government was
in the United States when, in 1777 and 1804, every state north of Maryland took steps toward emancipation
While some 5,000 slaves fought for American independence, far more gained liberty by
obtaining sanctuary from the British
Thomas Jefferson helped pass laws in the state of Virginia that abolished primogeniture. Define "primogeniture.
passing of all of a family's land to the oldest son
In the early 1770s, "freedom petitions" were
slave petitions urging slavery's end, presented to New England courts and legislatures
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) argued
that the "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fair than government intervention in the economy
In eighteenth-century America, the idea of "companionate" marriage included the notion that men and women would marry voluntarily and live in a female-dominated relationship
true
Indentured servitude went into rapid decline following national independence.
true
Initially, African-Americans saw the ideals of the Revolution as an opportunity to claim their freedom
true
Loyalists who did not leave the country were quickly reintegrated into American society
true
On the eve of independence, Baptists who refused to pay taxes to support local Congregational ministers were still being jailed in Massachusetts
true
The American Revolution inspired the French Revolution.
true
The Declaration of Independence elevated the principle of equality to a central place in the American conception of freedom
true
The Revolutionary War strengthened the deep tradition of American anti-Catholicism
true
The years following independence saw the emergence of free black communities
true
While not granted to many Americans, suffrage by 1776 was often considered, in the United States, to be synonymous with freedom
true