CH 8 Practice Questions

(TRUE OR FALSE) George Washington was chosen commander of the American Army PRIMARILY because of his military abilities and experience

False

(TRUE OR FALSE) Following the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George made one last attempt at reconciliation with his American subjects and their Continental Congress

False

(TRUE OR FALSE) Tom Paine’s Common Sense was most important because it advocated not only American independence, but a republican form of government based on consent of the people

True

(TRUE OR FALSE) The Declaration of Independence justified American independence no on the basis of the historic rights of Englishmen, but on the basis of the universal natural rights of all humankind

True

(TRUE OR FALSE) The Loyalists considered the Patriots to be the traitors to their country (Britain) and themselves to be the true patriots

True

During the initial period of fighting between April of 1775 and July of 1776, the colonists constantly insisted that their goal was

George Washington proved to be an especially effective commander of American forces in the Revolution because

of his integrity, courage, and moral forcefulness

Many of the German Hessian soldiers hired by King George III to fight for the British

had little loyalty to the British cause and ended up destering

Thomas Paine’s appeal for a new republican form of government attracted many Americans because

their experience in the colonies had taught them that they did not need a monarch and that generational social and governmental hierarchies were wrong

The Declaration of Independence’s proclamation that all governments everywhere should be based on universal human rights and consent of the people soon had an impact on

the French Revolution and its Declaration of the Rights of Man

The Battle of Saratoga was a key turning point of the War for Independence because it

foiled the British attempt to isolate New England and it brought French assistance to the Revolutionary cause