In the context of the American Revolution, which of the following is a true statement about George Washington?

A) He issued a proclamation offering freedom to any slave who agreed to fight for the British.
B) He refused to use black soldiers during the first years of the war.
C) He rejected the Olive Branch Petition of the Second Continental Congress and in August 1775 denounced the colonists as rebels.
D) He wrote a short book called Cato's Letters.
E) He proposed, on June 7, 1776, that the colonies officially declare their independence.


B

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How did colonial American views on education change with time?

a. American colonists came to embrace education as essential training for citizenship. b. It became increasingly important to Americans that their best and brightest attend the leading English universities at Oxford and Cambridge. c. American colonists moved away from the English view that education should be reserved for an aristocratic few. d. Americans came to see education as unimportant beyond primary school. e. Southern colonists inspired the other regions in establishing a broad system of public education.

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