Block 04 Final Block Test

How many people were actually killed during the Boston Massacre?

5

What argument does the author anticipate and indirectly refute in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

If the colonists are suffering, they need to first submit a petition to Parliament.

The first government of the United States was based on a document called The Articles of Confederation which only lasted for 10 years.

False

By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils—a ravaged country—a depopulated city—habitations without safety, and slavery without hope—our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it! and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented. Which best summarizes Thomas Paine's method of persuasion?

He appeals to his readers' emotions by imagining the consequences of not acting as he suggests.

Which word best describes Thomas Paine's tone in "The Crisis, No. 1"?

inspirational

Which parts of the excerpt supports the claim that Paine believed the human cost of the colonists' armed struggle against the British was well worth the outcome? Choose all that apply.

Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy.

As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many circumstances, which those who live at a distance know but little or nothing of. Our situation there was exceedingly cramped, the place being a narrow neck of land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one-fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, . . . I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware; suffice it for the present to say, that both officers and men, though greatly harassed and fatigued, frequently without rest, covering, or provision, the inevitable consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and martial spirit. Which statement best describes Thomas Paine's use of evidence in the passage?

Paine used empirical evidence to support his claim that Howe's Army had decisively defeated the Continental Army.

Which sentences state reasons for tension between the American colonists and the British political powers? Choose all that apply.

The American colonists strongly opposed the tax laws imposed by the British government. The American colonists were angered by the presence of British soldiers who had found employment in America.

Many of the founding fathers had read and agreed with John Locke's philosophy of human rights. His philosophy said that all men should be granted these rights. Choose all that apply.

life liberty the pursuit of happiness

The federal government under The Articles of Confederation had only 3 powers. What were they?

They had the power to declare war, appoint military officers and sign treaties.

Analyze Thomas Paine's "The Crisis." Does he use logical evidence or anecdotal evidence more effectively to convince his listener that the colonists needed to go to war with England? Be sure to use evidence from the text (including direct quotations) to support what you say. Your paragraph will be graded using this checklist: A topic sentence (restate the question) 2 pts Details from the text which may include quotations but should also contain your own observations. Be specific! 4 pts. A concluding statement 2 pts Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation 1 pt Transitional words to help organize your ideas 1 pt 6-8 sentences at least

Thomas Paine uses logical evidence more effectively to convince his listener that the colonists needed to go to war with England. Paine uses both anecdotal evidence and logical evidence to persuade his audience but the logical evidence was used in a better manner. Both types can be used to persuade but Paine seems to use anecdotal evidence as a backbone of the writing and then backs that evidence up with logical evidence to really support his claims and trigger the persuasion. In the text it says, "As I was with the troops at Fort Lee," in which this tells you he's using anecdotal evidence, but later on in the writing it states some logical evidence, "By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue." Most of this writing was written using anecdotal, but I feel that the simple reasoning behind the logical evidence that the majority of the audience can aside with, is what really persuaded the audience. In which this will conclude, logical evidence was more effectively used to convince his listener that the colonists needed to go to war with England.

The colonists protested the passage of The Stamp Act because they felt they had already paid their share of the debt incurred during The Seven Year War.

True

The Constitution created a government which consisted of 3 separate branches. This is known as what?

checks and balances

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. Which reason best explains Thomas Jefferson's purpose for repeating the phrase "He has" in the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence?

to emphasize the wrongdoings by the king

What was the intended purpose of revolutionary pamphlets and articles, such as Thomas Paine's Common Sense and "The Crisis, No. 1"?

to persuade American colonists to seek assistance from members of the British Parliament