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By 1810, there were fewer free blacks than there had been in 1776. True False

false

Committed to freedom of conscience and thought, most patriots adopted a live-and-let-live attitude toward the Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. True False

false

Confiscated property of Loyalists was returned to them following the Treaty of Paris. True False

false

Except in Vermont, property ownership was not a requirement for voting in the early Republic. True False

false

The authority of church leaders went remarkably unchallenged during the revolutionary era. True False

false

At the end of war, as many as 100,000 Loyalists were banished from the United States or emigrated voluntarily. True False

true

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 False

true

By 1776, the year in which he wrote The Declaration of Independence with its famous phrase "all men are created equal, " Thomas Jefferson owned more than 100 slaves. True False

true

Deists and members of evangelical sects worked together to separate church and state. True False

true

During the Revolution, Indians were divided in allegiance. True False

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 False

true

Except for New York, all new states barred Jews from voting. True False

true

From 1776 to 1807, some women were legally allowed to vote in New Jersey. True False

true

Indentured servitude went into rapid decline following national independence. True False

true

Initially, African-Americans saw the ideals of the Revolution as an opportunity to claim their freedom. True False

true

Loyalists who did not leave the country were quickly reintegrated into American society. True False

true

Some Americans employed the revolutionary language of equality on behalf of women's rights. True False

true

The Declaration of Independence elevated the principle of equality to a central place in the American conception of freedom. True False

true

The years following independence saw the emergence of free black communities, especially in the northern states. True False

true

Though it was not granted to many Americans, by 1776, most Americans considered suffrage to be synonymous with freedom. True False

true