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As the colonies moved toward independence, the First Continental Congress was created in

A
1768.
B
1776.
C
1760.
D
1774.
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What purpose did the introduction to the Declaration of Independence serve?

A
It detailed how to amend the Declaration of Independence.
B
It listed colonial grievances against the Crown.
C
It indicated why independence was necessary.
D
It declared independence from Britain.
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Which part of the Declaration of Independence acts as an implied plan of action, in that it lists laws and practices to be changed?

t
the introduction
t
the preamble
t
the body
t
the conclusion
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Which had the greatest influence in prompting the Second Continental Congress to declare independence?

t
the battles of Lexington and Concord
K
King George III’s rejection of peaceful reconciliation
f
financial support from France and Spain
i
increased open public support for independence
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Read the quote from Thomas Jefferson.That these are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty, with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes a free people claiming their rights, as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.

A
government
B
natural law
C
society
D
divine right
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Which best describes the purpose of the Second Continental Congress?

A
It was the group of leaders who worked to create the Declaration of Independence.
B
It was the group of citizens who protested taxation without representation.
C
It was the group of treasonous British soldiers who inhibited Britain’s ability to collect taxes.
D
It was the group of colonists who planted the seeds for the development of the Continental army.
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John Locke, an Enlightenment-era philosopher, influenced the American movement for independence. Locke believed that all people were entitled to natural rights. Which quotation from the preamble to the Declaration of Independence refers to natural rights?

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“Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
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“[I]t is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
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“[T]hey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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Which best describes the main action called for by the Declaration of Independence?

A
to seek peace with Great Britain
B
to give the United States the power of self-government
C
to declare war on Great Britain
D
to create the First Continental Congress
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Why did Thomas Paine question British authority to rule the colonies in Common Sense?

H
He believed the king would only approve laws that benefited Britain.
H
He believed Parliament did not understand the needs of the American people.
H
He believed British laws could not be enforced from a distance.
H
He believed the size of the colonies made them impossible for Britain to rule.
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Which example describes natural rights?

A
rights that are given under specific circumstances
B
rights that are granted to only certain citizens
C
rights that can be restricted by government
D
rights that should be protected by the government

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