Thomas Paine's Views on Society and Government Quiz

• Everything good that comes out of people living and working together (correct)
• The force that aims to keep people from acting in accordance with their vices
• The state of affairs whereby people collaborate to bring about negative aims
• The unfortunate consequence of people acting in evil ways

• To voice a unified protest against the king
• To encourage the colonists to buy stamps
• To levy a tax on printed material in the colonies (correct)
• To recoup the costs incurred by the British in the French and Indian War

• The Act was amended to exempt certain printed materials
• The Act was strictly enforced, leading to increased taxation
• The colonists were successful in completely breaking free from Britain
• Parliament repealed the Act and issued a Declaratory Act asserting its right to tax the colonies (correct)

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