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Reading Questions: Unit Two: Rise to Rebellion

Use your own words to answer these questions.

1.	Although there were celebrations after the repeal of the Stamp Act, there were also feelings of uneasiness, resentment and suspicion. List the reasons why many colonists felt so uneasy and distrustful after the repeal. (p. 142-145)
2.	What was Charles Townshend’s main concern in how Parliament should govern the colonies? (p. 152)
3.	What were the three parts of Townshend’s proposals for the colonies and what problems there was he trying to address? (p. 155-156)
4.	Why did the Townshend Acts revive fears and resentments among the colonists? (156-7)
5.	What were the divisions in thinking in the colonies at this time? (p. 159 – 161 [top])
6.	What did John Dickinson argue in his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania? (p. 161-62)
7.	What did Samuel Adams argue in the Massachusetts Circular letter and what was its impact? (p. 164-68)
8.	Briefly summarize (a list is fine) the events concerning John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty, and “the Glorious Ninety-two” to indicate the mood of Boston in June, 1768. (p. 172-77)
9.	How did the leaders of Boston prepare for the arrival of British troops? ( p. 177-79)
10.	How did the nonimportation movement extend the participation of groups opposing British actions? (p. 185-91)
11.	Summarize (make a list) the tensions relating to the presence of troops in Boston. (p. 198-213)
12.	Why did the colonists react so strongly to the Tea Act and what actions did they take throughout the colonies to oppose it? (p. 227-233)
13.	What was the reaction in Parliament to the news of the Tea Party? Include how they treated Ben Franklin and the provisions passed by Parliament that came to be known as the Coercive or Intolerable Acts. (p. 233 – 237)
14.	What sort of actions did colonies take in response to the Intolerable Acts? (238-240)
15.	What arguments were being made by people such as James Wilson, Thomas Jefferson, and John Hancock concerning the power of the Parliament and the king over the colonies? What counter-arguments were being made in support of Parliament? (p. 241-245)
16.	Summarize what was decided at the First Continental Congress. (p. 245 – 255) Make sure to address these items: the debate over the basis for American rights (p. 249-50) the Galloway Plan (p.251) the Suffolk Resolves (p. 252) the Declaration of Rights (p. 253) the significance of the Continental Congress (p. 254-5)
17.	What were the considerations in Britain concerning how to respond to American reactions to the Intolerable Acts? (p. 266-70)
18.	What was the reaction to news of Lexington and Concord? (p. 280-1)
19.	What happened at Fort Ticonderoga? (p. 281-83)
20.	Summarize what the book says about conventional 18^th-century warfare. (p. 302-307)
21.	What were the problems facing Washington as he took control of the army around Boston and what actions did he take? ( p. 307-309)
22.	What did the Americans do to drive the British from Boston? (p. 314 – 317)