Study Guide – Unit 1: Seeds of Rebellion

 

Date Due

Assignment

Tues., Aug. 18

 

Weds., Aug. 19

1. Read Prologue: p. 3 – 6; Chapter 1, “The Obstructed Giant,” sections IV - V, p. 16 - 20; and sections VII - VIII, p. 22 - 29

2. Write out answers to questions 1 – 6.

Thurs., Aug. 20

1. Read Chapter 2,: “The Children of the Twice-Born,” p. 30 – 52, but feel free to skim sections II ( p. 32-35) and V (p. 46 – 49).

2. Answer questions 7-11

Fri., Aug. 21

Read the excerpts from the essay, “The Preconditions of the American Revolution” by Jack Greene.  Two of Greene’s goals in this essay are: 1) to describe the long-term preconditions for the Americans to establish self-government; and 2) to examine the short-term reasons why Britain changed its policies towards the colonies and the consequences.  As you read the essay, take notes in the margins or on a separate piece of paper on the points that Greene makes to support his analysis.  Include the preconditions that he discusses in the first section of the essay.

Mon., Aug. 24

1. Read the essay, “Friction Between Colonial Troops and British Regulars” by Fred Anderson.  As you read, take notes on the reasons for the friction between the two groups.  Also, think about what this description of the British army tells us about how this army will function.

Tues., Aug. 25

1. Read Chapter 3, “Beginnings: From the Top Down,” p. 53-73

2. Answer questions 12-15

3.We will be discussing the situation in the colonies in 1764. Try to figure out how different demographic groups would react to the Sugar Act

4. As you read, take of the roles of the following people: Patrick Henry, Earl of Bute, Duke of Newcastle, and George Grenville

Weds., Aug. 26

1. Read. Chapter 4, “The Stamp Act Crisis,” p. 75 – 97.  Feel free to skim the following sections:

1) p. 75 “To clear up the mysteries…” – 77 “Whately had not expected…” 2) p. 81 “The Parson’s Cause...” –the bottom of p. 83 “The main outline…” on Patrick Henry and the Parson’s Cause;

3) p. 87 – 92 on the Hutchinson-Otis feud. Except read o, 89-90 on Thomas Hutchinson and the Writs of Assistance.

In other words, read p. 74-75, 77-81, 83-87, 89-90, 92-97.  Or read everything and be really smart.

2. Answer questions 16-19

3. Make sure you know who Thomas Hutchinson, Francis Bernard, James Otis, Jr., Isaac Barré, and Andrew Oliver were.

Thurs., Aug. 27

1. Read Chapter 5, “Response,” p. 98 – 121. Feel free to skim p. 100 – 106 on the Ward-Hopkins feud in Rhode Island: just note that there were political conflicts internally that influenced which side people took.

2. Answer questions 20 - 24

Fri., Aug. 28

1. Read through chapter 6 “Selden’s Penny,” p. 122 - 141

2. Answer questions 25 - 27

Mon., Aug. 31

Test

 

Questions and Themes for Unit One: The Seeds of Rebellion

 

q       What did the American colonists have in common and what divided them?

q       How did the characteristics of British politics contribute to the differences between the colonists and the British?

q       What traditions of politics and protest contributed to the beginnings of rebellion in the colonies?

q       What preconditions existed in the colonies that made them ready for a successful revolution?

q       What impact did the French and Indian War have on relations between the British and the colonists?

q       Why did the Parliament pass the Stamp Act and why did it cause such consternation in the colonies?

q       What actions did the colonists take against the Stamp Act and why were these actions successful?

q       What were the arguments that the colonists used against the Stamp Act?

 

 

 

Identifications – Chapters 1 - 6

These are terms, people, and events that you should be familiar with by the end of this unit.

 

1.

King George III

17.

Salutary Neglect

33.

Charles Townshend

2.

William Pitt

18.

Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle

34.

Quartering Act (1765)

3.

John Stuart, Earl of Bute

19.

French and Indian War

35.

House of Burgesses

4.

Sir Robert Walpole

20.

Fort Duquesne/Fort Pitt

36.

Virginia Resolves (1765)

5.

Salutary Neglect

21.

Battle of Quebec

37.

Patrick Henry

6.

Privy Council

22.

The Albany Plan

38.

Stamp Act Congress

7.

Board of Trade

23.

Treaty of Paris, 1763

39.

Gov. Francis Bernard (MS)

8.

Secretary of State for the Southern Department

24.

George Grenville

40.

John Robinson and the Polly

9.

Mercantilism

25.

John Wilkes

41.

Knowles Press Gang Riot

10.

Acts of Navigation

26.

Pontiac’s Rebellion

42.

North and South End mobs

11.

Molasses Act (1733)

27.

Proclamation of 1763

43.

Viscount Bolingbroke and “The Patriot King”

12.

The Great Awakening

28.

Sugar Act (1764)

44.

The Stamp Act (1765)

13.

Real Whig Ideology

29.

Vice Admiralty Courts

45.

Andrew Oliver

14.

Virtual and Actual representation

30.

Benjamin Franklin

46.

James Otis, Jr.

15.

Rotten Boroughs

31.

Thomas Hutchinson

47.

Writs of Assistance

16.

The Glorious Revolution

32.

Col. Isaac Barré

48.

Lord Rockingham

 

 

 

 

49.

Declaratory Act