StraighterLine U.S History 1: Exam 2 Questions & Answers 100% Correct

The principal Americans who negotiated the peace terms with the British were: A. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Adams. C. John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Huntington. D. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. E. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. - ANSWER-E. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay. During the American Revolution, Loyalists: A. Were forced to leave the colonies soon after the war began. B. Were nearly all office holders in the English government. C. were forbidden by the Patriots to move to England until the war had ended. D. constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population. E. freed their slaves to help augment British forces in the colonies. - ANSWER-D. Constituted perhaps has many as one-third of the white colonial population. In the final phase () of the American Revolution, the British: A. Mounted their largest military assault against the Continental army. B. Badly overestimated the support of American Loyalists. C. Made a focused effort to win public support in the northern colonies. D. Concentrated their efforts on capturing individual Patriots. E. Began a policy of "total war" that resulted in several cities being burned to the ground. - ANSWER-B. Badly overestimated the support of America Loyalists.