Tuesday

Today we are going to read chapter 7 and answer the following questions:

CHAPTER 7:  THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION: 1763—1775

The Deep Roots of Revolution

26.        Why does the author say that the American Revolution began when the first settlers stepped ashore?

Mercantilism and Colonial Grievances

Know:    Mercantilism, Navigation Laws, Royal Veto

27.        Explain the economic theory of mercantilism and the role of colonies.

28.        How did Parliament enact the theory of mercantilism into policy?

The Merits and Menace of Mercantilism

Know:    Salutary Neglect, John Hancock, Bounties

29.        In what ways did the mercantilist theory benefit the colonies?

30.        What economic factors were involved in leading colonists to be displeased with the British government?          

The Stamp Tax Uproar

Know:    George Grenville, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Admiralty Courts, Virtual Representation

31.        Why were the colonists so upset over relatively mild taxes and policies?

Forced Repeal of the Stamp Act

Know:    Stamp Act Congress, Nonimportation Agreements, Homespun, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act

32.        In what ways did colonists resist the Stamp Act?

The Townshend Tea Tax and the Boston "Massacre"

Know:    Townshend Acts, Indirect Tax, Boston Massacre, John Adams

33.        How did the Townshend Acts lead to more difficulties?

The Seditious Committees of Correspondence

Know:    George III, Lord North, Samuel Adams, Committees of Correspondence

34.        How did Committees of Correspondence work?

Tea Brewing in Boston

Know:    British East India Company, Boston Tea Party

35.        What was the cause of the Boston Tea Party, and what was its significance?

Parliament Passes the "Intolerable Acts"

Know:    Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act of 1774, Quebec Act

36.        What was so intolerable about the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?

Bloodshed

Know:    First Continental Congress, Declaration of Rights, The Association, Tar and Feathers, Minute Men, Lexington and Concord

37.        What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?

Imperial Strength and Weakness

Know:    Hessians, Tories

38.        What were British strengths and weaknesses at the outset of the war?

American Pluses and Minuses

Know:    George Washington, Ben Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette, Continentals

39.        What were the American strengths and weaknesses at the outset of the war?

A Thin Line of Heroes

Know:    Valley Forge, Baron von Steuben, Continental Army

40.        What role was played by African-Americans in the Revolution?