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Assignment:

Question 1. The Battle of Saratoga helped convince the French to ally with the American colonists.

True

False

Question 2. In New England, churches could also serve as meeting houses for political matters.

True

False

Question 3. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 ultimately was not applied to the Cherokee since their removal by the state of Georgia was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

True

False

Question 4. The Columbian voyages are important because they led to the exchange of biological products between the Americas and Europe, and to the incorporation of the Americas into a global network of trade.

True

False

Question 5. Thomas Hutchinson was the patriot that led the party that threw all of the East India Company tea into Boston Harbor.

True

False

Question 6. White indentured servants were the majority of the labor force in Virginia until roughly the 1670s, when the use of African slave labor began to displace the indentured system.

True

False

Question 7. The Whiskey Rebellion was decisively crushed by Washington and Hamilton, which is interesting since the American Revolution was fought to some degree over taxes.

True

False

Question 8. The 3/5s Clause of the Constitution, which was designed to inflate Southern representation in the House, illustrates that there was tension over slavery between the North and South in 1787.

True

False

Question 9. Which of the following statements is false re: Andrew Jackson?

O Jackson was a self-made man.

O Jackson supported the Bank of the United States.

O The Whigs rose up in opposition to Jackson.

O Jackson fought Native Americans, captured Florida, and defeated the British at New Orleans.

Question 10. Pontiac's Rebellion played a role in the British Parliament issuing the Proclamation Line of 1763.

True

False

Question 11. Were he still alive when it was formed, Alexander Hamilton most likely would have been a member of the Whig Party rather than the Jacksonian Democrats.

True

False

Question 12. Marbury v. Madison, 1803, is important because it established that the U.S. Supreme Court has the right to make laws.

True

False

Question 13. Which statement is true re: life in the Americas prior to European colonization?

O All peoples in the Americas were peaceful.

O All tribes and civilizations were matrilineal.

O Life was diverse in the Americas, not all Native Americans were the same.

O There was no trade in the Americas or empires.

Question 14. Which statement is true re: the "Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem?

O All scholars agree that the "bewitched" girls were faking it.

O The article illustrates that historians have studied the trials from a variety of perspectives, such as psychological and geographical.

O Roughly the same number as men were accused as women.

O No historians considered the psychology and social aspects of the trials.

Question 15. Which statement is true re: the British colonies?

O They were similar in that they shared a common political culture.

O New England offered the greatest religious freedom.

O Virginia was the most egalitarian.

O Pennsylvania was the most restrictive since William Penn only allowed Quakers to settle there.

Question 16. Which statement is false re: the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution?

O Shays' Rebellion convinced the "Founding Fathers" that the majority are virtuous and that we do not need a strong central government.

O The Articles provided for a weak executive.

O Only the states could levy a direct tax under the Articles.

O Each state could enact its own tariffs under the Articles.

Question 17. Which statement is false re: the Andrew Jackson years?

O Jackson supported the Bank of the United States

O The Whig Party opposed Jackson

O Jackson favored the states in terms of directing economic development, yet he also intervened against SouthCarolina in the Nullification Crisis.

O The vote was widened during the Jackson years for white males and restricted for others.

Question 18. Which statement is false re: politics in the Early Republic?

O Alexander Hamilton wanted to use the federal government's power to promote economic development.

O The argument between Hamilton and Jefferson over the Bank of the US highlighted the federalist and anti-federalist positions.

O Jefferson, in the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions, opined that only the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional.

O The Lyons / Griswold brawl illustrates the intensity of politics at that time.

Question 19. No Native American tribe allied with a European power during the 18th century.

O True

O False

Question 20. Which statement is false re: the American Revolution?

O Britain refused to allow the formation of colonial legislators, which the colonists wanted to establish after the French Indian War.

O The French Indian War led Parliament to attempt to tax the colonies.

O The Stamp Act Declaration declared that the colonists possessed certain rights as Englishmen.

O The Boston Tea Party led to the Coercive Acts.