10/30/18-11/02/18 Homework Questions

In America: Pathways To The Present

Tuesday Night

1. Who served in the colonial militia? (p. 105)
2. Who was British Prime Minister during the French Indian War? What did he convince Parliament to do? How did this help to win the war? (106)
3. What battle led to British victory in the French Indian War? (107)
4. What did the Treaty of Paris (1763) accomplish? (108)
5. What did the Proclamation of 1763 accomplish? (109)
6. Who participated in Pontiac’s Rebellion? Why? (110)
7. Why did the British have financial problems? (110)
8. What was the purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764? (111)
9. What was the purpose of the Stamp Act of 1765? (111)
10. Why did colonists organize a boycott of British goods? (112)

Wednesday night

11. What did the Townshend Act of 1767 accomplish? (113)
12. What happened in the Boston Massacre? (114)
13. Why did John Adams defend the British after the Boston Massacre?
14. What was the First Continental Congress? (115)
15. What happened in the Battles of Lexington and Concord? (116)
16. Who was Thomas Paine? What was Common Sense? (118)
17. Why did George III refuse the Olive Branch Petition? (119)
18. The Declaration of Independence posed the reasons for ____? (119)
19. What was the preamble of the Declaration of Independence? (120)
20. What was the government of the United States based on? (121)

Declaration of Independence, p. 126, questions

Thursday

Comprehension, 1-8

Friday

Critical Thinking, 1-5

Issues Past & Present, 1-3

Monday

Analyzing Political Cartoons, 1-3