Question

What was the overall military strategy employed by George Washington throughout the Revolution?

Washington wanted to fight the British head to head in European-style multiple line battles whenever possible because he believed he had superior troops.

Washington wanted to avoid direct confrontations with large armies, preferring to draw the British away from the coasts so as to extend their supply lines and sap British morale by denying them complete victory.

Washington did not really employ a strategy, instead relying on the British to make mistakes.

All of the Above.

    

True or False, one political repercussion of the Great Awakening was that it undermined support for state-supported, established churches.

True

False

What were the ideological roots of Colonial resistance to British rule?

The English Common Law, Enlightenment Thought, and republican and Whig political traditions that focused on individual rights and liberty.

The Bible, The Peace of Westphalia, and Roman Law

Roman Law, Greek Philosophy, and African Traditions

Persian Legal Customs, The Code of Hammurabi, and Divine Right Philosophy.

    

True or False: The fiscal crisis of the 1780s and Shay’s Rebellion helped to drive nationalists to call for a new constitution with a stronger central government, under the guise of revising the Articles of Confederation.

True

Answer 1

1> Washington wanted to avoid direct confrontations with large armies, preferring to draw the British away from the coasts so as to extend their supply lines and sap British morale by denying them complete victory.

Reason

British Army at that time was the world's greatest imperialist army. So, Washington avoided a direct head on fight with them.

2> True

Due to State support of different denominations of Churches, one particulat denomination get flourished in one state and another in another state, thus there was high polarisation within Christianity.

3> The English Common Law, Enlightenment Thought, and republican and Whig political traditions that focused on individual rights and liberty.

These were the moral sources for the American Revolution agaist British rule apart from the political and economical reasons.

4> False

The rebellions called for a weaker state government and it was a protest against Boston and Massachusets government.