did I go?" replied; 'My histories tell me that you men of the Revolution took up arms against olerable 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 21. The above account best reflects which of the following about the American Revolution? a. It was fueled by specific acts of British oppression. b. It was in part the result of serious propaganda campaigns by the colonial elite. c. It was in part the result of a changing American identity. d. It results in a serious divide between Loyalists and Patriots. 22. Which of the following would most likely lead a historian to question the accuracy of the passage cited above? a. the reliability of a firsthand account collected long after the event b. the reliability of a firsthand account from a poorly educated individual C. the reliability of interviewers to accurately record firsthand accounts of events d. the reliability of conflicting accounts from firsthand witnesses of the same event 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. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. .supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes belore the Revolution.

did I go?" replied; 'My histories tell me that you men of the Revolution took up arms against olerable 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 21. The above account best reflects which of the following about the American Revolution? a. It was fueled by specific acts of British oppression. b. It was in part the result of serious propaganda campaigns by the colonial elite. c. It was in part the result of a changing American identity. d. It results in a serious divide between Loyalists and Patriots. 22. Which of the following would most likely lead a historian to question the accuracy of the passage cited above? a. the reliability of a firsthand account collected long after the event b. the reliability of a firsthand account from a poorly educated individual C. the reliability of interviewers to accurately record firsthand accounts of events d. the reliability of conflicting accounts from firsthand witnesses of the same event 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. developed a lasting sense of egalitarianism following the Revolution. .supported the expansion of natural rights to disadvantaged classes belore the Revolution.