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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. At what time did Adams and Abigail return to Boston?

2. How many missions were made to Algiers to deal with the Barbary pirates?

3. What items did Adams and Jefferson focus on gaining admittance to French markets?

4. Which term did Adams and Jefferson begin to use to describe their positions in Chapter 3?

5. When did Richard Henry Lee propose the resolution that Congress should secede from Britain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Adams and Jefferson meet?

2. How and why did Adams leave his position as diplomat in London?

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

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

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

6. How were Adams and Jefferson described in the Introduction?

7. Why did Adams move to London and what reaction did he receive from the British?

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

9. What caused Adams and Jefferson to focus on the whale fishery markets, in Chapter 3?

10. Which concerns did Adams and Jefferson have about Independence and liberty at the end of Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adams' Defense of the Constitutions of the United States countered the criticisms of the revolutionary new government that was being designed for America.

1) Describe the criticism about the American government that prompted Adams to write Defense of the Constitutions of the United States.

2) Explain the source of the criticism and the possible reasons for it.

3) Analyze three main points that Adams made in Defense of the Constitutions of the United States to support the country's foundation.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the aspects of aristocracy, why it was considered a threat to freedom, and the outlook of Adams and Jefferson on the ways to limit aristocracy.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the interference of Britain with the interference of the Barbary pirates in the trade of the United States with other countries.

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