Primary Source Homework

Our focus next week will be on the following topic:
"Resolved: American slavery is an oxymoron."

Your homework for Tuesday is to prepare to discuss this topic as one of the following individuals: Thomas Jefferson, Venture Smith, George Washington, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Banneker, Lord Dunmore, and Phillis Wheatley.

Your number (assigned in class) will identify which person you are responsible for researching. Your homework is to click on the link associated with that person's name and read the primary source (or information provided) for December 9... in some cases, you will have to click on the picture to the left to access the primary source information.

Group 1--Thomas Jefferson
Group 2--Venture Smith
Group 3--George Washington
Group 4--Abigail Adams
Group 5--Benjamin Banneker
Group 6--Lord Dunmore
Group 7--Phillis Wheatley

Homework for 12/3

Read pages 133-138 (Iroquois and the British)

You should take outline notes on all readings, but the focus of your notes should be to compare British advantages and disadvantages with American ones.

Locke v Jefferson Ppts

Period 1/2

Period 7/8

**FYI, ScribD is not allowing me to upload all these powerpoints, because they have cited copyright infringement. This is not, I am pretty sure, because of anything other than similar documents were submitted. I have written to them explaining the situation, but have not yet received a response, but for now, you can access the powerpoint created by Period 7/8. It will have almost the exact same information as your class's. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to see me.**

Close Reading of the D of I

**THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK!! It will be a class activity**

Look at this website: http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/congress.htm

It presents to you Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence as submitted to the Second Continental Congress (and seen debated in 1776).

Your job is to identify the reasons behind each change. Generally, they will fall into one of two groups (although some will fall into both): grammatical or political.
Make a chart in which you write down the change (you can write the first three or four words then the last three or four words, with an ellipsis in between), and then identify the reasons for the change.

In this task, you will be closely reading the Declaration of Independence as well as identifying the reasons they made the changes they did. Think carefully about the Age of Enlightenment, and what affect the ideas and ideals of that time would impact the words and changes.

Government: Ltd or Absolute?

Your homework for Friday is to:
1. Study for your map quiz.
2. Complete the worksheet linked below. Read each of the excerpts and answer the questions that follow. You may print if you wish or you may write the answers to the questions in your notebook.

Govt Ltd or Absolute

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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?