Handout A:
1. How do the colonies benefit from British rule?
2. Who is George Grenville and what did he do?
3. Why are the colonists’ complaints about “taxation without representation” unjustified?
Handout B:
1. What false claims have the Patriots made about British rule?
2. What does Charles Inglis explain in his testimony and how does he explain it? (What evidence does he provide?)
3. Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King?
Handout C:
1. How did Patriots’ actions increase tensions between the British and the colonies?
2. Why do Moderates reject the view of both Patriots and Loyalists?
Handout D:
1. Who is Thomas Paine? What did he write?
2. Give a quote from Common Sense that you think “sums up” the Patriots’ view.
3. Who is Abigail Adams?
4. Who is Patrick Henry? Does any part of this speech by him sound familiar to you? If so, what part? (quote it exactly as it was in the speech)
5. Why is it impossible, according to the Patriots, for the colonies to compromise with the British at this point?
Four Points of View
Handout A:
4. How do the colonies benefit from British rule?
5. Who is George Grenville and what did he do?
6. Why are the colonists’ complaints about “taxation without representation” unjustified?
Handout B:
4. What false claims have the Patriots made about British rule?
5. What does Charles Inglis explain in his testimony and how does he explain it? (What evidence does he provide?)
6. Who is Daniel Leonard and why does he side with the King?
Handout C:
3. How did Patriots’ actions increase tensions between the British and the colonies?
4. Why do Moderates reject the view of both Patriots and Loyalists?
Handout D:
6. Who is Thomas Paine? What did he write?
7. Give a quote from Common Sense that you think “sums up” the Patriots’ view.
8. Who is Abigail Adams?
9. Who is Patrick Henry? Does any part of this speech by him sound familiar to you? If so, what part? (quote it exactly as it was in the speech)