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| What source would be most useful in researching a paper entitled "Arguments for Independence, 1176"? |
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| Thomas Paine's Common Sense |
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| Consequences of the Battle of Saratoga include: |
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persuaded the French to form an alliance with the United States,
defeated a British attempt to isolate New England from the other colonies, gave a boost to American morale and caused the British to adopt a different military strategy |
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| What was not a consequence of the Battle of Saratoga |
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| encouraging the British to grant most of the American demands |
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| The First Continental Congress was a reaction to: |
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| the passage of the Intolerable Acts |
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| In his pamphlet Common Sense, Thomas Paine defended the idea of American Independence on the grounds that... |
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| People should not pledge allegiance to a king and a corrupt government |
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| As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the United States gained... |
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fishing rights off the coast of Canada
British recognition of US independence
a western boundary of the MS river
a peaceful settlement of the Revolutionary War |
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| What most acurately describes those Americans who fought on the British side on the American Revolution |
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| they came from all groups and classes |
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| What describes the change in American public opinion between January 1774 and July 1776? |
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| if changed from a desire for reconciliation to a decision for independence |
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| "the Articles of Confederation succedded in guiding the United States through its first decade" what actions support this statement |
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| the land ordinance of 1785, the northwest ordinance, the signing of a favorable peace treaty, US government conducting a war effort that resulted in American Idenpendence |
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| What supports this statement: "the new state constitutions enacted diring the Revolutionary War reflec the patriots emphasis on individual liberty" |
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| starting each constitution with a bill of rights, providing for seperation of powers to limit abuses, submitting proposed constitutions to the people for ratification, providing for separation of church and state |
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| What is a correct statement about the US at the end of the revolutionary war? |
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| Aristocratic priveldges were reduced or eliminated |
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| In the 1780s what contributed to disatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation? |
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a farmer's revolt in Massachusettes against the collection of state taxes,
states refusing to honor the Treaty Of Paris, worthless paper money printed by many states, states restricting trade with one another |
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| What would accurately describe an aregument of the Anti-Federalists? |
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| The constitution lacked a bill of rights |
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| "The US Constitution is a bundle of compromises" What privisions of the Constitution would reflect support for this statement? |
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| representation in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, counting a slave as 3/5 of a person, Congress' power to tax imports but not exports |
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| In his interpretation of the Constitutionlal Convention, the historian Charles Beard focused on the importance of.... |
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| economic interest of a wealthy elite |
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| in 1788, the federalists promised to add a bill of rights to the Constitution in order to |
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| persuade state conventions to ratify the Constitution |
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| Alexander Hamilton's financial program consisted of |
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| the creation of the US bank, the collecton of a federal excise tax on whisky, payment of state debts by the federal government, tarrifs to protect infant US industries |
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| Which of the following was the underlying cause of the other four? |
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| The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions presented the argument that |
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| states could nullify acts of Congress |
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| The decline in support for the Federalist party can be trace d most directly to its handling of the issue of |
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| The Alien and Sedition acts |
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| What was a significant consequence of the election of 1800? |
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| Thomas Jefferson became president, the Democratic-Republicans took control of Congress, the Twelfth Admendment was added to the Constitution, and the party in power left office peacefully |
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