How Did Pennsylvania Display the Revolutionary War's Radical Potential

question 49

Multiple Choice

How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War's radical potential?

• A) Benjamin Franklin's departure for France left control of the state up for grabs, and the lower classes took over.
• B) The prewar elite had supported independence, then tried to negotiate with Great Britain, costing themselves the respect of the lower classes, who took power from them.
• C) Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics.
• D) The Second Continental Congress had to take over the state when the people voted to abolish the position of governor, thereby showing how the new nation's power dynamic would differ greatly from the old system.

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