Road to Independence
Study Guide
You should be familiar with the following events, people
and laws and understand how these events relate to each other.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. |
Sugar Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765)# Stamp Act Congress (1765) Ben Franklin’s role in Engl.# Writs of Assistance Samuel Adams and Sons of Liberty Declaratory Act (1766)# Townshend Acts (1767) The Regulator Movement * Battle of Alamance* Boston 'Massacre' (1770) |
12.
13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. |
Committee of Correspondence (1772) George III Tea Act (1773) Boston Tea Party (1773) Intolerable [Coercive] Acts (1774) First Continental Congress (1774)# Gov. Josiah Martin* John Adams# Patrick Henry* Lexington and Concord (1775)# Paul Revere Fort Ticonderoga (1775) Mecklenburg Resolves (1775)* |
25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. |
Ethan Allen Bunker Hill (1775) Second Continental Congress (1775-1776)# Olive Branch Petition and John Dickinson(1775)# Thomas Paine and Common Sense (1776)# Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge (1776)* Halifax Resolves (1776)* Richard Henry Lee’s Resolution (1776)* Declaration of Independence (1776) Thomas Jefferson John Hancock George Washington |
* in NC Book
# in class (may also be in books)
Possible essay topics:
By understanding the role of cause and effect, be able to put events into chronological order.
What was happening in North Carolina in this period?
Is it fair to say that the French and Indian War caused the
American Revolution?
Be able to analyze the language and purpose of Common Sense.
Be able to analyze the language and purpose of the Declaration
of Independence.
What advantages and disadvantages did the British and Americans
have at the start of the war?
Know the events leading up to the outbreak of hostilities between America and Great Britain and how one event caused a reaction that lead to another event.
Assignments
Due Friday, September 21
1. Read the US book (pp. 56 –59)
2. Read the NC book (pp. 164-165, 168-175)
3. Identification Items 1 - 18
4. Do the Study Guide
Worksheet
Due Tuesday, September 25
1. Read the US book (pp. 62-66)
2. Read the NC book (pp. 175-179 and 183-185)
3. Identification Items 19 – 36
Due Wednesday, September 26
1. Read the excerpts from Common Sense.
2. On a separate sheet of paper write out answers to the comprehension
questions on Common Sense.
Due Tuesday, October 2
1. Quiz on the Identification Items
2. Bring to class a copy of the
Declaration of Independence. 
Tuesday, October 9
Test on the Road to Independence