Question

During the American Revolution, the revolutionary organization that exchanged information throughout the colonial resistance was

a. Sons of Liberty

b.The Loyalists

C. Committee of Correspondence

d.Articles of Confederation

e.The League of Resistance

During the American Revolution, the Loyalists were supporters of

a.Virginia

b.The colonial resistance

c.Great Britain

d.France

e.South Carolina backcountry farmers

The person most associated with the “Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” that was adopted in 1786 after much controversy, was:

a.Thomas Jefferson

b.Adam Smith

c.Benjamin Rush

D. James Otis

E. John Adams

Thoughts on Government (1776) was an influential publication calling for “balanced governments” in the new United States. The Massachusetts author of this important work was

a.Thomas Jefferson

b.Adam Smith

c.Benjamin Rush

d.James Otis

Answer 1

• During the American Revolution, the revolutionary organization that exchanged information throughout the colonial resistance was Committee of Correspondence.
• After a Committee of Correspondence in Boston communicated with other colonies to encourage opposition to the Sugar and Currency Acts, such committees sprang up in other colonies, exchanging ideas and information about resistance.
• During the American Revolution, the Loyalists were supporters of Great Britain.Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often called Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.
• The person most associated with the “Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom,” that was adopted in 1786 after much controversy, was Thomas Jefferson.
  
• In Virginia, Thomas Jefferson drew up a Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, which was introduced in the House of Burgesses in 1779 and adopted after considerable controversy in 1786.
• Thoughts on Government (1776) was an influential publication calling for “balanced governments” in the new United States. The Massachusetts author of this important work was John Adams.