Which of the following helped convince the delegates to the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence?
a. the unexpected success of the colonists in clearing British troops out of New England
b. Tom Paine's Common Sense
c. the Boston Massacre
d. John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
e. the proverbs in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack
b. Tom Pain's Common Sense
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What constituted the Eleven Years' Tyranny under Charles I?
A) royal support for Anglicanism B) the suspension of common law C) royal rule without Parliament D) the suspension of justice
It took until about ___________ in the Middle East before farmers had bred the large-grained wheat and barley of today.
a. 12,000 BCE. b. 7000 BCE. c. 1500 BCE. d. 4300 BCE.
The Muslim League's Mohammed Ali Jinnah warned of "an orgy of blood" if India was divided into two separate states.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Why did Lyndon Johnson support civil rights after Kennedy's assassination?
A) He was pressured by the Black Panther Party. B)He wanted to make a mark on history and prove he was a president of the people. C) He thought it would help his effort in Vietnam. D) His wife was committed to the cause.