Correct. The answer is B. The petitioners are referring to the Massachusetts colonial legislators’ challenge to the British Parliament’s right to exercise its authority over local affairs. In their challenges, the legislators used language referring to their “enslavement” by Britain. The petitioners are taking advantage of that language and applying it to their own situation.

Incorrect. The correct answer is B. The petitioners are referring to the Massachusetts colonial legislators’ challenge to the British Parliament’s right to exercise its authority over local affairs. In their challenges, the legislators used language referring to their “enslavement” by Britain. The petitioners are taking advantage of that language and applying it to their own situation.

Correct. The answer is D. This petition shows how slaves in Massachusetts were coopting the language that radical Patriots were using to protest against British domination in the colony to apply it to their own circumstances and use it to argue for their own freedom.

Incorrect. The correct answer is D. This petition shows how slaves in Massachusetts were coopting the language that radical Patriots were using to protest against British domination in the colony to apply it to their own circumstances and use it to argue for their own freedom.

Correct. The answer is C. John and Paul Cuffe were petitioning the state assembly to argue that they should not be required to pay taxes to the state.

Incorrect. The correct answer is C. John and Paul Cuffe were petitioning the state assembly to argue that they should not be required to pay taxes to the state.

Correct. The answer is A. The Cuffes point out that, although they defended American independence in the war against England, they did not have the right to vote. Because they lacked input into their political representation, they asked the assembly to consider their request for tax relief especially carefully.

Incorrect. The correct answer is A. The Cuffes point out that, although they defended American independence in the war against England, they did not have the right to vote. Because they lacked input into their political representation despite their contributions to the war, they asked the assembly to consider their request for tax relief especially carefully.

Correct. The answer is A. The 1773 petitioners asserted that blacks and whites in Massachusetts had the same natural rights, but the 1780 petitioners argued that blacks’ special circumstances warranted their exclusion from the state’s tax requirements. Both groups, however, applied Revolutionary ideology and rhetoric to their own circumstances and justified their conventional legal appeals using those concepts and language.

Incorrect. The correct answer is A. The 1773 petitioners asserted that blacks and whites in Massachusetts had the same natural rights, but the 1780 petitioners argued that blacks’ special circumstances warranted their exclusion from the state’s tax requirements. Both groups, however, applied Revolutionary ideology and rhetoric to their own circumstances and justified their conventional legal appeals using those concepts and language.