Question 1
All of the following factors contributed to American victory in the Revolution EXCEPT the
A) administrative and organizational talents of George Washington.
B) American people's determination not to submit.
C) Dutch and French loans, war supplies, and military forces.
D) overwhelming support by Congress and the state governments for the continental army.
Question 2
According to the Treaty of Paris (1783), ending the American Revolution,
A) Britain would retain only those territories they controlled at the war's end.
B) the United States would use the property of Loyalists to repay prewar debts owed to British merchants.
C) all British forces would evacuate American territory with all convenient speed once hostilities ceased.
D) the western boundary of the United States would be the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.
Question 3
In response to the Revolution, the Cherokee Indians
A) launched raids in eastern Tennessee.
B) joined Americans in a military alliance.
C) remained aloof from the conflict.
D) fled the fighting to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Question 4
The British invasion of the southern states was complicated by the
A) absence of Loyalist supporters.
B) jagged coastline and numerous inland rivers.
C) colonial use of local knowledge and unconventional tactics.
D) presence of a large slave population.
Question 5
Which of the following tribes controlled the southern interior?
A) Cherokee
B) Creek
C) Choctaw
D) All of the above.