Unit II Essay Possibilites
1.
“Despite the view of some historians that the conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies was economic in origin, in fact the American
Revolution had its roots in politics and other areas of American life.” Support, modify or refute this interpretation, providing specific evidence to justify your answer.
(Causation)
Thesis: Although the American revolution was initiated from mostly excessive economic control from Britain, the amount political based acts and activities were also a large portion of the revolt.
Political
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Economic
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
Townshend Act
Colonial Assemblies
Quartering Act
● Taxes(Internal and external)
● No taxation without representation
○ virtual
○ actual
● Debt
● Monarchy
● No voting
2.
The French and Indian War (17541763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regards to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775. Land Acquisition, Politics, Economics. (CCOT)
Thesis: After the French and Indian War the British and North American colonies relationship was negatively altered, for the Americans, in that the Political and Economic control tightened. Land Acquisition
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Proclamation Act:
Pontiac's Rebellion:
Paxton Boys:
Dispute over Canadian land
Politics
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Economics
Tightened the order
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
War debts
Declaratory Act
(challenge over parliament's power): parliament has power over colonial legislatures ● Currency Act
● eliminated the share of power with colonial assemblies ● put army into the colonies ● The colonies were swarmed with debt from war
● Trade restrictions
● Boycott and non importation
● tightened the control on the navigation acts and the trade with the British
3.
Evaluate the extent to which the American Revolution changed the political, economic, and social
“Despite the view of some historians that the conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies was economic in origin, in fact the American
Revolution had its roots in politics and other areas of American life.” Support, modify or refute this interpretation, providing specific evidence to justify your answer.
(Causation)
Thesis: Although the American revolution was initiated from mostly excessive economic control from Britain, the amount political based acts and activities were also a large portion of the revolt.
Political
●
●
●
●
●
●
Economic
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Navigation Acts
Townshend Act
Colonial Assemblies
Quartering Act
● Taxes(Internal and external)
● No taxation without representation
○ virtual
○ actual
● Debt
● Monarchy
● No voting
2.
The French and Indian War (17541763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regards to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775. Land Acquisition, Politics, Economics. (CCOT)
Thesis: After the French and Indian War the British and North American colonies relationship was negatively altered, for the Americans, in that the Political and Economic control tightened. Land Acquisition
●
●
●
●
Proclamation Act:
Pontiac's Rebellion:
Paxton Boys:
Dispute over Canadian land
Politics
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Economics
Tightened the order
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
War debts
Declaratory Act
(challenge over parliament's power): parliament has power over colonial legislatures ● Currency Act
● eliminated the share of power with colonial assemblies ● put army into the colonies ● The colonies were swarmed with debt from war
● Trade restrictions
● Boycott and non importation
● tightened the control on the navigation acts and the trade with the British
3.
Evaluate the extent to which the American Revolution changed the political, economic, and social