AP US History Unit Two The Quest for Independence Chapter 4 Text:
Chapter 5
Great Issues Volume I:
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress p 404 William Pitt, Speech on the Stamp Act. P 413 Thomas Paine Common Sense P 450 Declaration of Independence p 468 Second Continental Congress, Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms p 444
Essay Questions: 1. “The American Revolution should really be called „the British Revolution.‟, because marked changes in British Colonial policy were more responsible for the final political division than were American actions” Assess the validity of this statement for the years 1763-1776 2. Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1775-76: parliamentary taxation, restriction of civil liberties, British military measures, the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas Thursday, 11 September:
DBQ Exercise (French and Indian War)
Friday, 12 September:
Britain Reasserts Control of the Colonies, Independence Declared Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress p 404 William Pitt, Speech on the Stamp Act. P 413 Respond on the Blog
Monday, 15 September:
Britain Reasserts Control of the Colonies, Independence Declared Part II- “This time, it’s personal” Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress p 404 William Pitt, Speech on the Stamp Act. P 413 Respond on the Blog
Tuesday, 16 September:
Thomas Paine Common Sense P 450 Declaration of Independence p 468
Wednesday, 17 September
Debate Day
Thursday, 18 September
MC and Vocab. Test,
Friday 19 September
Chapter 4 Essay Test
Chapter 4 Vocabulary (note- a few repeats from last unit) salutary neglect virtual representation non-importation Navigation Acts King William‟s War Queen Anne‟s War King George‟s War Fr. and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) Pontiac‟s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act
Stamp Act Declaratory Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Quebec Act First Continental Congress Second Continental Congress William Pitt George Grenville
Sons of Liberty Committees of Correspondence Charles Townshend Sam Adams Ben Franklin Patrick Henry Thomas Hutchinson Lexington and Concord Bunker Hill Declaration of Independence