Chapter 5: The Problem of Empire

1763 - 1776
Reading:
Tuesday: p.150-157 An Empire Transformed
Wednesday: p.157-167 (164, 165) The Dynamics of Rebellion
Thursday: p.168-174 (172, 173) The Road to Independence
Friday: p.174-179 Violence East and West
Saturday/Sunday: Document Analysis Documents Assigned in Class
Monday: Review Finish any incomplete readings
Tuesday: Ch. 5 Quiz Packet Due

Create a definition for each of the following People, Terms, Events, etc.:
The Seven Years War Declaratory Act of 1766
Pontiacs Rebellion Townshend Acts 1767
Proclamation of 1763 Samuel Adams
Molasses Act of 1733 Daughters of Liberty
George Greenville Boston Massacre
Sugar Act 1764 Committees of Correspondence
Currency Act of 1764 Coercive Acts / Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act Congress First Continental Congress
Quartering Act of 1765 Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act of 1765 Paul Revere
John Locke Lexington and Concord
Patrick Henry Thomas Paines Common Sense
Sons of Liberty John Dickinson
Continental Congress Second Continental Congress
Virtual Representation Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson

Due: All assignments for this chapter are due on Tuesday August 23rd.

Assignment #1: Read the assigned text and answer the questions in this packet.

Assignment #2: Condense the weeks reading into a minimum 2 page typed summary.
Be specific and detail oriented. Bold especially important people or
terms. Hint: Summarize each section as you read it.

Assignment #3: Fill out the Terms Chart or create notecards for all of the terms,
people, or concepts associated with this weeks reading. Definitions
should include enough details, specifics, or examples to be useful for
studying.

*Additional assignments may be added at the teachers discretion

An Empire Transformed p.150-157

1. Why did most British and colonial leaders reject the idea that the colonies should be
represented in Parliament?

The Dynamics of Rebellion p.157-167

2. Why did the Stamp Act arouse so much more resistance than the Sugar Act?

3. How did the nonimportation movement bring women into the political sphere?
 4. What was Benjamin Franklins position on colonial representation in 1765, and why had his
view changed by 1770?

The Road to Independence p.168-174

5. Why did Parliament prefer Norths solution to the Boston Tea Party to William Pitts?

Violence East and West p.174-179

6. How did the violence around Boston in the spring of 1775 affect proceedings in the Second
Continental Congress?
From Lecture

7. In the aftermath of the Seven Years War, how did the colonists see themselves and how did they
expect to be treated by the British Empire? How is this different from how the British saw the
colonies?

8. Why did Great Britain feel the need to consolidate power and assert more control over the
American colonies?

9. In what specific ways did the British government begin to assert control and power in the
colonies?
10. What were the colonials attitudes towards the controls being placed on them by the British
government? What did those controls tell the colonists about their place in the empire? What
were they fearful of losing? Why were they suspicious of government power?

11. How did the British government respond to the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and
other civil unrest in the American colonies?
12. Compare and contrast the First and Second Continental Congress.

First Continental Congrsess Second Continental Congress

13. ANALYZE: Why do you believe the shot on Lexington Green which started the fighting between
the British and the American colonists, was later called, The Shot Heard Around the World?
 Important Terms, People, or Concepts
The Seven Years War /
French Indian War

Pontiacs Rebellion

Proclamation of 1763

Molasses Act

George Greenville

Sugar Act

Currency Act

Stamp Act

Stamp Act Congress

Quartering Act
John Locke

Patrick Henry

Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

Daughters of Liberty

Boston Massacre

Virtual Representation

Continental Congress

John Dickinson

Committees of
Correspondence
Declaratory Act

Townshend Acts

Boston Tea Party

Coercive Acts /
Intolerable Acts

Second Continental
Congress

Declaration of
Independence

Thomas Paines
Common Sense

Paul Revere

Lexington and
Concord