American Pageant Ch 8 Multiple Choice

During the initial period of fighting between April 1775 and July 1776, the colonists constantly insisted that their goal was

• the removal of all British troops from America
• to restore their rights within the British Empire
• complete independence from Britain
• to end the arbitrary power of King George III to impose taxes on them

George Washington proved to be an especially effective commander of American forces in the Revolution because

• he was able to rally previously skeptical New Englanders to the Patriot cause
• of his exceptionally brilliant military mind
• of his eloquence in defining the political goals for which the Americans fought
• of his integrity, courage and moral forcefullness

George Washington proved to be an especially effective commander of American forces in the Revolution because

• he was able to rally previously skeptical New Englanders to the Patriot cause
• of his exceptionally brilliant military mind
• of his eloquence in defining the political goals for which the Americans fought
• of his integrity, courage and moral forcefullness

The bold American military strategy that narrowly failed in December 1775 involved a/an

• two-pronged attack on British forces in New Jersey
• invasion of Canada by generals Arnold and Montgomery
• attack on British forts in the Ohio country
• naval assault on British warships in Boston harbor

Many of the German Hessian soldiers hired by King George III to fight for the British 

• hated the American revolutionaries and their cause
• were ineffective in battle against the American militiamen
• had little loyalty to the British cause and ended up deserting
• helped recruit the numerous Germans in Pennsylvania to the Loyalist cause

Thomas Paine's appeal for a new republican form of government attracted many Americans because

• they believed that social class differences promoted by monarchy were wrong
• they were impressed that Paine was drawing on the best classical ideas from Plato's Republic
• they thy south were fearful that planters like Washington wanted to establish nobility in America
• their own experience with local and colonial self-governance had prepared them for the idea that they did not need a monarch

The Declaration of Independence's proclamation that all governments everywhere should be based on universal human rights and consent of the people soon had an impact on

• the movement to abolish the British monarchy
• the French Revolution and its Declaration  of the Rights of Man
• Thomas Jefferson's decision to emancipate his own slaves
• the first attempts to create an international organization comparable to the United Nations

Which of the following was NOT among the groups that produced large numbers of Loyalists?

• conservative and well-off Americans
• recent immigrants from Scotland and Ireland
• Presbyterians and Congregationalists
• members of the Anglican and Quaker churches

Besides George Washington, the most militarily brilliant and effective American officer in the early campaigns of 1776 and 1777 was General

• Nathanael Greene
• Benedict Arnold
• William Howe
• John Burgoyne

The Battle of Saratoga was a key turning point of the War for Independence because it

• prevented the British from keeping control of the key port of New York City
• demonstrated that the Americans could fight more than guerrilla wars
• effectively destroyed British military power in the middle colonies
• foiled the British attempt to isolate New England and it brought French assistance to the Revolutionary cause