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Arguments For And Against Independence
Test Description: Arguments For and Against Independence
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who wrote the pamphlet entitled, Common Sense?
A
Benjamin Franklin
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Samuel Adams
D
Thomas Paine
2) Who did Thomas Paine think should rule over the people?
A
A Queen
B
A King
C
France
D
Themselves
3) Thomas Paine tried to argue in his pamphlet, Common Sense, that:
A
Great Britain is trying to use the colonies to start a war with France.
B
Great Britain is able to properly rule/govern the colonies from Europe.
C
Great Britain is our most important ally and we can't afford to cut ties
D
Great Britain is not able to properly rule/govern the colonies from Europe.
4) Why did Paine say fixing their relations with Great Britain was not an option for the colonies?
A
This is not the answer.
B
He thought it was too late to reconcile/fix things.
C
He thought Great Britain was planning to attack them.
D
He just wanted to go to war.
5) Did Thomas Paine believe that Britain truly cared about its American colonies?
A
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B
Yes
C
No
D
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6) Why did Paine think the British bothered to protect the colonies?
A
To protect endangered species.
B
Because they cared about the colonists.
C
Just because they were concerned with becoming richer.
D
Too keep France out.
7) John Dickinson was...
A
Governor of Virginia
B
A member of the Continental Congress
C
A British soldier
D
A Patriot
8) John Dickinson...
A
Was a minister
B
Was a soldier ready for war
C
Thought that Britain could not properly rule America from so far away
D
Was a Quaker and against all forms of violence
9) John Dickinson thought the colonies were prepared for war.
A
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B
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C
FALSE
D
TRUE
10) John Dickinson thought that:
A
The colonies were prepared to face Britain in a war for independence
B
The George Washington should resign.
C
The colonists need to govern themselves, rather than a king far away
D
The colonies were not prepared for the death and destruction that war would bring.
11) John Dickinson was:
A
.
B
..
C
AGAINST Independence
D
FOR Independence
12) Thomas Paine was:
A
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B
AGAINST Independence
C
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D
FOR Independence
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