Multiple Choice Chapter 07 Self-Quiz 2

. What was paradoxical about Americans' need for French assistance to win the war?

Americans were fighting a war against monarchy.

Americans were unable to pay back any debts they incurred.

Americans promised Spanish lands to France.

Americans were petitioning Britain for peace.

. The Battle of Trenton seemed to confirm that Washington was most successful when he

coordinated a naval bombardment and land attack.

avoided open, European-style battles.

divided his forces into two or three corps.

attacked in the early morning hours.

. Americans viewed militias as

the appropriate defensive force for a republic.

a potential source of tyranny.

useless once Congress formed the Continental Army.

only useful when they were on alert as minute men.

. One of the main sources of funding for the American war effort was

war bonds.

leveraged securities.

an income tax.

foreign credit.

. Many of the foreign officers in the Continental Army later

returned to the United States in the early 19th century as guests of the nation.

participated in revolutionary movements in Europe.

raised money in their home countries for the Washington Monument.

denied they participated in order to avoid imprisonment or execution at home.

. When France entered the war, its naval forces

crippled a British fleet off Rhode Island.

built light draft cruisers for use on the Great Lakes and American rivers.

forced Britain to commit naval forces around the world.

appointed the American John Paul Jones the admiral of their North American fleet.

.

In the Border War of 1777-1779, Joseph Brant

led Indian troops against settlers on the Pennsylvania and New York frontier.

joined his forces with those of the Spanish to attack western British forts.

led a small detachment of soldiers on raids deep into Canada.

joined with maroons in Florida to attack American forces in Georgia and South Carolina.

. Blacks who fought for the Americans

were specially targeted in battle by British forces.

were segregated into âAfricanâ regiments that never saw fighting.

often found that they could change their social status as a result.

often stayed in the army as long as possible so they did not have to return to slavery.

. In the peace talks that ended the war, American negotiators

ensured that all runaway slaves that fought for the British would be returned.

were overmatched by the keen diplomacy of the British envoys.

turned down the British offer to turn over all of Canada to the United States.

successfully played French and British interests against one another.

. One of the biggest issues facing the states after the war was

overseeing the return of runaway slaves.

dealing with the massive war debts they had incurred.

meeting their responsibility under the Treaty of Paris to identify all British graves.

deciding whether to grant camp followers war pensions.

. After the war, American women

had little direct political influence.

were no longer subject to coverture.

petitioned Congress for the right to vote based on their service during the war.

established the first female international organization aimed at peace.

. In 1779 Prince Whipple

prevailed on his father, the king of Spain, to recognize American independence.

led Catawba warriors against settlers in the Ohio River Valley.

petitioned the New Hampshire legislature to end slavery.

led a delegation asking King George to end the war.

. What was one of the outcomes of Shays' Rebellion?

It led some national leaders to call for a stronger national government.

Daniel Shays and two others were executed.

Settlers across the Carolina backcountry had to flee their homes.

George Washington once again took command of the Continental Army.

. At the Constitutional Convention, the New Jersey Plan proposed

creating a balance of power between the three branches of government.

retaining a unicameral legislature with equal state representation.

not counting slaves for purposes of representation.

including a bill of rights protecting individual civil liberties.

. Antifederalists opposed

the sovereignty of the people.

the Articles of Confederation.

consolidation of state and federal debt.

ratification of the Constitution.

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