Use the excerpt to answer the question.
A government of our own is our natural right: And when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner, while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense
What effect do you think these words had on the American colonists?
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Responses
They most likely inspired fear in the Loyalists of the Patriots.
They most likely inspired fear in the Loyalists of the Patriots.
They most likely strengthened the colonists’ desire to act on their wish to separate from Britain.
They most likely strengthened the colonists’ desire to act on their wish to separate from Britain.
They most likely encouraged the Framers to meet and write the U.S. Constitution at the Continental Congress.
They most likely encouraged the Framers to meet and write the U.S. Constitution at the Continental Congress.
They most likely increased colonial acts of civil disobedience by confirming their validity
They most likely strengthened the colonists’ desire to act on their wish to separate from Britain.
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government
the hope that the war would also bring an end to slavery
They launched a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga and defeated the British.
They secured valuable supplies of gunpowder and cannons.
They secured a key route into Canada.
The Iroquois likely had better knowledge of the area and could lead British troops through the woods.
By confirming the repressive actions of the British government, the engraving would increase the desire to rebel against it.
France had lost most of its territory and power in North America.
They launched a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga and defeated the British.
They secured valuable supplies of gunpowder and cannons.
They were enemies with some other tribes who were fighting with the French.
They had long traded with British fur traders and didn’t want to upset the relationship.