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6. The correct answer is (D). At the beginning of the Revolution, most of the Patriot leaders regarded
the war as a struggle against an unjust central authority (read the list of grievances in the Declaration of
Independence). The last thing these leaders wanted was another strong central authority. So the Articles
of Confederation were designed to keep power in the hands of the state governments. The Confedera-
tion Congress consisted of delegates chosen by the states, and the Confederation government had nei-
ther a judiciary nor a strong executive (the Articles did provide for a committee of thirteen, consisting of
representatives from each state, to act when Congress was not in session). In essence, the government

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under the Articles was more a league of nations than a national government. Congress could declare war
and make peace, send and receive diplomatic representatives, make treaties, provide for an army and a
navy, control Indian affairs, establish a postal service, and fix weights and measures. It could not, how-
ever, control commerce or banking, and it could not levy direct taxes.
7. The correct answer is (B). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) is the first book to have
been written using the American vernacular. It is the story of a white boy from Missouri who kills his
drunkard father and runs away with an escaped slave.
8. The correct answer is (A). The post-revolution period was marked by western expansion. During
Jefferson’s administrations there was sporadic fighting between the American Indians and the settlers
in the Northwest. Westerners resented the British presence and even called for a campaign to take
over Canada. Southerners were eager to acquire Florida from Spain but also hated Great Britain. The
opposition to the War of 1812 centered in the Northeast and in coastal areas where people had the
least to gain from a war and the most to lose economically. There was even talk of secession in New
England.