Taxation Without Representation
Why did the British government need extra revenue in 1763?
Britain had to recoup the costs of its victory in the French and Indian War.
Which geographic feature did the Proclamation Line of 1763 run through?
Appalachian Mountains
What idea did the believers of the Great Awakening share with John Locke?
Individuals have the right to question a leader’s authority.
What role did Paul Revere play in the Boston Massacre?
He made engraved prints that helped sway public opinion against Britain
DOCUMENT 1: Where are the men in this illustration?
They are on a ship in Boston Harbor.
How did the Currency Act of 1764 directly affect Benjamin Franklin?
He had to stop printing colonial paper money.
Who owned the territory west of the Mississippi River?
Spain
What fact supported John Adams’s defense of the British soldiers who took part in the Boston Massacre?
The mob attacked the soldiers with snowballs, ice, and clubs
How were Revolutionary militiamen different from French and Indian War militiamen?
French and Indian War militiamen fought with British soldiers, not against them.
DOCUMENT 1: What are the men doing?
They are using hatchets to open the crates of tea, which they will then throw overboard.
What can you infer about colonial women from their response to the Townshend Acts?
They both consumed and produced goods.
Which Native Americans lived between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron?
Potawatomi
What gave the Continental Congress the right to speak for the united colonies?
Representatives from all the colonies had voting rights in the Congress.
Why did the British attack colonial seaports?
They were economic and population centers.
DOCUMENT 3: Why isn’t Adams enthusiastic knowing that the Declaration of Independence is about to be adopted?
Adams isn’t enthusiastic because he knows that the Declaration and the ensuing war with Britain will be costly—in terms of hard work, lives, and money—for the American colonists.
Who benefited most from the boycotts of British goods?
citizens of the colonies who manufactured goods similar to those of Britain
What inference can you make about Native American groups east of the Proclamation Line?
Native American groups east of the Proclamation Line had more interactions with colonists than Native American groups west of the Proclamation Line did.
What can you infer about revisions made to the Declaration of Independence?
Some delegates owned enslaved people or supported slavery.
DOCUMENT 2: What does Paine say should be valued and held dear?
Paine says that freedom should be valued and held dear.
DOCUMENT 3: Why does Adams think the Declaration is worth celebrating, in spite of the cost?
Adams thinks that all the struggle will create freedom, which he calls “ravishing light and glory.”
Why did the colonists resent the Tea Act even though it reduced the price of tea?
The lower price of tea drove colonial merchants out of business.
In the Results column, what general patterns do you see developing over time?
As time went by, the colonists’ responses grew more forceful, and the colonies gradually became more united in their opposition to Britain.
Which event took place at about the same time as the signing of the Declaration?
departure of 32,000 troops from Britain
DOCUMENT 2: To what does Paine compare Britain’s rule of the colonies?
Paine compares Britain’s rule to tyranny and slavery
DOCUMENT 3: How did the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers, such as John Locke, inspire the American Revolution?
Locke believed that there was a natural law that gave all human beings natural rights, such as the right to life and liberty. Locke also thought that people had the right to resist unlawful authority. Like Locke, the Patriots put a high value on the freedom of individuals to act and think for themselves. Britain’s infringements on the colonists’ freedom made them angry enough to dump tea in Boston Harbor. In The American Crisis, Thomas Paine proclaimed that freedom was valuable enough to fight for, and John Adams agreed, even though the fighting would cost “toil and blood and treasure.”