QUESTION 7 According to class lecture, the American Revolution is surprising largely becae:
a. It was instigated by American society's elite.
b. Relatively poor colonists defeated the powerful British Empire.
c. France and Spain came to the colonists aid.
d. George Washington has a hard time recruiting (and paying the Continental Army.
e. The colonists felt a great sense of loyalty to the British Crown. QUESTION 8 According to Thomas, a government administered by agents of the people rather than directly by the people is a(n)
a. Democracy
b. Republic
c. Oligarchy
d. Polyarchy
e. Autocracy