The Revolution Begins

Question 1

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

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forming a government while the chance exists.

Question 2

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

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They wanted to remain loyal to the king.

Question 3

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine described a way for

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the colonies to form a government.

Question 4

Read this quotation.The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind . . . The laying a Country desolate with Fire and Sword, declaring War against the natural rights of all Mankind . . . is the Concern of every Man to whom Nature hath given the Power of feeling.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776In this quotation, Paine argues that the American desire for independence is

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universal, or shared by everyone.

Question 5

How did the Battle of Bunker Hill impact colonists?

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Confidence was built as the revolution began.

Question 6

An accomplishment of George Washington after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 was to

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teach the Continental army discipline.

Question 7

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

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make Britain poorer.

Question 8

Soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, George Washington

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became commander of the American army and began to organize it.

Question 9

One reason Common Sense was so accessible to American colonists was that it was

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written in plain language.

Question 10

The Siege of Boston, which began in 1775, ended when

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the British were forced out of the city in March of 1776.

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