2. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? O
A "American colonists liked having fairly independent lives and governments while still enjoying the
economic benefits of being part of the British Empire." ( Paragraph 3)
B "Beginning in 1754, Britain fought the French and Indian War on North American soil, and soon
they realized they needed some way to pay for it." ( Paragraph 4)
C “People had to pay extra taxes on basic goods like sugar, tea, and paper." ( Paragraph 4)
D “They also believed the taxes were unfair because they had never elected their own representatives
into the British government." ( Paragraph 5)
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the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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