A) offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B) American traitor in command of West Point
C) led French forces against British at Yorktown
D) British chancellor of the Exchequer
E) Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F) wrote Common Sense
G) commander of the Continental army
H) author of the Declaration of Independence
I) British commander
J) sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K) declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L) founder of Vermont
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A) argued that the British governmental system was perfectly good, but that current officials had corrupted it.
B) made highly original arguments in favor of independence.
C) sold well among the elite, who in turn were able to convey its ideas to the lower classes.
D) argued that America would become the home of freedom and "an asylum for mankind."
E) led to his arrest on charges of treason, but he saved himself by writing another pamphlet taking the opposite position.
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A) the Sugar Act
B) the Tea Act
C) the Townshend Act
D) the Stamp Act
E) the Declaratory Act
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A) first significant American victory
B) beneficiary of the Tea Act
C) religious tolerance for Catholics
D) colonists who were loyal to Britain
E) black loyalist forces
F) pamphlet that argued for American independence
G) each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H) exchanged ideas about resistance
I) organized by Samuel Adams
J) wealthy South Carolina backcountry residents
K) refusal to buy British goods
L) viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty
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A) symbolized the threat to liberty for many in both Britain and America.
B) pleased most American colonists because of Wilkes's pro-Stamp-Act editorials.
C) resulted from a column Wilkes wrote that was sympathetic toward those killed in the Boston Massacre.
D) came after a London jury convicted him of colluding with proindependence colonists.
E) was reversed by the king, which led to a British constitutional crisis that diverted attention from the colonies.
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A) first significant American victory
B) beneficiary of the Tea Act
C) religious tolerance for Catholics
D) colonists who were loyal to Britain
E) black loyalist forces
F) pamphlet that argued for American independence
G) each member of Parliament represented the entire empire
H) exchanged ideas about resistance
I) organized by Samuel Adams
J) wealthy South Carolina backcountry residents
K) refusal to buy British goods
L) viewed by colonists as a major violation of liberty
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A) offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B) American traitor in command of West Point
C) led French forces against British at Yorktown
D) British chancellor of the Exchequer
E) Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F) wrote Common Sense
G) commander of the Continental army
H) author of the Declaration of Independence
I) British commander
J) sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K) declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L) founder of Vermont
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A) offered freedom to slaves if they fought for the British
B) American traitor in command of West Point
C) led French forces against British at Yorktown
D) British chancellor of the Exchequer
E) Massachusetts lieutenant governor
F) wrote Common Sense
G) commander of the Continental army
H) author of the Declaration of Independence
I) British commander
J) sailor who died in the Boston Massacre
K) declared "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
L) founder of Vermont
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A) defended in court the British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre.
B) organized the boycott of British imports following the Townshend Act.
C) was the first person of mixed race to serve in the Continental Congress.
D) has been called the first martyr of the American Revolution.
E) died bravely at the Battle of Concord.
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A) that the Continental Congress should agree to peaceful reunification with Britain.
B) to inspire American soldiers to continue to fight despite demoralizing military losses.
C) that independence was too costly a goal for the colonies.
D) to encourage European powers to provide military assistance to the cause of American independence.
E) a prediction that the war would end unhappily for supporters of independence.
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A) an imposed government
B) failed commerce
C) increased debt among farmers and plantation owners
D) happiness and prosperity
E) misery and desolation
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