In the opening minutes of Episode 6, Historian Gordon Wood remarked that George Washington’s resignation of his commission and taking leave of public life at the end of the Revolutionary War was an “electrifying event throughout the world.” why was it so electrifying?
What will be an ideal response?
No other commander in history had not used their army to sieze power for themselves following a successful revolution. Washington willingly gave up his army following the war.
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The Concordat was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and the __________
A) Roman papacy B) Congress of Vienna C) Republic of Virtue D) National Convention
All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT
A) all 13 states were needed to agree to levy taxes. B) nine states had to agree to pass a law. C) the state legislatures were too strong and influential in key matters such as raising taxes and paying off debts. D) the confederation among the states was too strong and too centralized.
The SCO, a significant new association started initially for security purposes, has put together the nations of
a. Iran, Russia, and China. b. four former Soviet Central Asian Republics. c. India and Pakistan. d. Afghanistan and Mongolia. e. all of the above.
The Suffolk Resolves advocated __________
A) forcible resistance to the Coercive Acts B) the assassination of British tax collectors C) the formation of an American navy D) the repeal of the Stamp Act E) the formation of the Sons of Liberty