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