How did the colonists attempt to reconcile with England in 1775?
A) They sent Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin to London to express their grievances.
B) They presented the Olive Branch Petition to King George III as a compromise.
C) They offered to pay for the tea dumped in Boston Harbor if the British Army was withdrawn.
D) They agreed to accept all of Parliament's demands for lifting the Intolerable Acts.
E) They promised to disarm if Parliament would remove the British soldiers.
Question 2
Why is Samuel Adams significant to the development of revolutionary thought in America?
A) He argued that the colonists must resort to violence to drive the British out of the New World.
B) He wrote Common Sense which claimed King George III was ruling illegally.
C) He stressed that Parliament had every right to pass legislation applying to the colonies.
D) He encouraged Massachusetts' towns to form committees of correspondence to defend colonial rights.
E) He died during the Boston Massacre and became a martyr for supporters of the Whig Ideology.
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