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AP U.S. History Exam 2.10. What does the excerpt suggest about the movement for American independence?
- Early British Colonies / Rise of Self-Governance
- Evolving Political and Cultural Attitudes in the Colonies / Colonial Resistance to British Control
- The Colonial Independence Movement and the War for Independence / Growing Unity Among the Colonists
- The Colonial Independence Movement and the War for Independence / Basis of the Call for Resistance
- The Colonial Independence Movement and the War for Independence / Colonial Leadership and the Popular Movement
- The Colonial Independence Movement and the War for Independence / Support for the Patriot Movement
Transcript
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No and here's your smug du jour brought to you
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by independence movements A rebellion against choreographed dance Don't talk
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to us about dance Actually don't off All right check
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out the excerpt i neither those sort of a theater
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poet john adam your dance all right done Reading good
Full Transcript
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and the question What is the excerpt Suggest about the
- 00:28
movement for american independence and hear your potential answers All
- 00:35
right well by seventeen fifty for the colonists were pretty
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fed up with unfair taxes which only added to their
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growing appetite for independence That was this burgeoning movement for
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american independence made up of a colonist willing to compromise
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with parliament Quite the opposite right illness had no desire
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to compromise with parliament especially because the british government was
- 00:55
determined to prevent them from gaining any measure of independence
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Like it's rid of a indeed was the movement for
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american independence notable because see few colonists were willing to
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risk their freedom to join Well actually many colonists were
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willing to risk their lives for independence particularly after the
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british government started restricting their civil liberties as well with
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liberty All right so if we clear away see that
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means that movement for american independence must have been be
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led by well known established elites So much of the
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independence movement was made up of artisans and workers The
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leaders and writers of key documents came from well known
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elite educated families John adams the author of the excerpt
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was a central figure in massachusetts lung before he cried
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out against the boston massacre or join the continental Congress
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So b is the right answer In fact many of
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these elites went on to shape america's system of government
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all but ensuring that wealthy cultured men with one's created 00:01:53.912 --> [endTime] equal wayne
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