Chapter 6 Quiz

In Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, the strategy was to offer freedom to these people to stop the colonials from winning the war.

• women and slaves.

• indentured servants and women.

• indentured servants and slaves.

• slaves and debutantes.

The British plan to isolate New England was disastrous in part to this leader resulting in giving up troops.

• Lord Cornwallis

• General Burgoyne

• General Howe

• Colonel Barry St. Leger

The real problem with Continental Currency was caused by 

• the use of gold and silver in England.

• the reliance on mostly paper money.

• the loans obtained in England.

• each colony printed thier own currency in peacetime.

The 1783 Treaty of Paris addressed Native Americans living in the Old Northwest in which of the following ways?

• It stipulated that Native tribes would be supervised by the British until 1793.

• The treaty established tribal homelands west of the Appalachians.

• It assigned control of all tribes to a joint British-American agency.

• The treaty did nothing to protect Indian lands or independence, nor did they sign it.

The British strategy in its military campaign in the South in 1778 relied on which of the following factors? This is an inference question and is not explicitly stated in the lecture or book.  

• A plan to use Loyalists to fight backcountry Patriots

• A plan to exploit racial divisions, fearing that equality would win the war.

• A plan to use Loyalists to run the territories they expected to capture

• A plan to have a quick and easy victory in Rhode Island, which they viewed as the most important southern colony

Although women made few gains in the eighteenth century, they did achieve a degree of progress in 1790 when they won which of the following?

• Suffrage in New York State

• Equal access to public education in Massachusetts

• The right of entry into college in Virginia

• The right to hold office in Rhode Island

England had a clear advantage at the outset of the Revolutionary War, but Americans had which of the following factors operating in their favor?

• A much larger population

• A more motivated military

• Newer weaponry

• Experienced and well-trained recruits

How did the finances of the Continental Congress compare to those of the states during the first two years of the Revolutionary War?

• While states suffered from the lack of funds, the Continental Congress achieved financial solvency through tax collection.

• Like the states, the Continental Congress lacked income and issued paper money in an effort to sustain itself.

• The states collected sufficient revenue through tax collection, but the Continental Congress lacked the authority to tax.

• Because they benefited from both land and excise taxes, neither the states nor the Continental Congress experienced financial burdens at this time.

The status of women during the American Revolution and for sometime after did not change dramatically.  Choose the response that does not fit their status. 

• women could be economically independent

• had no legal status apart from husband

• she could not conduct business or buy and sell property

• if she brought a plow horse to the marriage, the husband could sell it without her permission

When Washington broke with 18th century rules of war, he launched a surprise attack with this method and in this season.  Choose the best response.  

• floated across the Delaware River in Winter.

• attacked the Hessians in the Summer.

• attacked early in the morning in the Fall.

• On Christmas Day, he and the Continental Army took a day of rest.