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Why did members of the Second Continental Congress send the Olive Branch Petition to King George III?

A
They wanted the king to know they were ready to fight a war.
B
They hoped the king would replace Parliament.
C
They wanted to remain loyal to the king.
D
They hoped the king would believe that the colonies could win a war.
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After the Second Continental Congress appointed George Washington as the commander in chief of the Continental army, he

A
led the Americans to victory at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
B
ended the Siege of Boston, allowing the British to take the city.
C
paid foreign soldiers to fight in battles against the British.
D
organized the American troops, ammunition, and supplies.
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In Common Sense, Thomas Paine described a way for

A
the Continental army to win the war.
B
the king to govern the colonies fairly.
C
the colonies to form a government.
D
the merchants to make more money.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 was considered a victory for the Continental army because

A
the Americans maintained their control of Bunker Hill.
B
the British army sustained heavy casualties.
C
the Americans forced British soldiers to retreat to Boston.
D
the British army was forced to use most of its ammunition.
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The main reason Thomas Paine published Common Sense was to

A
persuade Britain that it could not govern the colonies well.
B
let foreign countries know that the colonies were ready to fight Britain.
C
persuade colonists that the colonies should become independent.
D
force Southern colonies to support Northern ones in the coming war.
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How did the Battle of Bunker Hill impact colonists?

A
Confidence was built as the revolution began.
B
Worries grow as people were unsure of the colonial army’s abilities.
C
High casualty rates weakened the colonial army.
D
Costs increased a new weapons were needed after the loss.
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Read this quotation.In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776In this quotation, Paine suggests that the king’s actions

A
make Britain poorer.
B
make Britain look foolish.
C
force Americans to fight in wars.
D
take land from other nations.
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Read this quotation.But the most powerful of all arguments is that nothing but independence . . . can keep the peace of the continent and preserve it . . . from civil wars.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776In this quotation, Paine suggests that independence

A
will prevent Britain from getting into more wars.
B
will help Britain rule the European continent.
C
cannot win a civil war with the colonies.
D
is the only way to keep peace in the colonies.
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Read this quotation.A government of our own is our natural right . . . 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, 1776In this quotation, Paine recommends

A
refusing to pay taxes to the British government.
B
doing business without regulations.
C
forming a government while the chance exists.
D
leaving American independence to chance.

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