HIST2010 Quiz 7 - Question 1(1 point Why did General Thomas...

Question 1 (1 point)
Why did General Thomas Gage order British troops to march to Concord in April 1775?
Question 1 options:
as a show of force to intimidate colonial revolutionary leaders
to arrest Sam Adams, John Hancock, and other radicals meeting in Concord to plan protests against
the government
as maneuvers to keep his men well trained and in good physical condition
to seize military supplies stored there by colonial militia
Question 2 (1 point)
What important lesson did the British learn from their experience in the battle on Breed's Hill?
Question 3 (1 point)
Moderate members of Congress in the spring of 1776
Question 4 (1 point)
Why did Congress submit the Olive Branch Petition to King George?

Question 5 (1 point)
Thomas Paine authored a pamphlet titled ____________ early in 1776 to argue that the American
colonies should declare independence from England.
Question 5 options:
Common Sense
Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
The Federalist Papers
The Rights of Man