Question

Use the quote to answer the question.

“The Americans have tarred and feathered your subjects, plundered your merchants, burnt your ships, denied all obedience to your laws and authority; yet so clement and so long forbearing has our conduct been that it is incumbent on us now to take a different course. Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over.” —Lord North

This quote most clearly supports an argument in favor of what?

A.
British officials and the Coercive Acts

B.
Native Americans and the Proclamation Line

C.
Parliament and the Declaratory Act

D.
Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party

Why was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense considered radical?

A.
Its arguments about taxation were new and groundbreaking.

B.
Its rejection of the monarchy was controversial for the time.

C.
Its ideas about religion were controversial for the era.

D.
Its opposition to republicanism was opposed by patriots.


Use the passage to answer the question.

“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.”

What theory is reflected in this portion of the Declaration of Independence?

A.
anti-federalism

B.
social contract

C.
bicameralism

D.
natural rights


Use the passage to answer the question.

"Our States have now a solid Support for their Liberty and Independence in their Alliance with France, which will be certainly followed by that of Spain and the whole house of Bourbon, and probably by Holland and the other Powers of Europe who are interested in the Freedom of Commerce and in keeping down the Power of Britain. Our People are happy in the Enjoyment of their new Constitutions of Government [and] Will be so in their extended Trade and Navigation, unfettered by English Acts and Customhouse Officers." —excerpt from a letter by Benjamin Franklin, written in 1778

How does Franklin anticipate the alliance with France will help the United States?

A.
France’s participation will persuade Britain to surrender.

B.
Britain’s forces will be bogged down fighting a war in Europe.

C.
Britain will need to fight on too many fronts in North America.

D.
Spain and other nations will decide to help the United States too.

Answer 1

A) Parliament and the Declaratory Act - As you can see in the question, this quote belongs to Lord North. He was a member of the British Parliament, and also held other positions such as Prime Minister.

B)Its rejection of the monarchy was controversial for the time - Common Sense rejected monarchy, and made a call for the independence of the American Colonies. Rejection of monarchy was very controversial at the time, and only a few philosophers had laid out ideas of the type (John Locke and Montesquieu for example).

B)Social Contract - The Social Contract is a philosophical view that was developed by Thomas Hobbe and Jean-Jacques Rosseau. It held that the state is born when the people decide to give it the monopoly of force and justice in exchange for protection of human rights such as life, liberty and property.

A)Spain and other nations will decide to help the United States too. - Benjamin Franklin knew that not only France but also many other european nations were fierce enemies of the British since medieval times, and as it happened in real life, it was only a matter of time before other european nations got involved in the American Revolutionary War.