American Revolution DBQ

Historical Context: Between the French & Indian War and the American Revolution many colonists became increasingly dissatisfied with British Colonial rule. Frustration with British policies eventually led to actionsof protest and a Declaration of Independence in July, 1776.

Task: Using information from the documents and your knowledge of USHistory, answer the questions that follow each document in Part A. Youranswers to the questions will help you write the Part B essay, in which youwill be asked to…

• Discuss the economic, social, or political effects of British policies on the American Colonists 1754-1776

• Evaluate the overall unity of the American Colonists in their revolt against British Colonial Rule 1754-1776

1754 Albany Congress Cartoon by Benjamin Franklin

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1. What was the purpose of this French and Indian War era cartoon?

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1763 Proclamation Line

Prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains in the immediate aftermath of the French and Indian War.

2. What was one effect of the 1763 Proclamation Line on the British Colonies?

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Doc. 3 Triangular Trade

Map showingMercantile trade routes in the 1700s

3. What was the purpose of mercantile trade routes according to this map?

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1770BostonMassacreengravingbyPaulRevere

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1773BostonTea Partyillustration

4. What do these documents indicate about British colonialism in Boston in the 1770s?

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5. What do the American Colonial responses to British Government actions indicate about American unity prior to the 1776 Declaration of Independence?

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Doc. 6 ..I challenge the warmest advocate (supporter) for reconciliation,to shew (show), a single advantage that this continent can reap (gain),by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is derived (acquired). Our corn will fetch its pricein any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for, buy them where we will… - Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

6. What was one economic argument Thomas Paine was giving for promoting American Independence from British Colonial rule?

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Doc. 7a …Men being, as hasbeen said, by Nature, all free,equal, and independent, no one can be put out of his Estate, andbe subjected to the Political Powerof another, without his own Consent.-John Locke Second Treatise of Government 1690

Doc .7b …We hold these truths to beself-evident, that all Men are createdequal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienble Rights……to secure these Rights, Governmentsare instituted among Men, deriving theirjust powers from the Consent of theGoverned … Declaration of Independence 1776

7. Based on these two documents, what is one basic belief about a good government and its relationship to the people being governed?

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Doc. 8 “…They call me a brainless Tory; but tell me my good young friend,which is better, to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away,or by three thousand tyrants, not one mile away? I tell you my young boy, there was just as much humbug in politics seventy years agoas there is today. “ -Mather Byles …The Noted Boston Tory Preacher

8. What is one objection to the American Rebellion based on the words of this Tory Loyalist in the 1770’s ?

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Doc. 9a

“…The Mohawks have on alloccasions shown their loyaltyto the Great King; yet they havebeen very badly treated by hispeople. “–Joseph Brant 1770’s Mohawk War Chief

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Boston TaxCollector 1774

Being tarredand featheredby RebelColonists

-by Phillip Daw

9. Based on information in these two documents, how were people in America who were loyal to the British government sometimes treated?

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