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

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

resigned as president of the colonies so he could take over the army.

attended the Second Continental Congress to declare war on Britain.

launched a second attack on Bunker Hill and took control of the hill.

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

the Continental army left Boston in March of 1776.

the British allowed supplies into the city in March of 1776.

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

the Olive Branch Petition was sent in July of 1775.

Read this quotation.I challenge the warmest advocate for reconciliation to show a single advantage that this continent can reap, by being connected with Great Britain. . . . Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe.—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776One argument for independence in this quotation is that

Britain’s taxes are too high.

Britain is isolating the colonies.

the colonies do not need Britain.

Britain is taking American property.

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

universal, or shared by everyone.

only the concern of Britain and the colonies.

different from those of people in other countries.

too complicated for most people to understand.

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

make Britain poorer.

make Britain look foolish.

force Americans to fight in wars.

take land from other nations.

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

only ten pages long.

printed in local newspapers.

given away for free.

written in plain language.

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine described a way for

the Continental army to win the war.

the king to govern the colonies fairly.