HW for 11/17

Read 118-124 and answer:

# Why was the Tea Act seen by many Americans as a threat to themselves and their institutions?
# What were the Coercive Acts? How did the Quebec Act help to unite the colonies with Boston in opposition to these acts?
# How and why did taverns become a central institution in colonial American social life? What circumstances and events helped make taverns central to political life as well?
# What role was played by Committees of Correspondence in the American protests?
# What were the FIVE major decisions made at the First Continental Congress? What was their significance?
# What British leaders spoke out in support of the American cause? What were their reasons for doing so?
# What were the circumstances that led to the fighting at Lexington and Concord?

HW for 11/9/09

Please read pages 102-107. Answer these questions:

How did the relationship between king and Parliament change during the early 18c? What role did the prime minister play in this change?

Why was the period of the late 17c and early 18c called the "Era of Salutary Neglect?"

How did British officials in the colonies carry out [or fail to carry out] their duties? What was the effect of their activities?

What was the Albany Plan of Union? Why did it fail? What did it reveal about colonial unity?

How did the French attempt to secure their hold on the vast areas they claimed in North America?

What were the causes of the "Great War for Empire" [the Sevens Years' War or French and Indian War]? Why was it given that name?

How did the Great War for Empire become a truly international conflict? What role did the French and British colonies play in this war?

What were the stereotypes that the English had about the American colonists? that the American colonists had about the British?

What role did Native Americans play in the French and Indian War?

Why did the French lose?

List the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1763.

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Causes of the Revolution Test

Your test will be on Monday, November 17.

Review the Causes of the Revolution project. For each causes, be familiar with:

• Background to the event
• What happened and why?
• Any significant dates (it's a great idea to learn them with their dates)
• the results: How did colonists/the British react to the event? What were the consequences?
• Which colony is affected the most?
  

Be familiar with these terms:

• tyrant
• duties
  
• sovereign
• the American idea of representation
• the British idea of representation
• Join or Die
• Lexington and Concord
• The Coercive Acts, aka: The Intolerable Acts
  

Homework for 11/11 (Veteran's Day, Armistice Day)

Your homework is to read pages 117 (The Philosophy of Revolt) through 124. Please respond to the following questions:

1. How did the colonial view of the nature of the British Empire differ from the view by George III and his supporters?
2. What was the "political outlook" that gained a following in America and ultimately served to justify revolt?
3. Why was the Tea Act seen by many Americans as a threat to themselves and their institutions?
4. What were the Coercive Acts? How did the Quebec Act help to unite the colonies with Boston in opposition to these acts?
5. How and why did taverns become a central institution in colonial American social life? What circumstances and events helped make taverns central to political life as well?
6. What role was played by Committees of Correspondence in the American protests?
7. What were the FIVE major decisions made at the First Continental Congress? What was their significance?
8. What British leaders spoke out in support of the American cause? What were their reasons for doing so?
9. What were the circumstances that led to the fighting at Lexington and Concord?

Homework, due 10/30

Your homework for Thursday is to read pages 110 (The Colonial Response) through 117 (stop at The Philosophy of Revolt), and answer the questions below.

Your notes will ONLY be accepted/given credit if they have a stamp.

To get a stamp, you must bring your completed assignment to Mrs. Wegryn. For a 5 cent fee, she will give you a stamp, which will earn you credit. She will NOT give a stamp after 8am on Thursday morning OR if the assignment is not complete.

The questions:

What initial policy changed occurred when George III ascended the throne? What were the king's motives for these changes? This can be found on page 109

Why was King George III the wrong monarch at the wrong time for England in regard to its North American colonial empire? This can be found on page 109

How did Prime Minister George Grenville change British policy toward her colonies in North America?

What was it about post-1763 British policy that would cause colonists in every section to see the disadvantages rather than the advantages of being part of the British Empire?

Why did the Stamp Act so antagonize the American colonists?

How did actions by the Stamp Act crowd raise questions of whether protests in the colonies represented more than opposition to British policies?

What was England's response to the American protests over the Stamp Act.

Explain how the policies of Charles Townshend and of Lord North differed.

What role did Samuel Adams play in the American protests? How did his view of the need for American independence differ from those of most other colonial leaders at the time?

How did the Boston Massacre add to the growing tensions between the colonists and the British presence in North America?

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