The Following Questions Refer to the Image Below

question 52

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the image below.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division,[LC-USZC4-5315]
Benjamin Franklin,Pennsylvania Gazette,May 9,1754
-Advocates who supported Franklin's position (as seen in the picture) would have most likely agreed with which of the following perspectives?

• A) Colonial resistance to British imperial control came from the development of local, self-controlled governments.
• B) Corruption in colonial governments (such as the House of Burgesses) caused resistance.
• C) The political ideas of the Enlightenment had little to do with colonial resistance.
• D) Colonists should not be required to follow British law because of cultural differences between England and its colonies.

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