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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the reasons why Adams wrote the Defense of the Constitutions of the United States?

2. Where did Adams negotiate with the Portuguese?

3. Why did Adams return to France in 1780?

4. When did Vergennes pass away?

5. How much of a concern was Prussia for Adams and Jefferson between 1785 and 1786?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the irony of the European position on the Barbary pirates?

2. How did Adams respond to Jefferson's appointment as a diplomat in France?

3. Why did Jefferson stop writing to Abigail, in Chapter 5?

4. For which qualities did Adams and Jefferson respect each other?

5. What events led Jefferson to France in 1784?

6. What was Jefferson's opinion of the Algerian government and why?

7. Which difficulties did Adams and Jefferson have in negotiating with Britain, and how did they respond to them?

8. What was Adams doing to gain valuable diplomatic experience from 1776 to 1778, as Jefferson prepared to govern Virginia?

9. Where were Adams and Jefferson during the Federal Convention, and what was their opinion of it?

10. Which concerns did Adams and Jefferson have about their diplomatic negotiations, in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the irony in the European response to the Barbary piracy, including the reasons for it, and the difference in the way the United States responded to the same threat, as well as the past and present differences in the U.S. and Europe.

Essay Topic 2

Chronicle the development of the representative style of government, why Adams and Jefferson wanted the American people to understand how it worked, and how their reflection of Independence and American Revolution included the preservation of certain documents that would ensure the continued prosperity of the United States.

Essay Topic 3

Thomas Paine's Rights of Man divided Adams and Jefferson in opinion and political views.

1) Explain Paine's message in Rights of Man and its relevance to that time in history.

2) Describe the events that added to the divide between Adams and Jefferson in their opinions of Rights of Man.

3) Analyze the reasons behind the views of Adams and Jefferson and what they indicated for both of their individual political positions.

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