History Ch 6 Test Review

What was the outcome of the battle of New York City?

• The Patriots easily won
• The British forced Washington to retreat
• Washington forced Cornwallis to retreat
• The French helped the Patriots

What did France contribute to the war?

• Support for the British navy
• The Treaty of Paris
• Money, supplies, and troops to fight the British
• nothing

Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Phillis Wheatley supported the Revolution

• by visiting troops
• by writing editorials
• by fighting along with the troops
• by writing poems, plays, or letters

All of the following are ways that the colonial government paid for the war EXCEPT:

• The colonies provided some money.
• Congress hoarded goods.
• Congress printed Continentals.
• Congress asked for loans from other countries.

During the war, people hoarded goods because they thought

• prices would keep rising.
• it was patriotic to do this.
• the British would take the goods.
• they could then trade with the French.

All of the following are important ideals in state constitutions EXCEPT:

• Rights can’t be taken away by government
• Citizens are a part of government
• Citizens have to obey all laws
• Citizens are separate from government

When citizens ratify a constitution they are

• Rewriting it
• Approving it
• Voting against it
• Adding amendments to it

Which of the following sent surveyors to divide the Northwest Territory into sections that could be sold?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Treaty of Paris
• Land Ordinance of 1785

What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• It stated that pioneers could not settle west of the Appalachians.

• It set up rules about how western lands would be sold.

• It set up rules for governing lands west of the Appalachians.

• It allowed slavery in the western lands.

After independence, many abolitionists argued that

• The ideal of freedom did not extend to enslaved people

• Slavery should be allowed in the Northwest Territory

• Southern states should rebel

• African Americans had a right to be free