After reviewing the following power point presentations and your notes over chapter 4 in Amsco, answer the following discussion questions.
Road to Revolution power-point (this is an excellent power-point outlining the events leading to the American Revolution).
The Road to Revolution 1763-1775 (another informational power-point)
1. How did the conclusion of the French & Indian War and the Treaty of Paris (1763) contribute to the reorganizing of the British Empire (specifically in North America). (Think about how British victory, changes in views toward British rule, salutary neglect, and the Proclamation Act of 1763 could have possibly effected the relationship between British and her colonies)?
2. Briefly describe the purpose for the following British Regulations and their effect; Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, The Townshend Acts, The Coercive Acts “Intolerable Acts”, Tea Act, Quebec Act.
3. Explain both the motivation for Britain’s regulations and the popular mass movement that formed in resistance to them. (Be sure to include specific examples of important colonial resistance against them).
4. What specific British regulations and taxes do you feel most led to colonial discontent and the start of the Revolutionary War? Explain.
5. What impact did the Enlightenment have on the colonists the movement toward protest and eventually revolt?
6. In your opinion, did the American colonists have the right to revolt? Explain.
7. Do you view the eventual American Revolution as “Revolutionary” or “Evolutionary” in nature? Was it inevitable that the colonists would eventually want independence? Was conflict inevitable? Explain.