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?
(1 point)
• 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 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.
What significant effect did the Treaty of Paris, signed after the French and Indian War, have on France? (1 point)
• France lost its claim to the entire Florida territory.
• France had lost most of its territory and power in North America.
• France had to allow the British to claim and settle the Ohio Valley.
• France had to withdraw to its empire in Central and South America
France had lost most of its territory and power in North America.
Which of the following excerpts is a grievance of the American colonists that was included in the Declaration of Independence? (1 point)
• "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
• "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."
• "Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government."
• "We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America... solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...."
"He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
... I long to hear that you have declared an independency-and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.... If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment [incite; instigate] a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation..
—Abigail Adams, letter to John Adams
How does Abigail Adams use the ideas of the patriots to support her cause?
(1 point)
• by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government
• by insisting that history has always been unfair to women
• by declaring women to be independent from and having the same rights as men
• by comparing the existing British laws with the laws that the patriots feel need to be established
Abigail Adams uses the ideas of the patriots to support her cause by claiming that women have the right to rebel if they do not have a voice in government.
What motivated most African American soldiers to fight in the Revolutionary War with the Patriots? (1 point)
O the hope that the war would also bring an end to slavery
• the fear of what would happen if they did not fight in the war
• the need to protect their family and the families of their masters
• the desire to achieve military ranks
The hope that the war would also bring an end to slavery.
It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that do taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives.
-The Sons of Liberty, address to the public, New York, December 15, 1773
The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the-
(1 point)
• economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• political debates that took place at the Albany Convention
Economic policies imposed by great britain following the french and indian war