chapter glm questions

describing the shifting relationships in North America after the Revolution.

By the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, the balance of power in North America had shifted away from the Native Americans and toward white Americans. British power continued on in Canada, but the French were wholly absent as a regional force, so Native Americans could no longer negotiate between the great powers.

Identify the statements that were true of democracy in the eighteenth-century context.

Democracy had several meanings, some from ancient texts. Democracy meant, in general, that government should serve the needs of the people as a whole, not just a moneyed elite. Democracy was feared by some leaders who associated it with mob rule.

Identify the statements that describe why indentured servitude declined after the American Revolution.

Increased numbers of non-indentured immigrants from Europe joined indentured servants outliving their terms of required labor. Many indentured servants fled their masters amid the instability of the war. The concept of servitude ran counter to the ideals of republican citizenship.

Which characteristics of colonial America made the region uniquely suited for the development of democratic ideals?

Individual landownership in the colonies was widespread. There wasn't a centrally established religion in the colonies.

Identify the statements that were true of slavery—both the concept and the practice—in the post-revolutionary period.

Most founders owned slaves, even though they promoted the concept of liberty and equality as natural entitlements. Revolutionaries used the word "slavery" to describe the denial of personal and political rights by a tyrannical government. 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.

describe the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, written in 1779.

Religious requirements for voting were banned. It became illegal for the state to force a particular religious outlook upon an individual.

British concept of liberty

Rights are privileges held by few in society. Correct label:Social status is largely hereditary and fixed.

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.

The Revolutionary War was a civil war, in a sense, because it pitted neighbor against neighbor. 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 borderlands conflict because it resulted in new geographies, national and cultural identity.

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?

The disestablishment of state-sponsored churches allowed for the proliferation of religious denominations. Democratic liberty challenged the traditional authority of some religious traditions.

Phillis Wheatley

The poetic talents of this woman challenged Americans' idea that black persons were devoid of intellectual ability.

During the Revolutionary War, Loyalists were a minority among the colonists. Identify the statements that describe the treatment of Loyalists after the Revolution.

Their speech rights were suppressed. They were temporarily denied the right to vote.

Identify the statements that describe free black communities in the post-revolutionary period.

They challenged the logic and consistency of slavery in a democratic republic. They offered aid and comfort to escaping slaves.

Lemuel Haynes

This veteran of the Massachusetts militia and noted preacher was an early proponent of extending freedom and equality to people of African heritage.

Mercy Otis Warren

This woman established the Boston Committee of Correspondence, proving that women could participate in intellectual discussion.

hannah snell

This woman joined the British army in 1745 disguised as a man; later she was awarded a soldier's pension.

Joseph Brant

This young Mohawk hoped to create an Indian Confederacy between the new United States and Canada.

describe John Adams's argument in Thoughts on Government.

When political thinkers of the day proposed a balanced government, many of them intended to create a government that represented the elite in the upper house and the common men in the lower house, and contained a strong governor and judiciary to preserve the liberty of all.

both British and American concepts of liberty

Women had few if any legal rights.

American concept of libertySELECT A LABEL

equality of economic opportunity Correct label:One's social status may change over the course of his or her lifetime.

Identify the radically democratic elements of the Pennsylvania constitution of 1776.

the abolition of the governor's office the abolition of property requirements for suffrage the establishment of a one-house legislature