9. Birth of a Nation

How did the war affect the Loyalists?

About one hundred thousand became refugees.

How did the Vermont state government differ from other state governments?

All men over twenty-one years of age could vote.

Which of the following statements is not true of the Revolutionary War?

Americans suffered greater casualties and destruction than Britain.

Which of the following is a result of the Treaty of Paris?

Americans were permitted to fish off Newfoundland.

Matching: A government run by the people who live under it. People rule either directly through meetings that all may attend, or indirectly through the election of representatives

Democracy

Matching: The act or process of setting free; release

Emancipation

The Southern states opposed ____.

Emancipation

What did the constitution of Massachusetts support?

Local support for public schools.

Which statements about the Articles of Confederation are true?

-The Articles were weak in that they left too much power to the states. -Amending the Articles ended in failure, leading to the forming of a Constitution.

A government run by the people who live under it is called a ____.

Democracy

The original draft of the Declaration of Independence condemned ____.

Slavery

What impact did many state constitutions have on the separation of church and state affairs?

States could not support an established church.

Which of these sentences does not describe emancipation?

States formed constitutions and legislatures after the war.

Matching: The right to vote

Suffrage