Which of the following was the reason why John Adams wrote that July 2 could be called the birthday of the United States?
A) John Hancock, the president of the Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence on July 2, 1776.
B) The Declaration of Independence was presented to the Congress on July 2, 1776.
C) Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, proposed, on July 2, 1775, that the colonies officially declare their independence.
D) The first American revolutionary movement started on July 2, 1774.
E) On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to dissolve ties with Britain, essentially declaring independence.
E
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A. They wanted to strengthen their navy. B. They wanted to preserve wasted food from farms. C. They wanted to bring better nutrition to French citizens. D. The cost of bread was high and put pressure on the navy to find other sources of nutrition for its sailors.
All members of the Society of Jesus were __________
A) Protestants B) Catholics C) Carmelites D) Puritans
Which of the following is not an example of Romanticism?
A. Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreaker B. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein C. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" D. Caspar David Friedrich's Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon E. Eugene Delacroix's Women of Algiers
What political technique first used by Anti-Masons was later adopted by mainstream parties?
A) selecting a presidential candidate at a national nominating convention B) establishing a nationwide network to keep party members on message C) using presidential primaries as testing grounds for presidential candidates D) organizing fundraising events for party candidates