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?

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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Homework

This is due on Friday, October 24.
Read pages 90-97.
Answer the following questions:
1. How was the Halfway Communion [Halfway Covenant] a move to address these tensions?
2. What was the First "Great Awakening?" Who brought it about? What groups in colonial society were most attracted to this religious movement?
3. Identify the differences between the "Old Lights" and the "New Lights."
4. What were the effects of the Great Awakening?
5. What was the Enlightenment? How did it differ from the Great Awakening?
6. What colonial colleges were in operation by 1763? Why was each founded, and what subjects were studied in the mid-18c?
7. What evidence was there that the influence of the Enlightenment was spreading in America?
8. Explain the working of the law in colonial America--the concepts on which it was based, and the way it functioned.

Life in the Colonies Essay

Due on October 22.

See your handout for more instructions.

**If you are in the situation of having two Chemistry assignments due on this day, PLEASE see me during period 5 in room 109 on FRIDAY**