One result of the Second Continental Congress was
A) a brief reconciliation with Britain.
B) a plan for the Boston Tea Party.
C) the decision to create thirteen colonies.
D) the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
E) increases in colonial taxes paid to England.
The original draft of the Declaration of Independence
A) condemned slavery but did not call for its end.
B) called for the end of slavery everywhere.
C) condemned the king's support of the slave trade.
D) did not mention slavery.
E) specified that slaves did not count as human beings.
The notion that governmental authority springs from the consent of the governed is derived from
A) the U.S. Constitution.
B) British common law.
C) a speech given by Thomas Jefferson.
D) the Bible.
E) social contract theory.
The fifty-five signatories of the Declaration of Independence were courageous in their actions because
A) they wanted to make history.
B) of their belief in free and fair elections.
C) the Declaration gave them natural rights.
D) they had personal insecurities that they overcame.
E) signing the Declaration was treason and punishable by hanging and drawing and quartering.
The first fighting in the American Revolution happened in ________ in early 1775.
A) Georgia
B) Virginia
C) Texas
D) Massachusetts
E) New York
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