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Name ___________________________________________________ Date ___________ Period ____ Class ________ Quaestio: __________________________________________________________________________________________ The Enlightenment and the American Revolution Seven Years War: The First World War The causes are complex, but simply put, there were two overlapping conflicts ______________ VS _______________ (and Spain) over control of colonies and trade in the Americas, Africa, and Asia _______________ (allied with Britain) VS ______________ (allied with France, Russia, and Sweden) over territory in Europe, continuing from the War of Austrian Succession The British were the clear winners, gaining much colonial territory, but they still had to pay for the __________________, so they began __________________ long-ignored anti- smuggling laws and taxes in the American colonies to increase profits from trade, and also enacted __________________ on the American colonies From Revolution to Independence Until then, colonists had much more control over their own affairs, so they resented the sudden restrictions, especially since they did not have _______________________ in the British Parliament The colonies worked together, almost like a ___________________, to _____________ and protest, which eventually led to violent confrontations with British troops, marking the beginning of the American ________________ It was not until 1776 that colonial leaders decided to go from demanding representation and changes in British policy to declaring American _____________________ from Great Britain, using Enlightenment ideas of _____________ and natural ____________ to justify their position, turning the conflict into a War for Independence SPOILER ALERT: America wins the Revolution! But how revolutionary was it?

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Name___________________________________________________Date___________Period____Class________Quaestio:__________________________________________________________________________________________

The Enl ightenment and the Amer ican Revo lut ion

SevenYearsWar:TheFirstWorldWar Thecausesarecomplex,butsimplyput,thereweretwooverlappingconflicts

______________VS_______________(andSpain)overcontrolofcoloniesandtradein

theAmericas,Africa,andAsia

_______________(alliedwithBritain)VS______________(alliedwithFrance,Russia,

andSweden)overterritoryinEurope,continuingfromtheWarofAustrian

Succession

TheBritishweretheclearwinners,gainingmuchcolonialterritory,buttheystill

hadtopayforthe__________________,sotheybegan__________________long-ignoredanti-

smugglinglawsandtaxesintheAmericancoloniestoincreaseprofitsfromtrade,

andalsoenacted__________________ontheAmericancolonies

FromRevolutiontoIndependence Untilthen,colonistshadmuchmorecontrolovertheirownaffairs,sotheyresented

thesuddenrestrictions,especiallysincetheydidnothave_______________________inthe

BritishParliament

Thecoloniesworkedtogether,almostlikea___________________,to_____________and

protest,whicheventuallyledtoviolentconfrontationswithBritishtroops,marking

thebeginningoftheAmerican________________

Itwasnotuntil1776thatcolonialleadersdecidedtogofromdemanding

representationandchangesinBritishpolicytodeclaringAmerican

_____________________fromGreatBritain,usingEnlightenmentideasof_____________and

natural____________tojustifytheirposition,turningtheconflictintoaWarfor

Independence

SPOILERALERT:AmericawinstheRevolution!Buthowrevolutionarywasit?

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Was the American Revolution Revolutionary? Directions:Workingtogetheringroups,taketurnsreadingthearticle“Tea,Taxes,andtheAmericanRevolution.”Whileyouread,considerthewaysinwhichtheAmericanRevolutionwasorwasnotrevolutionary.Annotateasyougo,andrecordasmanyexamplesasyoucanonthechartbelowinbullet-pointform.Onceyouhaveexhaustedtheexamplesmentionedinthearticle,continuediscussingtoseeifyoucanthinkofothersonyourown,andtrytodecideasagroupwhetherweshouldthinkoftheAmericanRevolutionasRevolutionary.Then,writeaparagrapharguingforyourviewsupportedbyevidencefromthetextandyourknowledgeofhistory.

Revolutionary NotSoRevolutionary

Evidence-BasedArgument________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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