First Three (166-171)
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- What did the Continental Army officers form?
- Society of the Cincinnati
- What was the law that awarded all of the father's property to the eldest son?
- Primogeniture
- What church was legally established in some New England states?
- Congregational Church
- What did the Anglican Church reform itself as before being completely disestablished due to its connections to Britain?
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Where was the separation of church and state hardest to obtain?
- Virginia
- What statute did Thomas Jefferson use to win separation of church and state in Virginia?
- Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
- Who founded the first antislavery society in 1775?
- Philadelphia Quakers
- When did the continental congress call for the abolition of slave trade?
- 1774
- What couldn't emancipated African-Americans do?
- Purchase property, hold certain jobs, and educate their children
- Why wasn't slavery simply abolished?
- The congress was afraid of risking unity in America.
- What state allowed women to vote for a time?
- New Jersey
- What were women of the revolution a great model of that gave them the opportunity to get more education?
- Proper republican behavior
- What did the continental congress do in 1776?
- It called upon colonies to draft new constitutions
- What was special that Massachusetts did in coming up with its new constitution?
- Massachusetts submitted the draft to the people for ratification and ratification was required for modifications.
- What did most states require of citizens?
- They had to ellect legislators annually.
- Why were the executive and judicial branches so weak?
- Because of paranoia caused by conflicts with the king
- Why were the legislatures given the most power?
- It was the most democratic.
- What did the poorer western districts complete through their influence?
- The capitals moved further west.
- What did the states do with loyalist holdings?
- They cut them up into small farms.
- How was the excesses of the French Revolution avoided?
- Cheap and available land.
- What was most important to citizens?
- Economic democracy over political democracy
- More disagreeable after independence than before
- British Navigation Laws
- What did Yankees do to make use of their newly found ability to trade freely with foreign nations?
- They ventured to the Baltic and China Seas. The Empress of China led to the East Asian markets.
- What did war spawn as far as business?
- Illegal business deals and the selling of products in short supply for as much as 300% profit.
- What happened to the social structure?
- The rich became poor and the new rich were looked at with suspicion.