Although petitions were often for individual, practical needs,
A) later petitions sought to overthrow the government.
B) later petitions sought legislative change.
C) later petitioners seceded from the Union.
D) some women sought to reinstate slavery in the North.
B
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The Second Continental Congress of revolutionary days
a. operated with strong constitutional authority. b. functioned as a Revolutionary tribunal with direct authority over citizens and the army. c. shared equal authority with the states. d. was little more than a conference of ambassadors from independent states with very limited power. e. was most effective in developing a banking and currency system.
Those who are drawn to the "paranoid style" in American politics see the shaping of world events as the work of
A) unusual leaders of great stature. B) menacing conspiracies. C) complex international relationships. D) uncontrollable fate.
The Mayflower Compact was a political document that stated the principles that would govern the Pilgrims' community in New England
A) True B) False
In 27 b.c.e., the Roman Senate acknowledged Octavian's services to the republic by giving him which title?
A) Augustus B) Caesar C) imperium maius D) Pater patriae E) principate