HIST 101: Chapter 5 Reading Guide

Give Me Liberty! An American History

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Review Question 8

On Page 147, find the sentence beginning with the words: "When Americans began..."

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Summarize the difference of opinion between British officials and colonial leaders over the issues of taxation and representation.

Review Question 1

On Page 148, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Opposition to the..."

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How important was the Stamp Act crisis in bringing about the American Revolution?

Review Question 6

On Page 150, find the sentence beginning with the words: "A parallel movement..."

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How did new ideas of liberty contribute to tensions between the social classes in the American colonies?

Review Question 2

On Page 151, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Women formed Daughters..."

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How did colonial women exercise economic and political power in the protests against British taxation?

Review Question 9

On Page 153, find the sentence beginning with the words: "These Coercive Acts,..."

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How did the actions of the British authorities help to unite the American colonists during the 1760s and 1770s?

Review Question 3

On Page 154, find the sentence beginning with the words: "To coordinate resistance..."

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Patrick Henry proclaimed that he was not a Virginian but rather an American. What unified the colonists and what divided them at the time of the Revolution?

Review Question 5

On Page 157, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Membership in the..."

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Why did the colonists reach the conclusion that membership in the empire threatened their freedoms, rather than guaranteed them?

Review Question 7

On Page 162, find the sentence beginning with the words: "But even more..."

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Why did people in other countries believe that the American Revolution (or the Declaration of Independence) was important to them or their own countries?

Review Question 4

On Page 163, find the sentence beginning with the words: "At the war's..."

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How did enslaved people react to the American Revolution? What were the policies of the British and Continental armies regarding the enlistment of slaves?

Review Question 10

On Page 167, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Most Native nations,..."

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Why were Native American nations more likely to side with Britain in the war?