Period 3 Review

An important task facing the First Continental Congress was:

• defining the issues that would justify a declaration of independence from England.
• emphasizing the common cause Americans had without compromising local identities.
• funding the ongoing war that the patriots were fighting against the British military.
• creating a form of republican government that would insure a more perfect union.

The primary focus in America that led to conflict between France and England in 1754 was:

• the effort by British Americans to seize East Florida from France's longtime ally, Spain.
• disputes between Catholic settlers in Quebec and Congregationalists in New England.
• the vast and wealthy region west of the Appalachian Mountains and along the Ohio River.
• control of the fur trade in the northeastern Canadian provinces.

During the mid- to late 18th century, many Americans came to believe in republicanism, a form of government that:

• guaranteed that all peopoel in America would be treated equally
• proposed that indifviduals should have the greatest liberty possible
• promoted a good society in which a stong state, controlled by a hereditary elite, kept a vicious and unruly people in line.
• advocated that the state should control all forms of economic activity.

During the 1760s, the main American weapon of resistance to British policy was:

• economic boycotts
• military action
• political petitions
• diplomatic alliances

A critical event in the years following 1763 was the:

• emergence of a unique American identity that helped bring about the movement for independence.
• realization by most Americans that they no longer had anything at all in common with the English.
• insistence that the only effective government was one that gave all the people a direct role to play. 
• understanding that the English had created the most tyrannical government in the history of the world.

During the American Revolution:

• of the Indian tribes that became involved, the majority supported Great Britain.
• Indians supported the French position and eagerly sided with the United States.
• Indians saw the conflict as a "white-man's" war, and none of the tribes became involved. 
• the Indians traded weaponry and supplies to both sides, but regused to fight in the battles.

The Articles of Confederation:

• created a powerful central government with full authority to sustain and support the war effort.
• established a relatively weak central government that faaced numerous challenges during the war.
• were a plan of government that the states used as a model whtn they wrote their own constitutions.
• proved so inadequate that in 1780, Congress replaced them with the Constitution of the United States.

In negotiation an end to the Revolutionary War, American delegates:

• allowed the French to take the lead in diplomatic discussions taht ultimately led to a treaty with England.
• entered into a three-party pact with France and Spain to ensure that all the nations' interests were met.
• were quite successful in representing their interests in gaining a treaty favorable to the new nation.
• found that the English would not meet with them unless representatives from Grance were also present.

During the 1780s, Congress:

• focused its attention on international affiars and did little regarding any domestic issues.
• passed a homestead law to provide free land in the western territiories to anyone who would settle there. 
• recognized Spanish claims in the the trans-Mississippi region and prhibited all American settlement there.
• passed important ordinances dealing with the western territories and with the admission of new states.

In the aftermath of the Revolution:

• some Americans hoped that political changes would lead to other reforms.
• American women were permanently given the right to vote for the first time in history.
• most Americans hoped to see an established church in the United States.
• African slaves were freed to coincide with freedoms in the Declaration of Independence.