How Did Delegates to the Second Continental Congress Work to Gain

question 13

Multiple Choice

How did delegates to the Second Continental Congress work to gain the support of ordinary people for their Declaration of Independence?

• A) They included language about equality and the right to revolution.
• B) They included language about improving the living standards of working people.
• C) They incorporated into the Declaration a clause calling for the abolition of slavery.
• D) They deleted a clause that would have made citizenship dependent on literacy.

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