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The first antislavery tract in America was

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The Selling of Joseph.

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on the issue of slavery in America?

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Ironically, the arrival of independence was accompanied by an expansion of slavery throughout the United States.

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Which of the following defines republican motherhood?

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training sons to be future citizens

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on economic thought and policy in America?

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The estates of wealthy landowners were appropriated by Congress and redistributed among the rural poor.

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In the early 1770s, “freedom petitions” were:

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slave petitions urging slavery’s end, presented to New England courts and legislatures.

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Which of the following was not a course adopted by African-Americans to advance the cause of emancipation during the revolutionary era?

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assassination of pro-slavery public figures

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What percentage of non-slave Americans remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution?

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20 to 25 percent

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Which Indian tribe sided with the Americans against the British in the War for Independence?

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Oneida

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“Throughout the new nation, states disestablished their established churches.” Define “disestablished”:

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to remove public funding for

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Who wrote that he hoped to erect a “wall of separation” between church and state:

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Thomas Jefferson

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Phillis Wheatley is celebrated in American history as:

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a published poet and slave.

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on religion in America?

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a marked decline in the influence of religion in American society

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on political life in America?

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Patriots of all stripes united around the principle of universal suffrage, regardless of economic status.

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In 1776, the slave population of the United States was:

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20 percent

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The daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man and fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolution was:

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Deborah Sampson.

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What famous American woman wrote to her husband that the Second Continental Congress should “remember the ladies” when they drew up a “Code of Laws”:

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Abigail Adams

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Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) argued:

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that the “invisible hand” of the free market was more effective and fair than government intervention in the economy.

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The estimated percentage of free Americans who remained loyal to the British during the Revolution was:

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20 to 25 percent.

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Three months after independence was declared in 1776, which state adopted a new state constitution with only a one-house legislature?

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Pennsylvania

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Which of the following was not an effect of the struggle for independence on the relative status of men and women in America?

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the elimination of legal inequality between husband and wife

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Who developed the state constitution that gave the governor an effective veto over laws passed by the legislature, included a two-chamber legislature and powerful judiciary, and was subsequently an important model for the U.S. Constitution?

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John Adams

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Which was not the case for Indians following the War for Independence?

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Indians were incorporated as citizens within the new republic.

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How many slaves fled to British lines during the American Revolution?

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almost 100,000

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The decline of indentured servitude and apprenticeship had many causes. Which of the following was not one of these causes?

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Increased use of African slaves

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Thomas Jefferson helped pass laws in the state of Virginia that abolished primogeniture. Define “primogeniture”:

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passing of all of a family’s land to the oldest son

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Who, out of the following, dressed in men’s clothes to fight in the American Revolution?

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Deborah Sampson

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For most free Americans in the new republic, equality meant:

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equal opportunity rather than equality of condition.

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Members of which of the following groups were not subject to arrest by the Pennsylvania government because of refusal to participate in the American Revolution?

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Mormons

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The foremost center of political radicalism during the revolutionary era was:

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Pennsylvania.

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The first time in recorded human history that slavery was eradicated by legislative power of government was:

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in the United States when, between 1777 and 1804, every state north of Maryland took steps toward emancipation.