Chapter 71. Reflections on The Second Continental Congress, Chapter 7

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that Americans disagreed over the need for war with Britain in 1775 and 1776. She argues that colonial leaders attempted to reconcile with Britain, even as they created the institutions necessary for separating from it.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that Americans disagreed over the need for war with Britain in 1775 and 1776. She argues that colonial leaders attempted to reconcile with Britain, even as they created the institutions necessary for separating from it.

Correct. The answer is a. To illustrate the fact that American colonial leaders were not unified in their thinking about American independence in 1775 and 1776, the author cites John Adams’s statement that, “America is a great, unwieldy body. Its progress must be slow. It is like a large fleet sailing under convoy. The fleetest sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest.”

Incorrect. The answer is a. To illustrate the fact that American colonial leaders were not unified in their thinking about American independence in 1775 and 1776, the author cites John Adams’s statement that, “America is a great, unwieldy body. Its progress must be slow. It is like a large fleet sailing under convoy. The fleetest sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest.”

Correct. The answer is d. The author cites congressional moderates’ Olive Branch Petition as evidence to demonstrate the Second Continental Congress’s continued efforts to pursue reconciliation with Britain in 1775. This appeal affirmed loyalty to the monarchy, blamed the imperial crisis on the king’s ministers and Parliament, and proposed that colonial assemblies be recognized as individual parliaments under the umbrella of the monarchy. King George III rejected it.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author cites congressional moderates’ Olive Branch Petition as evidence to demonstrate the Second Continental Congress’s continued efforts to pursue reconciliation with Britain in 1775. This appeal affirmed loyalty to the monarchy, blamed the imperial crisis on the king’s ministers and Parliament, and proposed that colonial assemblies be recognized as individual parliaments under the umbrella of the monarchy. King George III rejected it.

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that Thomas Paine’s widely read pamphlet, Common Sense, published in January 1776, persuaded many formerly ambivalent American colonists that independence was desirable.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that Thomas Paine’s widely read pamphlet, Common Sense, published in January 1776, persuaded many formerly ambivalent American colonists that independence was desirable.

Correct. The answer is b. The author supports her argument that American leaders continued to waffle on the question of independence from Britain with the point that New York abstained from the original congressional vote adopting the Declaration of Independence, but switched its vote to approval ten days later.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author supports her argument that American leaders continued to waffle on the question of independence from Britain with the point that New York abstained from the original congressional vote adopting the Declaration of Independence, but switched its vote to approval ten days later.

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