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Chapter 5 Identifications & Questions
King George III George Grenville Patrick Henry
Stamp Act Congress Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams
Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks John Adams
John Dickinson Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania actual representation virtual representation circular letter writs of assistance
Olive Branch Petition Gaspeé Incident Mercy Otis Warren
Daughters of Liberty non-importation Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress Committees of Correspondence Conciliatory Propositions Lexington and Concord Bunker Hill General Thomas Gage James Otis
British government acts: What was the objective/purpose of each act? How did the colonists respond to each?
Proclamation Act of 1763-
Sugar Act (1764)-
Currency Act (1764)-
Stamp Act (1765)-
Mutiny [Quartering] Act (1765)-
Declaratory Act (1766)-
Townshend Acts (1767)-
Tea Act (1773) -
Coercive [Intolerable] Acts (1774)-
Quebec Act (1774)-
Questions
1. How did the Great War for Empire change the relationship between England and its American colonies?
2. What were the goals of British imperial reformers?
3. Why did these conflicts over specific policies turn into a constitutional crisis? What were the core constitutional principles over which the colonists and the ministers in Parliament disagreed?
4. If Grenville's and Townshend's initiatives had been successful, how would the character of the British imperial system have changed?
5. Why did the leaders of the mainland colonies and of Britain fail to reach a political compromise to save the empire?
6. How did Prime Minister George Grenville change British policy toward her colonies in North America?
7. Why did the Stamp Act so antagonize the American colonists?
8. What was England's response to the American protests over the Stamp Act. Explain how the policies of Charles Townshend and of Lord North differed.
9. Why was the Tea Act seen by many Americans as a
King George III George Grenville Patrick Henry
Stamp Act Congress Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams
Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks John Adams
John Dickinson Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania actual representation virtual representation circular letter writs of assistance
Olive Branch Petition Gaspeé Incident Mercy Otis Warren
Daughters of Liberty non-importation Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress Committees of Correspondence Conciliatory Propositions Lexington and Concord Bunker Hill General Thomas Gage James Otis
British government acts: What was the objective/purpose of each act? How did the colonists respond to each?
Proclamation Act of 1763-
Sugar Act (1764)-
Currency Act (1764)-
Stamp Act (1765)-
Mutiny [Quartering] Act (1765)-
Declaratory Act (1766)-
Townshend Acts (1767)-
Tea Act (1773) -
Coercive [Intolerable] Acts (1774)-
Quebec Act (1774)-
Questions
1. How did the Great War for Empire change the relationship between England and its American colonies?
2. What were the goals of British imperial reformers?
3. Why did these conflicts over specific policies turn into a constitutional crisis? What were the core constitutional principles over which the colonists and the ministers in Parliament disagreed?
4. If Grenville's and Townshend's initiatives had been successful, how would the character of the British imperial system have changed?
5. Why did the leaders of the mainland colonies and of Britain fail to reach a political compromise to save the empire?
6. How did Prime Minister George Grenville change British policy toward her colonies in North America?
7. Why did the Stamp Act so antagonize the American colonists?
8. What was England's response to the American protests over the Stamp Act. Explain how the policies of Charles Townshend and of Lord North differed.
9. Why was the Tea Act seen by many Americans as a