Why Is Samuel Adams Significant to the Development of Revolutionary

question 30

Multiple Choice

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 in order 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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Bottom-up Processing

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