American Revolution DBQ
DBQ 3
The American Revolution, 1750–1776
Directions: In this DBQ, you must compose an essay that uses both your interpretation of Documents A–I and your own outside knowledge of the period mentioned in this question.
To what extent was the conflict between Great Britain and her North
American colonies economic in origin rather than rooted in political and social controversies and differences?
Use these documents and your knowledge of the period from 1750 to
1776 to compose your answer.
Document A: James Otis, Speech on Writs of
Assistance, 24 February 1761
Source: Henry Commager, ed., Documents of
American History, 9th ed., 45–47.
[The] writ . . . being general, is illegal. It is a power that places the liberty …show more content…
. . .
Document F: Samuel Adams, “Declaration of
Rights,” Massachusetts Committee of
Correspondence, 20 November 1772
Source: Annals of America, vol. 2, 217–220.
By the charter of this province, [there] shall be liberty of conscience allowed in the worship of God to all
Christians, except Papists. . . .
All persons born in the British American colonies are, by the laws of God and nature and by the common law of England . . . well-entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent, and inseparable rights, liberties, and privileges of subjects born in Great
Britain. . . .
Document G: “Declaration of Colonial Rights and
Grievances,” 1 October 1774, First Continental
Congress
Source: Enduring Voices document sets to accompany
Boyer, et al. Enduring Vision, 41–43.
[The] inhabitants of the English colonies in North
America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights:
1. They are entitled to life, liberty, and property. . . .
5. That the respective colonies are entitled to …show more content…
Document H: America in flames
Source: Library of Congress.
Document I: “Proceedings in the Convention of
Virginia Relating to the Proclamation of Lord
Dunmore,” 25 January 1776
Source: Annals of America, vol 2, 383–385.
[Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia,] has offered freedom to the servants and slaves of those he is pleased to term rebels, arming them against their masters, and destroying the peace and happiness of
His Majesty’s good and faithful whose property is rendered insecure and whose lives are exposed to the dangers of a general insurrection. . . .
Whereas Lord Dunmore, by his proclamation dated . . . the 7th day of November 1775, has offered freedom to such able-bodied slaves as are willing to join him and take up arms against the good people of this colony . . . , it is enacted that all Negro or other slaves conspiring to rebel or make insurrection shall suffer death and be excluded all benefi t of clergy—we think it proper to declare that all slaves who have been, or shall be seduced by [Dunmore’s]
The American Revolution, 1750–1776
Directions: In this DBQ, you must compose an essay that uses both your interpretation of Documents A–I and your own outside knowledge of the period mentioned in this question.
To what extent was the conflict between Great Britain and her North
American colonies economic in origin rather than rooted in political and social controversies and differences?
Use these documents and your knowledge of the period from 1750 to
1776 to compose your answer.
Document A: James Otis, Speech on Writs of
Assistance, 24 February 1761
Source: Henry Commager, ed., Documents of
American History, 9th ed., 45–47.
[The] writ . . . being general, is illegal. It is a power that places the liberty …show more content…
. . .
Document F: Samuel Adams, “Declaration of
Rights,” Massachusetts Committee of
Correspondence, 20 November 1772
Source: Annals of America, vol. 2, 217–220.
By the charter of this province, [there] shall be liberty of conscience allowed in the worship of God to all
Christians, except Papists. . . .
All persons born in the British American colonies are, by the laws of God and nature and by the common law of England . . . well-entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent, and inseparable rights, liberties, and privileges of subjects born in Great
Britain. . . .
Document G: “Declaration of Colonial Rights and
Grievances,” 1 October 1774, First Continental
Congress
Source: Enduring Voices document sets to accompany
Boyer, et al. Enduring Vision, 41–43.
[The] inhabitants of the English colonies in North
America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights:
1. They are entitled to life, liberty, and property. . . .
5. That the respective colonies are entitled to …show more content…
Document H: America in flames
Source: Library of Congress.
Document I: “Proceedings in the Convention of
Virginia Relating to the Proclamation of Lord
Dunmore,” 25 January 1776
Source: Annals of America, vol 2, 383–385.
[Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia,] has offered freedom to the servants and slaves of those he is pleased to term rebels, arming them against their masters, and destroying the peace and happiness of
His Majesty’s good and faithful whose property is rendered insecure and whose lives are exposed to the dangers of a general insurrection. . . .
Whereas Lord Dunmore, by his proclamation dated . . . the 7th day of November 1775, has offered freedom to such able-bodied slaves as are willing to join him and take up arms against the good people of this colony . . . , it is enacted that all Negro or other slaves conspiring to rebel or make insurrection shall suffer death and be excluded all benefi t of clergy—we think it proper to declare that all slaves who have been, or shall be seduced by [Dunmore’s]