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23. The above excerpt best illustrates the fact that colonists a. had developed a strong sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence. b. would call for a strong central government following the Revolution. c. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. d. supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the- Revolution.

23. The above excerpt best illustrates the fact that colonists a. had developed a strong sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence. b. would call for a strong central government following the Revolution. c. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. d. supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the- Revolution.

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23. The above excerpt best illustrates the fact that colonists a. had developed a strong sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence. b. would call for a strong central government following the Revolution. c. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. d. supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the Revolution.
Transcribed Image Text:23. The above excerpt best illustrates the fact that colonists a. had developed a strong sense of self-government before the Declaration of Independence. b. would call for a strong central government following the Revolution. c. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. d. supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes before the Revolution.
21-23 refer to the excerpts below. Why did I go? Yes, I replied; 'My histories tell me that you men of the Revolution took up arms against intolerable oppression.' 'What were they? Oppressions? I didn't feel them.' "What, were you not oppressed by the Stamp Act? I never saw one of those stamps...I am certain I never paid a penny for one of them.' 'Well, what about the tea-tax?' "Tea-tax! I never drank a drop of that stuff; the boys threw it all overboard.' "Then I suppose you had been reading Harrington or Sidney and Locke about the eternal principles of liberty.' 'Never heard of 'em. We read only the Bible, the Catechism, Watt's Psalms and Hymns, and the Almanac.' 'Well, then, what was the matter? And what did you mean in going to the fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those red-coats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to.. They didn't mean we should.'" Interview of Ninety-Year-Old American Revolutionary War veteran, 1842 rent grants of two s which passed claimed to have her part
Transcribed Image Text:21-23 refer to the excerpts below. Why did I go? Yes, I replied; 'My histories tell me that you men of the Revolution took up arms against intolerable oppression.' 'What were they? Oppressions? I didn't feel them.' "What, were you not oppressed by the Stamp Act? I never saw one of those stamps...I am certain I never paid a penny for one of them.' 'Well, what about the tea-tax?' "Tea-tax! I never drank a drop of that stuff; the boys threw it all overboard.' "Then I suppose you had been reading Harrington or Sidney and Locke about the eternal principles of liberty.' 'Never heard of 'em. We read only the Bible, the Catechism, Watt's Psalms and Hymns, and the Almanac.' 'Well, then, what was the matter? And what did you mean in going to the fight?" "Young man, what we meant in going for those red-coats was this: we always had governed ourselves, and we always meant to.. They didn't mean we should.'" Interview of Ninety-Year-Old American Revolutionary War veteran, 1842 rent grants of two s which passed claimed to have her part
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